Donald Trump expresses distrust of US intelligence as he prepares to get his first intelligence briefing Wednesday.
The Republican presidential nominee says the intelligence services have made “such bad decisions.”
Asked whether he trusts intelligence, Trump tells Fox News: “Not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country, I mean look what’s happened over the last 10 years … it’s been catastrophic.”
One of Trump’s advisers, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, was the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He will accompany Trump to the briefing.
Trump says he will choose different advisers than “sort of your standards.”
Democrats have expressed concerns about Trump receiving sensitive information, but Trump says Hillary Clinton is the one who “can’t keep anything private.”
— AP
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, August 10, 2016. (AFP/Gaston De Cardenas)
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