Donald Trump responded to a growing crisis surrounding his White House by rekindling a public war with the US intelligence community, accusing it of mounting a “criminal” campaign to undermine his presidency by leaking information on his aides’ ties to Russia.
During a White House news conference and a Twitter barrage yesterday, Mr Trump blamed the escalating crisis that forced this week’s departure of Michael Flynn, his national security adviser, on a conspiracy fuelled by a media driven by “blind hatred” and intelligence agencies seeking revenge.
“The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by ‘intelligence’ like candy. Very un-American!” Mr Trump wrote in one tweet.