Battle field Trump On Display As He Goes To CIA On First Day As President

COn his first entire day in the White House, President Trump went to the CIA probably to attempt and offer an olive branch to individuals from the knowledge group he frequently censured over their decisions that Russia had contrived to impact the U.S. races.

Rather, he dishonestly denied that he had ever censured the office, erroneously expanded the group estimate at his introduction on Friday, assaulted the media and advised knowledge officers assembled to, "Trust me. I'm similar to a keen individual."


however consistent with aerial snap shots and multiple npr newshounds on the floor, the crowd become nowhere near the washington monument. the mall region close to the monument changed into in moderation populated, and trump didn't offer any verification for wherein the 1 million to one.five million estimate came from, or for flattening one information file's estimate that there had been best 250,000 humans in attendance.

trump additionally claimed that the rain need to have scared human beings away, "but god regarded down, and he stated, 'we're no longer going to allow it rain to your speech,'" and that, even though he "got hit through multiple drops" whilst he began his speech that the rain "stopped right now ...and then it became clearly sunny."

in fact, neither of those claims is proper, and it became raining throughout trump's speech and remained overcast and cloudy.

trump also touted his electoral win, pronouncing that he had outstanding assist from the army and said he would "guarantee a large component" of human beings at his cia speech voted for him. in truth, the military and the intelligence community are two separate entities.

numerous cia veterans tell npr they're unconvinced that the speech can undo months of sour relations.

"cia's employees are specialists and will serve the first client to the first-rate of their potential, but they really are not fools," stated former cia analyst aki peritz. "they have got all heard the opposed rhetoric directed at them from donald trump... and one organized kumbaya speech isn't going to change the actual concerns cia's team of workers — from the seventh floor to the greenest trainee — have with their new boss."

paul pillar, the cia's former top analyst for the center east, seconds that view. he says his former colleagues will welcome the gesture of a presidential visit, "but a unmarried go to and some first-class words will now not outweigh prior public disparagement. unwarranted accusations about leaking and comparisons to nazis aren't the type of attack this is without problems forgotten."

"plenty depends on whether or not mr. pompeo sees and performs his role because the white residence's envoy and overlord, or as an alternative because the leader of the business enterprise with everything leadership implies, regarding figuring out with the group," pillar said. "all that stays to