The buildup and aftermath of the unprecedented U.S. military operation targeting three of Iran’s nuclear facilities has seemingly laid bare President Donald Trump‘s skepticism, or even mistrust, of the U.S. intelligence community.
Trump has had a famously rocky relationship with the intelligence community, especially when it does not align with his viewpoint, dating back to before his first term in office. He still rails against the investigation into possible collusion between his 2016 campaign and the Kremlin, and 51 former intelligence officials who inaccurately claimed that the laptop belonging to Hunter Biden had been Russian disinformation.
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