Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at FBI Director Christopher Wray after the man he chose to lead the bureau backed the findings of an inspector general report that found the investigation into Russian election interference was properly launched.

"I don't know what report current Director of the FBI Christopher Wray was reading, but it sure wasn't the one given to me. With that kind of attitude, he will never be able to fix the FBI, which is badly broken despite having some of the greatest men & women working there!" Trump wrote.

Trump's morning tweet suggested he's lost confidence in Wray, who he appointed in 2017. But officials at the White House said they did not believe Trump was prepared to fire him because his decision to dismiss his first FBI director, James Comey, resulted in the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller.

Still, the tweet affirmed Trump is irrevocably at odds with Wray, the third person to serve as FBI director under Trump. It underscored his continued frustration at the agency's leadership, with whom Trump has feuded since the beginning of his presidency.

Trump had cast the highly anticipated inspector general's report as vindication of his suspicions of the FBI and its decision to launch an investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia.