Trump used 2014 tweet to allege Obama skipped his intelligence briefings

But Mr Obama's aides claimed he took his intel briefing each morning, typically after visiting the White House gym

Missing an intelligence briefing or two? Yeah, there's a tweet for that, too.

Donald Trump hammered his predecessor, Barack Obama, routinely on Twitter – especially during the 44th president's second term.

Since the former reality television show host became president himself, many of those tweets have been used by critics to suggest he is hypocritical.

That is the case yet again, this time amid questions about US intelligence reports earlier this year that Russia had placed bounties on the heads of American and coalition military forces in Afghanistan. If Taliban and Taliban-linked militias killed any, Russia would provide payouts, US officials have told multiple US media outlets.

The White House has not denied the intel reports exist or the payments happened, just that they were not 100 per cent verified. Mr Trump's top aides claim he was never briefed on the intelligence; US officials, speaking anonymously to be candid, say the reports were summarised in his daily intel briefing back in late February.

Mr Trump was not a fan of the thick daily briefing books, and switched to less-frequent oral briefings instead.

All the way back in 2014, then-businessman Trump claimed in a tweet that "Obama does not read his intelligence briefings nor does he get briefed in person by the CIA or DOD."

Why?

He added: "Too busy I guess!"

During his presidency, Mr Obama's aides said the intelligence briefing was among the first items on his schedule each day.