President Donald Trump on Sunday said he wants to keep American troops in Iraq in order because 'I want to be able to watch Iran
' But the president did not go as far as saying he's planning a military strike against Tehran
'No,' he told CBS' 'Face the Nation' of that option.'I want to be able to watch Iran
All I want to do is be able to watch.We have an unbelievable and expensive military base built in Iraq
It's perfectly situated for looking at all over different parts of the troubled Middle East rather than pulling up
And this is what a lot of people don't understand.We're going to keep watching and we're going to keep seeing and if there's trouble, if somebody is looking to do nuclear weapons or other things, we're going to know it before they do,' he said
Trump has slammed Iran as a 'big threat' and has hammered the country with sanctions
His assessment, however, ran contrary to what his intelligence chiefs told the Senate last week when they said there were no signs Tehran was violating the 2015 nuclear agreement
But the president doubled down on his beliefs and said he disagrees with his chiefs' finding that Iran is holding to the deal
'I have intel people, but that doesn't mean I have to agree,' he told CBS News in an interview broadcast Sunday morning
'President Bush had intel people that said Saddam Hussein in Iraq had nuclear weapons - had all sorts of weapons of mass destruction
Guess what? Those intel people didn't know what the hell they were doing, and they got us tied up in a war that we should have never been in,' he added
'I want them to have their own opinion and I want them to give me their opinion.But, when I look at Iran, I look at Iran as a nation that has caused tremendous problems,' he said
Trump on Thursday brushed aside the contradictions his intelligence chiefs offered on his policies on Iran, North Korea and ISIS, saying he had spoken to them and got reassurance they 'were totally misquoted' and it was 'fake news
' 'They said they were totally misquoted and totally taken out of context.What I do, I suggested you call them
They said it was fake news, which, frankly, didn't surprise me at all,' Trump told reporters at the White House after being asked if he'd spoken to them about their testimony to a Senate panel earlier this week
When pressed by the media about what FBI directory Christopher Wray, CIA director Gina Haspel, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said in a public hearing that was broadcast on C-SPAN on Tuesday, Trump brushed the questions aside
'We're here to talk right now about China,' he said during his Oval Office meeting with Chinese trade officials
'Next please.' He also tweeted a photo of him meeting with Coats, Haspel, National Security Adviser John Bolton and other members of his intelligence team on Thursday and noted: 'Just concluded a great meeting with my Intel team in the Oval Office who told me that what they said on Tuesday at the Senate Hearing was mischaracterized by the media
' He added: 'I would suggest you read the COMPLETE testimony from Tuesday.A false narrative is so bad for our Country
I value our intelligence community.Happily, we had a very good meeting, and we are all on the same page!' Earlier in the day Trump said he would have 'difficulty' taking advice from his intelligence chiefs after their testimony
'I have difficulty with that.Time will prove me right, probably,' he told reporters at the White House
He then went on to defend his withdrawing the U.S.from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran after Coats had pointed out Tehran was still abiding by it despite America's exit
'Iran is a big threat, and I think I did the right thing when I terminated the ridiculous Iran deal,' Trump said
The president also sought to blame the situation with Iran on the Democrats in an early morning tweet, particularly hitting out Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer
'Schumer and the Democrats are big fans of being weak and passive with Iran.They have no clue as to the danger they would be inflicting on our Country
Iran is in financial chaos now because of the sanctions and Iran Deal termination
Dems put us in a bad place - but now good!,' he tweeted Thursday morning.The president was continuing his line of defense from Wednesday when he suggested his intelligence chiefs should 'go back to school' and lectured their 'naive' assessments on Iran after they sharply contradicted his foreign policy claims, particularly on North Korea and ISIS
The president's response to his chiefs testimony before the Senate a day earlier was an unprecedented Twitter dressing down of America's top intelligence officials, where he called them 'extremely passive and naive,' said they were flat out 'wrong' on Iran, and suggested 'Intelligence should go back to school!
