Iran Press/America: US President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to berate his own intelligence officials for not understanding the true danger that Iran poses, according to the Washington Post.
Although Director of National Intelligence 'Dan Coats', CIA Director 'Gina Haspel' and FBI Director 'Christopher A. Wray' all were appointed by himself, that didn’t stop Donald Trump from railing against their assessment that they 'don’t believe Iran is actively undertaking key activities to produce a nuclear bomb'.
Trump on Twitter Wednesday blasting his own appointees’ findings on global threats, which they presented to the Senate on Tuesday.
The president did, however, ignore the findings that concluded North Korea is 'unlikely to give up all of its nuclear weapons and production capabilities', and that ISIS 'still commands thousands of fighters', and Russia is still trying to 'divide Western political and security institutions'.
In fact, Trump claimed “tremendous progress against ISIS, a recently announced framework for talks with the Taliban to end the war in Afghanistan and his attempt at a rapprochement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Notably, Trump said Wednesday there was a ‘decent chance of denuclearization’ on the Korean Peninsula, a step back from his previous demands that the longtime US foe end its nuclear program,” CNN reports.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats also noted that Russia absolutely plans to target the 2020 elections and slipped in there that climate change is real, but Trump completely ignored that.
In announcing last May that the US would withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA), Trump argued that remaining in the 2015 pact would lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
But more than eight months later, US intelligence officials testified that there is no indication Iran is currently attempting to develop a nuclear weapon and told lawmakers that Tehran remains in compliance with the agreement despite the US withdrawal.
For those keeping score at home, Trump continues to take credit for disbanding ISIS and denuclearizing North Korea and he doesn’t even address Russia, while America’s national intelligence community continues to point out that ISIS is still active and dangerous, North Korea still has nuclear capabilities, and Russia is totally going to sway the 2020 election for Trump. 103/205/211
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