The words surprise in the mouth of an American president: Donald Trump Wednesday accused the heads of his own intelligence services to be "naive", having been contradicted by them on several major axes of his foreign policy. If this is not the first time that Donald Trump attacks these large federal agencies highly respected in the United States, this burst of tweets is distinguished by its particularly aggressive and ironic tone. Syria, North Korea, Iran: Tuesday in front of the Senate, Gina Haspel, Director of the CIA, and Dan Coats, Director of Intelligence, both appointed by Donald Trump, had painted a picture of major global threats reflecting a sharp disagreement with the tenant's analysis of the White House. "Intelligence officials seem to be extremely passive and naive about the dangers of Iran, they are wrong," Trump said Wednesday morning. According to Haspel, Iran still "technically" respects the agreement reached in 2015 with the major powers to prevent it from acquiring the atomic bomb, which the United States withdrew last year as had promised Donald Trump during his campaign. And if the Iranians plan to "distance themselves" from this text, it is, she noted, because of the lack of economic spinoffs, Washington having reinstated draconian sanctions against Tehran after its withdrawal, which had aroused the anger of the European allies of the United States. ...........
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