America's spies say Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment

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America's spies say Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment - Lemmy.World

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 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.

In his view, Iran was “very close” to having a nuclear bomb.

Those are clearly Netanyahu’s words in his mouth. Netanyahu has been loudly and confidently saying that at regular intervals since 2012. Iran is always weeks away.

They’ve been saying “any day now” for twenty-some years