President Trump isn’t exactly known for biting his tongue — and thank God for that. While the D.C. establishment and its embedded intelligence bureaucracy keep trying to walk the tightrope of “nuanced” diplomacy with Iran, President Trump is out there telling it like it is: the intelligence community has been wrong before, and they’re wrong again.
On Friday, during a press gaggle in New Jersey, a reporter tossed out the usual bait — claiming that the intelligence community says Iran isn’t building a nuclear weapon, and pointing to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s testimony from a few months ago as the holy gospel. Well, Trump wasn’t having it. “Then my intelligence community is wrong,” he said flat out, before doubling down: “She’s wrong.”
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Boom. No stuttering. No political tap dance. Just a straight-up reality check for the bureaucrats who’ve been fumbling foreign policy since the Bush years.
Let’s back up for a second. Gabbard — who, by the way, is supposed to be on Team Trump — testified in March that Iran wasn’t actively building a bomb. But she also admitted that Tehran’s uranium stockpile was at record levels for a non-nuclear state. Translation? They’ve got everything they need — they just haven’t flipped the switch. That’s not exactly reassuring.
Even Trump’s own White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, wasn’t playing games with the language. “Iran has all that it needs to keep a nuclear weapon,” she said Thursday. “All they need is a decision from the Supreme Leader to do that.” So no, this isn’t some chicken-little panic. It’s a rational assessment: Iran is playing coy, keeping the West guessing, while quietly stockpiling nuclear potential like it’s going out of style.
CNN: You’ve always said you don’t believe Iran should have a nuke. Tulsi Gabbard testified in March that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.
Trump: I don’t care what she said. They were very close to getting a nuke. pic.twitter.com/YJKMGNlvlz
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 17, 2025
President Trump’s not buying the “everything’s fine” narrative — and why should he? This is the same intelligence establishment that gave us “Iraq has WMDs,” “Russian collusion,” and let’s not forget the greatest hit: “Hunter Biden’s laptop is disinformation.” Color us skeptical.
Now, Gabbard insists there’s no rift. According to Politico, she says she and Trump are “on the same page.” Maybe they are — behind closed doors. But in public, Trump has called her out twice now. And if that’s what it takes to keep the national security team sharp, then good. We’ve had enough of presidents blindly nodding along with intelligence that turns out to be half-baked at best and manipulated at worst.
Trump’s message is loud and clear: he’s the one in charge, and he’ll call out anyone — even his own people — if they’re off track. That’s leadership.
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