‘POSSIBLY ANOTHER FABRICATED RUSSIA HOAX’: Three days after the news first broke in the New York Times, President Trump says the reason he was never briefed on intelligence that the Taliban have been paid by Russia to target U.S. troops in Afghanistan is that his advisers don’t believe the intelligence is accurate.

“Intel just reported to me that they did not find this info credible, and therefore did not report it to me or VP,” Trump tweeted last night. “Possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax, maybe by the Fake News @nytimesbooks, wanting to make Republicans look bad!!!”