CHUCK SCHUMER/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called President Donald Trump’s criticism of US intelligence leaders’ security assessments a threat to the public’s trust in national security in a letter to Trump’s intelligence chiefs Wednesday [1-20-19]. Trump, in a rebuke that was reminiscent of his past criticisms of law enforcement officials, said earlier Wednesday on Twitter that the intel chiefs who contradicted him at a congressional hearing on Tuesday [1-29-19] were ‘extremely passive and naive’ on the matter. rump’s reaction ‘was extraordinarily inappropriate and will undermine public confidence in the US government’s efforts to protect our national security and preserve US power and influence abroad,’ Schumer wrote in a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats. The New York Democrat called for Coats, FBI Director Christopher Wray and CIA Director Gina Haspel to convincingly explain their findings to Trump in order to present a united front on intelligence matters.”
–Caroline Kelly and Ted Barrett, “Schumer asks intel chiefs to educate Trump after ‘extraordinarily inappropriate’ criticism,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, January 30, 2019 3:02 pm