Earlier, the US president condemned reports by top intelligence officials, which said that Iran was not pursuing its alleged nuclear weapons programme. Trump slammed the intelligence chiefs as “extremely passive and naive when it comes to Iran”, suggesting that they should “go back to school”.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, has in a letter called on Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, CIA Director Gina Haspel, and FBI Director Christopher Wray to “educate” President Donald Trump on the situation in Iran by presenting him with “facts and raw intelligence”. According to Schumer, it is crucial for the US that the intelligence community and the American president speak with a “unified voice”.