Trump reverses course, says he and US intelligence ‘in agreement’By The Manila TimesWASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Donald Trump reversed course on Thursday, claiming he and the American intelligence community are “in agreement” after branding them “naive” and in need of schooling the day before. He now alleges testimony by the country’s top spies had been “distorted” by journalists — one of his favorite targets. On that day, before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the nation’s top intelligence chiefs contradicted some of Trump’s most fundamental foreign policy claims. Trump lashed out at the intelligence services in an unusually public row the day after the testimony, tweeting: “The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran. It was not the first time Trump has publicly doubted his national security experts.

Source: Manila Times February 01, 2019 03:22 UTC