Donald Trump doubled down Friday on his claim that Tulsi Gabbard is wrong about Iran’s supposed nuclear capabilities.
After disembarking Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, the president played dumb when confronted with a major discrepancy between his claims about Iran and what U.S. intelligence had to say.
“So you have that Iran is building a nuclear weapon,” one reporter said. “Your intelligence community has said they have no evidence that they are at this point.”
“Well, then my intelligence community is wrong. Who in the intelligence community said that?” Trump asked.
“Your director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard,” the reporter replied.
“She’s wrong,” Trump said.
Q: Your intelligence community says they have no evidence that Iran is building a nukeTRUMP: Then my intelligence community is wrong. Who said that?Q: You director of national intelligence Tulsi GabbardTRUMP: She’s wrong pic.twitter.com/RI9Jzouagh
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 20, 2025
Earlier this year, Gabbard testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that according to the Annual Threat Assessment, Iran was years away from acquiring nuclear weapons of their own.
When asked about this discrepancy earlier this week, Trump replied, “I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having it.”
In an effort to back Israel’s sweeping military operation in Iran, Trump has continually ignored intel provided by his own government. And Gabbard has made desperate attempts to rewrite her previous statements to get in line with the president’s newfound beliefs about Iran.
Trump has continued to play dumb (or maybe just be dumb) when asked any question about Iran. He repeatedly claimed that he would give Iran two weeks to weigh U.S. involvement—a timestamp he often uses to push things off until people forget about them—and said that he “might” support a ceasefire.
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