if he approaches the intelligence briefings that are fed to him with the same skepticism that he has displayed for climate science, I can only see that as a positive.

A skeptic would at least concede the possibility that there is some truth to climate science, despite the political machinations around it, and actually consider the evidence on its own terms. Trump appears to believe the entire thing is a Chinese conspiracy to harm American business. That's not skepticism, it's just denial.