<p>Donald Trump&rsquo;s first official agency stop as president was a visit to CIA headquarters &ndash; a move we can interpret as an attempt to patch things up with the intelligence community &#8211; during which he delivered a speech to nearly 400 agency employees at the CIA Memorial Wall. ;</p>
<p>Trump reiterated the importance of eradicating radical Islamic terrorism. &ldquo;We have to get rid of ISIS,&rdquo; he said on Saturday. &ldquo;We have no choice.&rdquo; After a private meeting with top CIA officials, he said that the nation had been &ldquo;restrained&rdquo; by President Obama in the fight against ISIS. ;</p>
<p>Trump told the CIA to expect ;&ldquo;so much backing,&rdquo; and praised incoming CIA Director Mike Pompeo as &ldquo;a total star.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Everything he&rsquo;s done is a home run. People like him. People respect him,&#8221; said Trump. ;</p>
<p>Pompeo, who ;graduated from Harvard Law School and served in the Army before becoming a House Rep. for the state of Kansas, is expected to be confirmed by the Senate this Thursday. ;</p>
<p>Trump also used the opportunity to brag about his appearances in <em>Time</em> magazine and criticize the media &ndash; blaming them for the &lsquo;rumor&rsquo; that he wasn&rsquo;t playing nice with the intelligence community after he refused to believe that Russia played a role in the presidential elections. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I have a running war with the media,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They are among the most dishonest human beings on Earth.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Nobody feels stronger about the intelligence community than Donald Trump,&rdquo; continued Trump. &ldquo;I love you. I respect you. There&rsquo;s nobody whom I respect more. We are going to start winning again.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>The ;unusual speech didn&rsquo;t sit well with some, and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) says that the new president will need &ldquo;to do more than use the agency memorial as a backdrop if he wants to earn the respect of the men and women who provide the best intelligence in the world.</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> Hopefully Trump was able to make the point that the battles were against political appointees not the rank and file. The CIA has a lot of work to do in the next four years, these are some of the most intelligent and dedicated people in America.</p>