intelligence briefings
“He is all about leverage,” Sue Gordon, a former principal deputy director of national intelligence, told The New York Times.
Trump “doubted the competence of intelligence professionals and felt no need for regular intelligence support,” says a report published by the CIA.
The former president has a history of “erratic behavior," Biden cautioned.
Critics see the ex-president as a risk because of his Russia ties, his foreign businesses — and especially his supporters who stormed the Capitol.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Biden will be the first person to read the President's Daily Brief in months — a stark example of how Trump viewed his presidential duties.
Sen. James Lankford made headlines when he vowed to "step in" if the president-elect wasn't granted access to classified briefings by the end of last week.
President Donald Trump has almost completely erased intelligence briefings from his schedule.
Trump had only 41 "daily" intelligence briefings on his schedule during the first half of 2020 -- an average of just one and a half per week
It's another case of a “tweet for everything."
The national security reporter says on CNN that the president is alarmingly out of touch in White House intelligence sessions.