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- Three years ago today, Donald Trump was sworn into office.
- President Trump, he rarely sleeps and as a consequence,
his aides don't get much rest either.
- You hear of aides sort of gaming,
they're gonna come in and they're doing a policy briefing
and they have charts and pictures
and ways to engage the President.
- [News Reporter 1] The officials describe futile attempts
to keep his attention by confining some briefing points
to two or three sentences and repeating his name and title
as frequently as possible.
- There's a quote from a US Official,
"It's like feeding a baby his medicine
"in yogurt or applesauce."
- Sources tell CNN that Mr. Trump routinely complains
about these high profile gatherings
and questions why he has to go.
- [News Reporter 2] Complaining that during past summits,
too much time has been spent discussing the oceans
and the environment and not enough time has been devoted
to letting him brag about his achievements.
- [News Reporter 3] Senior officials cancel plans
and race to the White House to prevent the President
from enacting his latest "wacky or destructive idea."
- [News Reporter 4] During on hurricane briefing
at the White House, Trump said,
"I got it, I got it, why don't we nuke them?"
- [News Reporter 5] He also talked
about fortifying a border wall
with a water filled trench stocked
with snakes or alligators,
and he wanted the wall electrified
with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh.
- President Trump has reportedly on multiple occasions
expressed interest in buying Greenland
from the Danish government.
- Trump remarked, "Why is Seoul so close
"to the North Korean border?
Referring to the inhabitants of Seoul,
Trump said, "They have to move."
The officials in the Oval Office weren't sure
if Trump was joking.
Trump repeated, "They have to move."
- [News Reporter 5] Once on the grounds
of Washington's home, Trump told the people around him
if he was smart, he would've put his name on it.
You've got to put your name on stuff
or no one remembers you.
- [News Reporter 7] Mattis found the president to be
of limited cognitive ability.
- [News Reporters 8] He stumbles, slurs, gets confused,
is easily irritated
and has trouble synthesizing information.
- Trump wanted tanks
for his July fourth Salute to America celebration
and he will get tanks.
- [News Reporter 9] White House officials are worried
there won't be a big enough crowd
to keep the President happy.
- [News Reporter 10] Several senior officials
say televised briefings stopped
because of worry President Trump would get angry
if he saw something he didn't like.
- The President lashed out at the military brass
saying quote, "You're a bunch of dopes and babies."
- [News Reporter 11] The President even made fun
of the Directors looks, calling him Dumbo
because of his ears.
- [News Reporter 12] President Trump refers to him
as Mr. Rogers.
- [News Reporter 13] Trump also made fun
of US allies South Korea, Japan and the European Union,
mimicking Japanese and Korean accents.
- [News Reporter 14] Democrats accuse President Trump
of having a temper tantrum,
prompting a line up of his top aides to vouch for him.
- Kelly Ann, what was my temperament yesterday?
- Very calm, no temper tantrum.
- One senior national security official told Jake Tapper,
"Everyone at this point ignores what the president says
"and just does their job."
- A republican source who was in the room,
"He is not in control of himself,
"it is all yelling and screaming."