Trump Calls His Own Intelligence Community "Naive" Suggesting They Should "Go Back To School"

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Donald Trump pushed back against recent assessments by his own intelligence have come to conclusions regarding Iran and North Korea that don't align with what he wants to hear.

From the New York Times:

A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear stockpiles and that Iran is not, for now, taking steps necessary to make a bomb, directly contradicting the rationale of two of President Trump’s foreign policy initiatives.

Those conclusions are part of an annual “Worldwide Threat Assessment” released on Tuesday that also stressed the growing cyberthreat from Russia and China, which it said were now “more aligned than at any point since the mid-1950s.”

Trump's answer was to attack the U.S. Intelligence community today using language like "passive" and "naive," and then closing with, "Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!"

Note the wrong use of 'There economy' in his tweet as he says others should go back to school.

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

Let's check in with the Twitterverse, shall we? Starting with former CIA Director John Brennan:

Your refusal to accept the unanimous assessment of U.S. Intelligence on Iran, No. Korea, ISIS, Russia, & so much more shows the extent of your intellectual bankruptcy. All Americans, especially members of Congress, need to understand the danger you pose to our national security. https://t.co/9iV3BTKiEv

— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) January 30, 2019

It is a credit to our intelligence agencies that they continue to provide rigorous and realistic analyses of the threats we face.

It’s deeply dangerous that the White House isn’t listening. https://t.co/rCKywL0ETK

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 30, 2019

The man who praises Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un calls our intelligence professionals “naive.” https://t.co/crhuwtxqtF

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 30, 2019

After US intelligence chiefs disagreed w/ @realDonaldTrump on national security issues, he tweeted today perhaps they “should go back to school.” In 2015, he said: “I know more about ISIS than the generals. Believe me.” He's also said: “I know more about technology than anybody.”

— Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) January 30, 2019