Immediately after CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to #Moscow, #Trump held a meeting with his national security team. According to journalist Andrew Leyden , US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine , and CIA Director John Ratcliffe took part in the White House meeting with the US president. The closed-door meeting lasted around three hours . It took place shortly after Ratcliffe’s trip to #Russia.