Trump dismissed Gabbard’s suggestion that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon
Us President Donald Trump He has reduced an evaluation of its National Intelligence Director, Tullesi Gabbard, that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon, saying that he “does not care” what he said.
During Witness of the legislators In March, Gabbard said that the intelligence community “continues to evaluate that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.” She added that The supreme leader of IranAyatollah Ali Khamenei, “had not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003”.
But Trump rejected his testimony after a journalist interrogated him on Monday.
“I don’t care about what he said,” Trump said. “I think they [Iran] were very close to having [a nuclear weapon]. “”
On Tuesday, Gabbard responded to Trump’s comments, insisting that he was “on the same page” as the president.
“President Trump said the same as I said in my annual evaluation of threats in March,” Gabbard said.
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It occurs when Trump weighs if the United States should join Israel in his conflict against Iran, who has entered his sixth day.
Tuesday reports said that Trump was studying a possible north -American strike in Iran, after meeting with the highest national security officials in the White House situations room.
On Tuesday, Trump demanded the “unconditional surrender” of Iran and said that America knew where Khamenei was hiding. The President added that he does not want to kill him “for the moment”.
“We know exactly where the so -called” supreme leader “is hidden,” Trump said on social media.
“It is an easy goal, but it is safe there; we will not remove it (kill!), At least not for the moment. But we do not want the missiles to shoot civilians or north -American soldiers. Our patience is fine.”
Trump left the group of seven peaks in Canada one day at the beginning of Monday to return to Washington to address the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
His departure came hours after he urged “everyone” to Iran to “immediately evacuate” the capital Tehran.
“Iran should have signed the” treatment “that I told them to sign. What a shame and waste of human life,” Trump wrote to social truth on Monday. “He simply stated, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. I said it again and again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
Talks between the United States and Iran in an agreement on their nuclear program took place last week, but were suspended indefinitely after Israel launched fatal air attacks in Tehran at the beginning of Friday.
Israel attacked Iran in a series of strikes that killed the highest Iranian military official and struck nuclear places and missiles, causing the last conflict. Iran retaliated with a wave of missile attacks aimed at Israel hours later, raising concerns about a total war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the attack was needed to prevent an imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear bombs.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday accused the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of attacking Iran to deliberately derail the conversations with Washington.
Iran maintains that its nuclear program is peaceful and the United States and others have valued that Tehran has not pursued a nuclear weapon since 2003.
Israeli strikes have killed at least 224 people in Iran since Friday. In the meantime, 24 people have been killed in Israel.