Trump's report card.
The unanimous verdict: Thus far, the Trump administration is a textbook
case of how not to run a complex organization like the executive
branch.
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unanimous verdict: Thus far, the Trump administration is a textbook
case of how not to run a complex organization like the executive branch.
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reconciliation requirements.
LEARN from latest developments in Chile & dictator Pinochet.
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Lesson from Chile.
Reconciliation can not be built without truth & confession of guilt.
Unless reconciliation is built on the foundation of truth, it is like building on sand rather than on rock.
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6 jan 2017.Trump knows physics more than Albert Einstein./
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38526570?post_id=100000460177237_1498336800191645#_=_
US
Vice-President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to "grow
up" and criticised his attacks on the intelligence community.
On
Friday, Mr Trump will be briefed on allegations Russia meddled in the US
presidential election - claims he has cast doubt on in a series of
tweets.
Mr Biden said it was "absolutely mindless" for the president-elect not to have faith in intelligence agencies.
Russia denies hacking Democratic Party emails ahead of the November polls.
"For a
president not to have confidence in, not to be prepared to listen to,
the myriad intelligence agencies, from defence intelligence to the CIA,
is absolutely mindless," he said in an interview with the PBS network.
"The
idea that you may know more than the intelligence community knows -
it's like saying I know more about physics than my professor. I didn't
read the book, I just know I know more."
When asked what he
thought of Mr Trump's regular attacks on Twitter, Mr Biden said: "Grow
up Donald, grow up, time to be an adult, you're president. Time to do
something. Show us what you have."
He went on to call Mr Trump "a good man".
What the hacking allegations involve
Mr
Biden said he had read a report by US intelligence agencies that
outlined the extent of Russian involvement in the build-up to the US
election.
Mr Trump is to be briefed on the report on Friday, and an unclassified version will be made public next week.
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Gen Clapper (right) said Mr Putin's "motivation" will be revealed in a report
Mr Biden said the report clearly details "that the
Russians did, as a matter of policy, attempt to affect and... discredit
the US electoral process".
He said the hacking was part of a systematic campaign to undermine Hillary Clinton, Mr Trump's rival in the presidential race.
And
he added that the hacking was far more widespread than had been
suspected. Among those known to have been hacked were John Podesta, Mrs
Clinton's campaign manager, and the servers of the Democratic National
Committee.
The documents were then published by the Wikileaks website.
On
Thursday, the Director of National Intelligence, General James Clapper,
told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that Russian
President Vladimir Putin ordered the hack, and said the motive would be
revealed next week.
President Obama last week ordered the
expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from the US over the alleged hacking.
Russia has said it will not reciprocate.
What Mr Trump says
Mr
Trump has repeatedly rejected allegations that the Russian government
hacked into the computers of Mr Podesta or the servers of the Democratic
National Committee.
On Wednesday, he repeated a suggestion that "a 14-year-old" may have been responsible for the breach.
Image copyrightAPImage caption
Mr Trump had promised "new information" on hacking last week
On Thursday, he said he was a "big fan" of
intelligence agencies, after months of casting doubt on the Russian
link, but later went on to raise questions over how the Democratic Party
responded to the security breach.
"How and why are they so sure
about hacking if they never even requested an examination of the
computer servers? What is going on?" he asked in a tweet.
Last week, Mr Trump said he would announce information about hacking "on Tuesday or Wednesday", but no announcement came.
Mr Trump's inauguration will take place on 20 January.
