Trump calls U.S. intelligence chiefs 'passive and naive' on Iran
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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday called top U.S. intelligence chiefs "extremely passive and naive" on Iran and dismissed their assessments of the threat posed by North Korea a day after they contradicted his views during congressional testimony.
Leaders of the U.S. intelligence community told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the nuclear threat from North Korea remained and that Iran was not taking steps toward making a nuclear bomb, drawing conclusions that contrasted starkly with Trump's assessments of those countries.
"The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran. They are wrong!" Trump said in a Twitter post.
The Republican president cited Iranian rocket launches and said that Tehran was "coming very close to the edge."
"Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!" he said.
