Trump and the Undermining of US Intelligence Power
Huw Dylan and Elena Grossfeld make two key points on the management of the US Intelligence Community (USIC) under Donald Trump’s administration. First, that the administration is degrading USIC capacity. They illustrate that the root of this decay is a policy of politicisation. Second, that there is now a process of ‘platform decay’. Trump is hollowing out US intelligence as he attempts to reshape US intelligence culture. In doing so, he risks diminishing American intelligence power.
Authors
- Elena Grossfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0148-2956)
- Huw Dylan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4154-2300)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The RUSI Journal
- Published
- 2026-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03071847.2026.2725570
- Primary Topic
- Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00