INTELLIGENCE/IRAN/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump lashed out at the nation’s intelligence agencies, accusing them of being ‘passive and naïve’ about Iran’s dangers and defending his stance on North Korea. His outburst showed the rift between the bureaucracy and a president seeking to challenge foreign policy orthodoxy. • In a sharp deviation from statements last month, the Federal Reserve indicated Wednesday that it did not anticipate any additional interest rate increases for the first time in recent years. The statement emphasized that the Fed would be “patient” in evaluating the health of the economy. • Top officials from the United States and China met on Wednesday to start two days of trade talks that could prove critical to the trajectory of the world economy.”
–NYT Staff,” On Politics: Trump Calls His Own Intelligence Officials ‘Naïve’,” The New York Times online, January 30, 2019