Sen. Ron Johnson Ronald (Ron) Harold JohnsonThis week: Supreme Court fight over Ginsburg's seat upends Congress's agenda GOP set to release controversial Biden report Democrats fear Russia interference could spoil bid to retake Senate MORE (R-Wis.) said Sunday that it's "imperative" for President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE to heed the advice of the U.S. intelligence community.

"There’s an awful lot, there’s so much tradition, and history and complexity to some of these foreign policy issues, you have to rely on people who have been working these issues for decades," Johnson said on "Fox News Sunday."

"It's just imperative that you actually listen to, for example, the CIA chief, the director of national intelligence," he continued. "These people have the real knowledge and you have to listen to them."

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Trump last week publicly rebuked his intelligence chiefs after they delivered testimony that contradicted the president's assessment of current affairs in Iran, North Korea and Syria.

CIA Director Gina Haspel and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats Daniel (Dan) Ray CoatsFBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by The Air Line Pilots Association - Trump, Biden renew push for Latino support Former Intel chief had 'deep suspicions' that Putin 'had something on Trump': book MORE testified before Congress that North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons, Iran is complying with the Obama-era nuclear deal and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria still poses a grave threat.

The president blasted the leaders as "passive and naive," said "time will prove" he was correct, and later said Haspel and Coats indicated the media had mischaracterized their comments.

"I have intel people, but that doesn't mean I have to agree," Trump said in an interview to be broadcast Sunday on "Face the Nation."

Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, argued on "Fox News Sunday" that Haspel and Coats had testified Iran was currently in compliance, but he noted that Tehran still poses a risk to the Middle East and the U.S.

The difference between the intelligence community's assessment and Trump's was "blown way out of proportion," Johnson said.