This is a problem. It suggests that intelligence officials are unable to speak plainly with the president about major threats. It’s not hard to imagine why; he has such contempt for truth, cares little for the nation, and benefits personally from some of the threats.
It also indicates that intelligence officials are disinclined to inform the American people of these significant threats for the same reasons, which results in a public without the knowledge required for the national political will to confront those threats.
This is the politicization of intelligence, caused by an insecure, self-interested wannabe dictator, whose power and very perception of self is threatened by basic truth. If intel officials truly spoke candidly, I’m sure they’d say Trump is himself among those threats.
