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spanone

(139,440 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 05:28 PM Jun 17

AP:US spies said Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard left no doubt when she testified to Congress about Iran’s nuclear program earlier this year.

The country was not building a nuclear weapon, the national intelligence director told lawmakers, and its supreme leader had not reauthorized the dormant program even though it had enriched uranium to higher levels.

But President Donald Trump dismissed the assessment of U.S. spy agencies during an overnight flight back to Washington as he cut short his trip to the Group of Seven summit to focus on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

“I don’t care what she said,” Trump told reporters. In his view, Iran was “very close” to having a nuclear bomb.

https://apnews.com/article/gabbard-trump-intelligence-iran-nuclear-program-51c8d85d536f8628870c110ac05bb518

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AP:US spies said Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment. (Original Post) spanone Jun 17 OP
Gabbard is a Russian asset. Mosby Jun 17 #1
Oh, the republicon felon is lying to America again. BoRaGard Jun 17 #2
If Iran has nukes it would be B.See Jun 17 #3

Mosby

(18,725 posts)
1. Gabbard is a Russian asset.
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 05:44 PM
Jun 17

Even Trump knows that.

The UN IAEA have been prevented for years now to inspect Iranian facilities. They are in violation of the JCPOA.

B.See

(5,693 posts)
3. If Iran has nukes it would be
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 06:15 PM
Jun 17

because TRUMP ended the nuclear inspection agreement, because, Obama.

Or so I thought. Now I've come to wonder whether there was another motive. Something akin to CREATING a crisis.

Like sending the military to LA, for example.

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