The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran. They are wrong! When I became President Iran was making trouble all over the Middle East, and beyond. Since ending the terrible Iran Nuclear Deal, they are MUCH different, but....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 30, 2019
....a source of potential danger and conflict. They are testing Rockets (last week) and more, and are coming very close to the edge. There economy is now crashing, which is the only thing holding them back. Be careful of Iran. Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 30, 2019
Daily Mail: Trump tells his intelligence chiefs 'go back to SCHOOL' and lectures them on Iran in Twitter dressing down after they said North Korea wants to keep its nuclear weapons and ISIS are NOT defeated
* President Donald Trump defended his foreign policy initiatives on Wednesday after his intelligence chiefs sharply contradicted his claims the day before
* Trump suggested his chiefs were 'extremely naive and passive'
* And he told them to 'go back to school' as he defended his foreign policy stances
* The president was particularly defensive of his relationship with North Korea but he also argued of the progress he made against ISIS
* His intelligence chiefs painted a different picture when they testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday
* Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is unlikely to give up his nuclear stockpiles
* Additionally Coats said Iran appeared not to be pursuing a nuclear weapon
* And CIA director Gina Haspel warned ISIS was still dangerous
* Trump touted success after his summit last year with Kim; he's charged Iran with being a nuclear threat; and he proclaimed ISIS 'defeated' earlier this year
President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested his intelligence chiefs should 'go back to school' and lectured their 'naive' assessments on Iran after they sharply contradicted his foreign policy claims, particularly on North Korea and ISIS.
The president's response to his chiefs testimony before the Senate a day earlier was an unprecedented Twitter dressing down of America's top intelligence officials, where he called them 'extremely passive and naive,' said they were flat out 'wrong' on Iran, and suggested 'Intelligence should go back to school!.'
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More News On President Trump's Response To The Intelligence Community's Senate Testimony
Trump slams U.S. intelligence chiefs as 'passive and naive' on Iran -- Reuters
Trump targets intel chiefs over threat assessment of NKorea, Iran, ISIS -- Defense News/AP
Trump says US intelligence services 'naive,' 'wrong' on Iran -- AFP
Trump blasts U.S. intelligence officials, disputes assessments on Iran and other global threats -- The Washington Post
Trump blasts intel chiefs as 'passive and naive' -- The Hill
Trump tells US spy chiefs: 'Go back to school' -- BBC
Trump deepens public row with his 'naive' intelligence services -- AFP
Trump bashes 'passive and naive' intel officials as he touts progress on North Korea and ISIS -- Washington Times
Trump pushes back on intel chiefs: ISIS ‘will soon be destroyed’ -- The Hill
Trump lashes out at US spy chiefs over Iran, North Korea and ISIL -- Al Jazeera
Trump rips into US intel's Iran report, calling spies ‘wrong’ & ‘naive’ -- RT
Trump says the intel folks need to go back to school. But Trump appointed the current head of FBI and CIA..if they were not up to the job, why did he approve of them?
ReplyDeleteFred maybe they were the only ones willing to take the job.
ReplyDeletepossibly. I was offered it but did in fact turn it down to drive for Uber
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