Donald Trump vs US intelligence services: Why the big rift?

US President accuses officials of illegally giving out confidential information 'like candy'

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Donald Trump has "declared war" on the US intelligence community, accusing officials of handing out classified information "like candy".

In a series of tweets yesterday, the President tried to divert attention from the growing scandal about his former national security adviser Michael Flynn and hit out at "very un-American" intelligence officials giving out confidential information "illegally".

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