Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:03 pm
Hours before he got his first classified intelligence briefing, Donald Trump announced he wouldn’t rely on the information gleaned from U.S. intelligence agencies because “they’ve made such bad decisions.”
Asked during an interview on Fox and Friends Wednesday morning if he trusts intelligence, the Republican nominee said he doesn’t and he would stop relying on the work done by “the people that have been doing it for our country” because it’s been “catastrophic.”
“Not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country. I mean, look what’s happened over the last 10 years, look what’s happened over the years,” Trump said.
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“It’s been catastrophic,” the Republican said of U.S. intelligence work.
Watch the interview here:
https://youtu.be/cbBg_yjXeYI
“In fact, I won’t use them some of the people that are your standards. Very easy to use them, but I won’t use them, because they’ve made such bad decisions,” Trump said, suggesting that he doesn’t understand the role of intelligence gathering or the office which he seeks.
The Republican went on to blast the alleged intelligence that led to former President George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq.
Trump said, “If we would have never touched it, it would have been a lot better and I mean we would have been better off.”
Donald Trump also said he would be bringing conspiracy artist Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn with him to the briefing because he doesn’t trust the intelligence.
So there you have it. Donald Trump won’t rely on intelligence, he’ll ask General Flynn who seems to ask Breitbart who asks Alex Jones. Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee who doesn’t trust U.S. intelligence because of how the Bush administration manipulated intelligence reports to justify the invasion of Iraq.
Trump will just go on “internet reports” cited on Breitbart/Alex Jones, aka the tin foil corner of the internet. Much relief.
No news on how fast Trump relays the info he gets today to his buddy Putin, whom he trusts apparently much more than U.S. intelligence agencies.
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