Overview
- Trump, speaking Sunday aboard Air Force One, said he sees Tulsi Gabbard as softer than him on blocking an Iranian bomb and added he still has confidence in her.
- Tulsi Gabbard told Congress earlier this month that U.S. intelligence has high confidence about where Iran stores highly enriched uranium.
- Officials have offered conflicting assessments of Iran’s progress, with some saying it was weeks from a weapon and others, including Trump, pointing to past strikes they say crippled the program.
- National counterterrorism chief Joe Kent resigned this month over the war after arguing Iran posed no imminent threat, as Vice President JD Vance urged a cautious approach and Republicans voiced cost concerns.
- The U.S.–Israeli campaign has entered its second month, and Trump said a deal to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions could be near.