Trump doubts the words of the Director of National Intelligence because of Iran’s statement

Trump questioned the intelligence assessments reported by Gabbard earlier this year, in which he said that Tehran was not working to manufacture a nuclear weapon, during his conversation with journalists at Maurice Town Airport in New Jersey.

Gabbard had testified to Congress in March, in which she confirmed that the American intelligence community still believes that Iran is not developing a nuclear weapon.

On Friday, Gabbard posted on the “X” platform a statement: “America has intelligence information indicating that Iran has reached a stage that enables it to produce a nuclear weapon within weeks or months, if it decides to complete the assembly process. President Trump was clear that he would not allow this to happen, and I agree with him.”

She added that the media outlets out of her context, and works to “fabricate the division.”

In March, Gabbard described Iran’s enriched uranium stock as unprecedented for a country that does not have such weapons, and indicated that the US government is closely monitoring the situation.

She also made it clear that Iran began to publicly discuss nuclear weapons, which “encouraged supporters of nuclear weapons in the decision -making circles in Tehran.”

A source familiar with the US intelligence reports told Reuters that the evaluation presented by Gabbard in March has not changed, stressing that the intelligence services believe that Iran needs about three years to develop a nuclear head capable of hitting a goal it chooses.

David Ulbright, a former United Nations nuclear weapon inspector, questioned the modified statements made by Gabbard on Friday, and that Iran needed at least six months to produce an unimaginable rudimentary nuclear “”.

It is reported that Trump often rejected the results of the reports of US intelligence agencies, which he and his supporters accused without providing evidence that it is part of the “deep state”, which includes officials working against his presidency.