We established our National Security Intelligence apparatus under a pall of common-sense and dire necessity. Despite the errors and occasional excesses of those institutions, and given that they have been administered with an army of non-partisan career civil servants, I would rather trust them to provide accurate intelligence than a Criminal Regime which lies, dissembles, and equivocates at every turn.
Furthermore: as a retiree "getting on" in years, who owns his home outright and covers all of his personal expenses, I have watched this Criminal-in-Chief from the beginning -- now about ten years. He was telling ridiculous lies before and during the first month of his first presidency. This has led me now to a personal policy that governs my understanding and all decisions about the Criminal.
There is no good to come of any -- ANY -- trust placed in the Criminal Presidency, and it is probably sensible to dismiss ANYTHING he says, in public or through his henchmen -- as completely unreliable.
If Trump told me that bad weather was coming with a blizzard snowstorm, I'd change into my speedo swimsuit, get out my beach canopy and prepare for a hot and sunny day. More generally and otherwise, I SPIT on HIM, his SUPPORTERS, and his ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENCY.