Trump splits with Gabbard’s assessment that Iran isn’t pursuing a nuke: ‘Don’t care what she said’

President Trump broke with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s prior suggestion in March that Iran was not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon and warned that the theocratic regime is “close” to having one.

Back in March, Gabbard had testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hadn’t “authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.”

“I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having one,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One early Tuesday during his return flight from the Group of Seven summit in Canada.

Gabbard, who testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee in a closed-door session Tuesday, later told reporters that she and Trump are “on the same page.”

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