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President Trump on Thursday said media coverage was to blame for an apparent rift between him and intelligence community leaders following their congressional testimony this week.
The president tweeted that he met with Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, CIA Director Gina Haspel and national security adviser John Bolton in the Oval Office, and that the group is “very much in agreement on Iran, ISIS, North Korea, etc.”
The article goes on to state the following:
“Just concluded a great meeting with my Intel team in the Oval Office who told me that what they said on Tuesday at the Senate Hearing was mischaracterized by the media,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
“A false narrative is so bad for our Country,” he added. “I value our intelligence community. Happily, we had a very good meeting, and we are all on the same page!”
Q: “Did you talk to your intelligence chiefs today about the displeasure you had with their…”
President Trump: “I did. They said that they were totally misquoted, and they were totally – it was taken out of context…The said it was fake news.” pic.twitter.com/odd6tVSxfY
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 31, 2019
Just concluded a great meeting with my Intel team in the Oval Office who told me that what they said on Tuesday at the Senate Hearing was mischaracterized by the media – and we are very much in agreement on Iran, ISIS, North Korea, etc. Their testimony was distorted press…. pic.twitter.com/Zl5aqBmpjF
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2019
….I would suggest you read the COMPLETE testimony from Tuesday. A false narrative is so bad for our Country. I value our intelligence community. Happily, we had a very good meeting, and we are all on the same page!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2019
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