Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan ripped into Donald Trump on Sunday for 'speaking and tweeting' about probably easing sanctions towards Russia, saying the president-elect lacks a full understanding of the risk Moscow poses to america.
'I believe he must be aware that he doesn't have a full appreciation and understanding of what the implications are of happening that highway,' Brennan stated on 'Fox Information Sunday,' a present Trump routinely watches.
'Now that he'll have a chance to do one thing for our nationwide safety versus speaking and tweeting, he'll have great duty to be sure that U.S. and nationwide safety pursuits are protected,' Brennan added.
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John Brennan stated on Fox Information Sunday that Donald Trump's 'speaking and tweeting' is just not within the nation's curiosity and that the president-elect lacks a full understanding of the risk Russia poses
Trump's transition workforce didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.
The extraordinary televised lecture to the incoming president highlighted the bitter state of Trump's relationship with the American intelligence neighborhood simply days earlier than he's inaugurated because the nation's 45th president.
Trump has repeatedly shrugged off intelligence that is satisfied Republicans and Democrats that Russia tried to assist him win election.
He is publicly known as for a greater relationship between the U.S. and President Vladimir Putin's authorities, and urged in an interview with the Wall Road Journal on Friday that he'd think about easing sanctions imposed by President Barack Obama as payback for the alleged election hacking.
Trump additionally has urged that the intelligence neighborhood is out to get him — together with by the leak of a doc containing doubtlessly damaging, however unverified, monetary and private data on Trump.
Trump has likened the scenario to 'Nazi Germany.' Brennan on Sunday known as that comparability 'outrageous' and stated the intelligence neighborhood wished the president-elect to know that the doc was circulating amongst some information retailers.
However an array of revelations has shed extra mild on the Trump-Putin relationship. Ret. Gen. Michael Flynn, who is ready to grow to be Trump's nationwide safety adviser, and Russia's ambassador to the U.S. have been in frequent contact in latest weeks, together with on the day the Obama administration hit Moscow with sanctions in retaliation for the alleged election hacking, a senior U.S. official says.
After initially denying that Flynn and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak spoke Dec. 29, a Trump official stated late Friday that the transition workforce was conscious of 1 name on the day the Obama administration imposed the sanctions.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence, additionally in an look on 'Fox Information Sunday,' denied that Flynn and Kislyak mentioned something regarding the sanctions.
Pence stated he talked to Flynn about this on Saturday. 'The conversations that occurred at the moment weren't in any means associated to the brand new U.S. sanctions towards Russia or the expulsion of diplomats.'
Repeated contacts simply as Obama imposed sanctions would elevate questions on whether or not Trump's workforce mentioned — and even helped form — Russia's response. Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly didn't retaliate towards the U.S. for the sanctions or the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats, a choice Trump shortly praised.
Pence on Sunday additionally denied that anybody from the Trump marketing campaign contacted Russian officers earlier than the election.
Brennan on Sunday roundly denounced Trump's method to Russia and different nationwide safety threats, suggesting the president-elect has a lot to know earlier than he could make knowledgeable choices on such issues.
Trump's impulsivity might be harmful, Brennan urged.
'Spontaneity is just not one thing that protects nationwide safety pursuits,' Brennan stated, saying twice that the matter is 'greater than being about him.'
'I believe Mr. Trump has to know that absolving Russia of varied actions it has taken prior to now variety of years is a highway that he must be very, very cautious about transferring down.'
There are prices to casting doubts on the credibility of the nationwide intelligence neighborhood, Brennan added.
'The world is watching now what Trump says and listening very fastidiously. If he would not believe within the intelligence neighborhood, what sign does that ship to our companions and allies in addition to our adversaries?' Brennan stated.
'It is extra than simply about Mr. Trump,' he stated.
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