Donald Trump, last week, announced that he planned to take two weeks to decide whether or not to join Israel’s attack on Iran. The idea of the attacks, which the U.S. is considering joining, is to put a stop to Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons program.
The problem is, the intelligence community has assessed, very recently, that Iran no longer has an active nuclear weapons program. Plus, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, testified under oath before Congress in March that “The (intelligence community) continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.”
Trump’s response to this, when asked about it by reporters on Friday?
Reporter: Your intelligence community said they have no evidence that Iran is building a nuclear weapon
Trump: My intelligence community is wrong…Tulsi Gabbard is wrong.
pic.twitter.com/zU5bP5UPKP— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 20, 2025
“My intelligence community is wrong,” the president said. “Who is my intelligence community said that?”
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When a reporter told him it was Gabbard, Trump replied, “She’s wrong.”
Gabbard, in an X post of her own later in the day, tried to square that circle.
The dishonest media is intentionally taking my testimony out of context and spreading fake news as a way to manufacture division. America has intelligence that Iran is at the point that it can produce a nuclear weapon within weeks to months, if they decide to finalize the… pic.twitter.com/mYxjpJY2ud
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) June 20, 2025
“The dishonest media is intentionally taking my testimony out of context and spreading fake news as a way to manufacture division. America has intelligence that Iran is at the point that it can produce a nuclear weapon within weeks to months, if they decide to finalize the assembly,” Gabbard said in the post.
There were some amused reactions on social media to the about-face.
The “Anti-War” Isolationist echo chamber after watching Tulsi’s full testimony https://t.co/cEyxcToN5q pic.twitter.com/fQ3HnowpHr
— Ami Kozak (@amiKozak) June 20, 2025
These words—“Iran is at the point that it can produce a nuclear weapon within weeks to months”—appear nowhere in the testimony. https://t.co/3dTGSNfzJf
— Eric Brewer (@BrewerEricM) June 20, 2025
May Tulsi never have a peaceful podcast appearance as long as she lives (a fate worse than death for some) https://t.co/aWKBymS0VJ
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) June 20, 2025
You spineless coward https://t.co/fuw1AgTuO5 pic.twitter.com/HMRQfMPHmc
— Chinese Products Enthusiast (@tr76519) June 20, 2025
https://t.co/mfJqp4uXQz pic.twitter.com/oJiHFcDm2e
— Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) June 20, 2025
Photo courtesy of the Political Tribune media library.
