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Mysterious devices in Trump's pop-up situation room

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Last Thursday, April 6, the United States conducted airstrikes against Syria and president Trump received a briefing on this attack at his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. The next day, his press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted a photo of this briefing, which shows some hitherto unseen and futuristic looking devices: Trump and his team of policy makers at Mar-a-Lago. April 6, 2017 (White House photo - click to enlarge) In the photo we see some kind of small guest or spare room with a rather narrow table and cheap chairs of the type that can be rented for events. At the far right side there seem to be dark curtains, indicating there may be windows. As was pointed out by Sean Spicer, the photo was redacted for security reasons: the content of the documents was erased. CNN provided a version of this photo showing who all the persons in the room are: (click to enlarge) Not present in the room were vice president Mike Pence, secretary of defense James Mattis and chairman of