' He railed against FBI directory Christopher Wray, CIA director Gina Haspel, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, who painted a different picture of America's relationship with its foreign partners when they testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday
Trump did not hold back in his fury and insults.'The Intelligence people seem to be extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran
They are wrong! When I became President Iran was making trouble all over the Middle East, and beyond
Since ending the terrible Iran Nuclear Deal, they are MUCH different, but.,' he tweeted
He added: '.asource of potential danger and conflict.They are testing Rockets (last week) and more, and are coming very close to the edge
There economy is now crashing, which is the only thing holding them back.Be careful of Iran
Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!' The president spent the morning in a defensive twitter storm about his foreign policy initiatives after Coats argued North Korea has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons - in contrast to the president's claim of success after his summit with Kim Jong-Un - and CIA director Gina Haspel warned ISIS was still dangerous after Trump claimed they had been beaten
Additionally Coats, in his testimony, had a different take on one of Trump's key assertions on Iran - that it had cheated on the spirit of the 2015 nuclear agreement
The president has argued Iran is still a nuclear threat.Coats appeared to contradict that when he said Tehran was complying with the deal - even after Trump announced America's withdrawal from it in May - and isn't taking any steps toward a nuclear weapon
'We do not believe Iran is currently undertaking activities we judge necessary to produce a nuclear device,' he said
In The Senate, John Thune, the second most senior Republican as majority whip, told CNN: 'I prefer the President would stay off Twitter - particularly with regard to these important national security issues where you've got people who are experts and have the background and are professionals
'I think we need to trust their judgment.' Former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent Trump critic who had his security clearance revoked by the president, retweeted Trump's criticism and told the president: 'All Americans, especially members of Congress, need to understand the danger you pose to our national security
' 'Your refusal to accept the unanimous assessment of U.S.Intelligence on Iran, No
Korea, ISIS, Russia, & so much more shows the extent of your intellectual bankruptcy
All Americans, especially members of Congress, need to understand the danger you pose to our national security,' he wrote on Twitter
Trump's early morning defense of his foreign policies particularly focused on Iran and North Korea
'When I became President, ISIS was out of control in Syria & running rampant.Since then tremendous progress made, especially over last 5 weeks
Caliphate will soon be destroyed, unthinkable two years ago.Negotiating are proceeding well in Afghanistan after 18 years of fighting
,' Trump wrote in a series of tweets that came before he insulted his intelligence chiefs
'Fighting continues but the people of Afghanistan want peace in this never ending war
We will soon see if talks will be successful? North Korea relationship is best it has ever been with U
S.No testing, getting remains, hostages returned.Decent chance of Denuclearization
,' the president noted.He added: '.Time will tell what will happen with North Korea, but at the end of the previous administration, relationship was horrendous and very bad things were about to happen
Now a whole different story.I look forward to seeing Kim Jong Un shortly.Progress being made-big difference!' The positive notes from Trump came after Haspel warned ISIS was still dangerous and Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee that Kim is unlikely to give up his nuclear stockpiles
'We currently assess that North Korea will seek to retain its WMD (weapons of mass destruction) capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capability because its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival,' Coats said in his opening statement as the three intelligence chiefs testified on Tuesday
'Our assessment is bolstered by our observations of some activity that is inconsistent with full denuclearization,' he added
Coats' conclusions run counter to the claims Trump made after his June summit in Singapore with Kim, when he argued North Korea no longer poses a nuclear threat
Trump plans to meet with Kim again 'shortly,' as he said in his Wednesday morning tweet but no agenda, venue or date have been announced
The White House has said the sitdown will be around the end of February.Additionally, in the annual 'Worldwide Threat Assessment' released on Tuesday, it was revealed Kim is wooing China and South Korea to support its push for Washington to loosen sanctions pressure without making significant nuclear concessions
'Kim has also sought to align the region against the U.S.-led pressure campaign in order to gain incremental sanctions relief, and North Korean statements have repeatedly indicated that some sanctions relief is necessary for additional diplomacy to occur,' the report said
The 42-page report released by Coats noted North Korea had not conducted any nuclear or missile tests in over a year and had declared its support for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
Pyongyang had also 'reversibly dismantled' parts of its infrastructure for weapons of mass destruction, the report said
The report also noted that in his 2019 New Year's address, Kim pledged that North Korea would 'go toward' complete denuclearization and promised not to make, test, or use nuclear weapons
However, it said Kim made it conditional on 'practical actions' by the United States and added that Pyongyang had - in the past tied - the idea of denuclearization to changes in diplomatic ties, economic sanctions, and military activities
And CIA director Gina Haspel told the Senate panel on Tuesday that Kim's regime 'is committed to developing a long-range nuclear-armed missile that would pose a direct threat to the United States
' The threat report also found that the United States' trade policies and 'unilateralism' - central tenants of Trump's presidency - have strained relationships with foreign partners
In addition to the focus on the North Korea, both the report and the chiefs' testimony examined relationships with Iran, Afghanistan and Syria plus warned of possible cyber attacks in the next presidential election
Missing from the report was any mention of threats at the U.S-Mexico border where Trump is demanding a border wall for security reasons
The report stated the Islamic State group 'remains a terrorist and insurgent threat' inside Iraq, where the government faces 'an increasingly disenchanted public
' In Syria, where Trump has ordered a full withdrawal of U.S.troops, the government of Bashar Assad is likely to consolidate control, with Russia and Iran attempting to further entrench themselves in Syria, the report claimed
And Haspel said of ISIS: 'They're still dangerous,' adding that they still command 'thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria
' Last month Trump claimed 'we have won against ISIS; we've beaten them, and we've beaten them badly
' Without mentioning prospects for a peace deal, which appear to have improved only in recent days, the report said, 'neither the Afghan government nor the Taliban will be able to gain a strategic military advantage in the Afghan war in the coming year' if the U
S.maintains its current levels of support.Trump has ordered a partial pullback of U
S.forces this year, although no firm plan is in place.Coats also told the committee that Russia and perhaps other countries are likely to attempt to use social media and other means to influence the 2020 U
S.presidential election.'We expect our adversaries and strategic competitors to refine their capabilities and add new tactics as they learn from each other's experiences, suggesting the threat landscape could look very different in 2020 and future elections,' the intelligence report said
The report specifically warned about Russia, which U.S.intelligence agencies determined had interfered in the 2016 election to sway voters toward Trump
'Russia's social media efforts will continue to focus on aggravating social and racial tensions, undermining trust in authorities, and criticizing perceived anti-Russia politicians,' it said
'Moscow may employ additional influence toolkits - such as spreading disinformation, conducting hack-and-leak operations, or manipulating data - in a more targeted fashion to influence U
S.policy, actions, and elections.'
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