Inside the US intelligence community, a deep wariness about a second Trump administration has set in, stoked by memories of the antagonistic relationship the nation’s spy agencies had with Donald Trump the last time he was president.

Trump had not nominated anyone for the position of CIA director when the post was made. He nominated John Ratcliffe a day later.

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named John Ratcliffe as his pick for CIA director in the next administration.Ratcliffe, a former congressman from Texas, was director of national intelligence in Trump's first term.