Trump rebukes spy chief Tulsi Gabbard over Iran nuclear threat: ‘She’s wrong’ | World News

US President Donald Trump dismissed an earlier intelligence assessment his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, that Iran is not currently building a nuclear weapon. “She’s wrong,” Trump told reporters at an airport in Morrown, New Jersey, reported Reuters.
Trump’s comments come as his adminration weighs possible US involvement in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, with officials indicating a decision could come within two weeks.
Gabbard says intelligence was taken ‘out of context’
Back in March, Gabbard had testified to Congress: “The [intelligence community] continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.”
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In her March testimony, Gabbard also said that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile was unusual for a state without such weapons, and warned that the Iranian government was “emboldening nuclear weapons advocates within Iran’s decision-making apparatus.”
On Friday, Gabbard posted on X: “America has intelligence that Iran is at the point that it can produce a nuclear weapon within weeks to months, if they decide to finalise the assembly. President Trump has been clear that can’t happen, and I agree.”
She added that the media had taken her March testimony “out of context” and accused them of attempting to “manufacture division.”
Israeli Prime Miner Benjamin Netanyahu has cited Iran’s nuclear activity as justification for a week of airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites. Tehran denies it is pursuing nuclear weapons, saying its uranium enrichment program is for peaceful purposes.
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The New York Times reported that Trump had also privately confronted Gabbard over a video she posted earlier this month about her visit to Hiroshima, warning of the dangers of nuclear war. The president was reportedly displeased, telling her that such messaging would alarm the public.

Trump has frequently voiced scepticism of the US intelligence community. Both he and his supporters have accused it of being part of a “deep state” conspiracy against his presidency, without offering evidence.
During his first term, Trump openly clashed with spy agencies, including over their conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
(With inputs from Reuters, The New York Times)