Trump Defends Call To Evacuate Tehran: “I Don’t Care” That Tulsi Gabbard Testified Iran Isn’t Building Nukes

The Hill reports:

Tulsi Gabbard testified before Congress in March that while Iran had an “unprecedented” stockpile of weapons-grade uranium, the country did not appear to be building a nuclear weapon.

“I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having one,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One in the wee hours of Tuesday morning in response to a direct question about Gabbard’s testimony.

Gabbard insisted to reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that her testimony in March was consistent with Trump. “What President Trump is saying is the same thing I said in my annual threat assessment in March to Congress,” she said.

Read the full article. Trump famously doesn’t read his daily intel briefings and his flacks are trying to turn them into a version of a Fox News video report so that he’d pay attention.

Q: 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/8PeFACJoPl

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 17, 2025

Trump just posted: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”

So reckless. So dangerous. So irresponsible. pic.twitter.com/tzKR0kpaPr

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 16, 2025