Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Kremlin in in 2017. (Yuri Kadobnov/AP)Global PowerALL THINGS COMING UP RUSSIA: President Trump's very public disagreement with his own intelligence chiefs this week is more than just a domestic rift. Emboldening Putin: President Trump “seethed” after he watched the highlights of Capitol Hill testimony from his intelligence chiefs on Wednesday morning in which they contradicted pretty much everything he has said on Russia, North Korea, China and ISIS, CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports. “Go back to school,” Trump tweeted angrily at “intelligence officials” he deemed “extremely passive and naive,” especially on Iran. “Fleitz said the intelligence community 'has basically evolved into a monster that is second-guessing the president all the time.'

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2019 10:52 UTC