CIA publishes new account describing "challenges" of briefing Trump
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The U.S. intelligence community faced "greater challenges" in briefing former President Trump than it had confronted in almost five decades, when President-elect Nixon was taking office, according to a new account published by the CIA's internal research center.
As was well-documented during his time in office, Mr. Trump's tense relationship with U.S. intelligence agencies worsened amid politically charged investigations into his campaign's contacts with Russia, leading to a "badly strained" rapport early in his presidency, former CIA officer Robert Helgerson writes in an update to his book, "Getting to Know the President."
The book is featured among other unclassified materials on the CIA's "Center for the Study of Intelligence" website, but is for educational purposes and not an official product of the agency or reflective of its position, according to a disclaimer.
