Wow, who da thunk the arrogant, egotistical jerk, who never reads, with zero military background would be a problem?

 

Suspicious, insecure Trump 'most difficult' president to brief on intel, CIA report reveals

U.S. intelligence officials “struggled” to brief a suspicious, insecure and often distracted Donald Trump when he was in the White House, according to a new account published by the CIA’s academic center.

For the intelligence community, the Trump transition was “far and away the most difficult in its historical experience with briefing new presidents,” retired intelligence officer John Helgerson wrote in a recently released chapter on Trump in the book “Getting to Know the President,” published by the CIA for U.S. officials. The book, initially published by the CIA in 1996, is updated after each new administration. 

Trump “doubted the competence of intelligence professionals and felt no need for regular intelligence support,” according to Helgerson.

That attitude was particularly problematic given Trump’s lack of experience in any branch of government or the military — a unique situation since presidential intelligence briefings began in 1952.

It was also complicated by his aversion to reading, according to Helgerson.

The intelligence community from the start was pushed back on its heels by Trump’s affinity for Russian President Vladimir Putin, until then considered an adversary to the U.S.

Beginning with the campaign, Trump often lauded Putin and his opinions while attacking America’s own intelligence community.

Trump, by his own admission, “did not often read,” Helgerson wrote. Intelligence officials also determined that Trump “doesn’t really read anything”.