"Trump continues to reject the judgments of US spy agencies on major foreign policy fronts...intelligence analysts frequently see troubling gaps between Trump’s public statements and the facts laid out for him in daily briefings."
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Most notably, Trump has repeatedly undercut the CIA's assessment that Saudi Crown Prince MBS ordered Jamal Khashoggi's murder, a conclusion the CIA reached with a high degree of certainty. Trump has falsely described the CIA as having vague “feelings” on MBS' culpability.
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CIA employees were also staggered when Trump treated Putin's denials during the Helsinki presser as so “strong and powerful” that they offset CIA conclusions. “There was this gasp. You literally had people in panic mode watching it at Langley. On all floors. Just shock.”
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Seeking to bolster support for his plan to build a wall along the southern US border, Trump has made [FALSE] claims about migrants — including that they're harboring terrorists, as he tweeted on Wednesday — that are not grounded in available intelligence, officials said.
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