represented there by the soon to be former director of national intelligence dan coats. it's been both awkward and acrimonious to say the least, from the then president-elect compares u.s. intelligence agencies to nazis. literally. to trump's very first day in office when he stood in front of the cia's memorial wall and boasted about his intelect and inauguration crowd size. to most infamously taking vladimir putin's word that russia did not interfere in the 2016 election over his own intelligence community's assessment. in spite of all that, dan coats often said things the president didn't want to hear, like when he testified before congress earlier this year and contradicted trump on issues, including the threat of isis in syria, the possibility of north korea denuclearizing and whether iran cheated on the nuclear deal. and just earlier this month, coats appointed a new election security czar countering the president's apparent lack of concern on the subject.