First, Trump saw a former CIA director (Morell) and former director of the National Security Agency (Michael Hayden) criticizing him and his policies.

Then he became the GOP nominee and received his first intelligence briefing. Within 48 hours, there were leaks criticizing Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn’s disruptive behavior with briefers.

Trump won in November and was supposed to get a daily briefing. “And he doesn’t,” Morell told Politico. “And within a few days, there’s leaks about how he’s not taking the briefing. So he must have thought … ‘Who are these guys? Are these guys out to get me? Is this a political organization?’”