President dismisses leaked assessment suggesting strikes only temporarily disrupted Iran’s nuclear development

Trump dismisses leaked assessment suggesting strikes only temporarily disrupted Iran’s nuclear development

Donald Trump said he is weighing forcing journalists who published leaked details from a US intelligence report assessing the impact of the recent American military strikes on Iran to reveal their sources – and the president also claimed his administration may prosecute those reporters and sources if they don’t comply.

In an interview Sunday with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo, Trump doubled down on his claim that the 21 June airstrikes aimed at certain Iranian facilities successfully crippled Iran’s nuclear program. He insisted the attacks destroyed key enriched uranium stockpiles, despite Iranian assertions that the material had been relocated before the strikes.

Trump dismissed the leaked intelligence assessment in question – which suggested the strikes only temporarily disrupted Iran’s nuclear development – as incomplete and biased. The report, circulated among US lawmakers and intelligence officials, concluded that the damage inflicted was significantly less than what Trump’s administration had publicly claimed.

  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    8 hours ago

    The funny part is the leak could only have come from inside his administration and party because he withheld briefings from his political opponents

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      8 hours ago

      that’s because the narrative was important to their long-term goals and has not only ruined the months of setup, but also wasted the efforts.

      he’s a really lazy man and hates working.

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      10 hours ago

      It’s because fascists always have to be right and be the strongest. So strong that any resistance means destruction and the only path of survival is to fall in line.

      He insisted the attacks destroyed key enriched uranium stockpiles, despite Iranian assertions that the material had been relocated before the strikes.

      Trump dismissed the leaked intelligence assessment in question – which suggested the strikes only temporarily disrupted Iran’s nuclear development – as incomplete and biased.

      Not only is he not as strong as he says, he looks downright weak. It’s personally dangerous to his image and is a test of power to those within the GOP. He needs complete loyalty so others will follow his orders without question. But the question is now “is it worth it?”

      And there were real believers within the GOP who wanted to avoid WW3 or a nuclear engagement only to see AIPAC have more pull than actual Americans in the deployment of American muscle. Trump needs to keep those stragglers in line or risk having a shattered party that can’t do anything but in-fight over the next 3 years.

      He’s fighting this so hard because this is a fight for his future.