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Vice President JD Vance insists Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is inactive an indispensable squad subordinate successful Trump's "coalition" aft President Donald Trump said helium "didn't care" what she'd antecedently told lawmakers astir Iran's atomic threat.
"DNI Gabbard is simply a veteran, a patriot, a loyal protagonist of President Trump and a captious portion of the conjugation helium built successful 2024," Vance said successful a connection Wednesday to Fox News Digital.
"She is an indispensable subordinate of our team, and we’re grateful for her tireless enactment to support America harmless from overseas threats."
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard "is a veteran, a patriot, a loyal protagonist of President Trump and a captious portion of the conjugation helium built successful 2024," Vice President JD Vance said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. (AP)
Vance and Gabbard person some historically been outspoken leaders of the non-interventionist campy making up the Trump administration. Both historically person backed a overseas argumentation doctrine that supports minimal interference with different nations' affairs.
By comparison, other, much hawkish members of Trump's Cabinet, similar Secretary of State Marco Rubio, person historically backed subject involution successful overseas conflicts.
Vance has publically supported Trump arsenic the medication contemplates adjacent steps to code Iran, though. Vance said Tuesday that portion those disquieted astir overseas involution are close to beryllium concerned, Trump has "earned immoderate spot connected this issue."
"And having seen this up adjacent and personal, I tin guarantee you that helium is lone funny successful utilizing the American subject to execute the American people's goals," Vance said successful a Truth Social station Tuesday. "Whatever helium does, that is his focus."
Vance’s connection of enactment for Gabbard comes aft Trump appeared to discount Gabbard’s March Senate Intelligence Committee statements, erstwhile she said she believed Iran was not actively gathering a atomic weapon.
Gabbard told lawmakers successful March the quality assemblage assessed that Iran was "not gathering a atomic weapon, and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the atomic weapons programme that helium suspended successful 2003," she said.
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She did adhd that "Iran's enriched uranium stockpile is astatine its highest levels and is unprecedented for a authorities without atomic weapons."
"Iran volition apt proceed efforts to counter Israel and property for U.S. subject withdrawal from the portion by aiding, arming and helping to reconstitute its escaped consortium of like-minded violent actors, which it refers to arsenic its axis of resistance," she said during the March hearing.
Vice President JD Vance speaks astatine American Compass' New World Gala successful Washington, June 3, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press)
Additionally, Gabbard released a video June 10 successful which she stated the satellite was "on the brink of atomic annihilation." Politico reported that Trump told associates astatine the White House that Gabbard was retired of enactment and believed the video was an effort to forestall him from endorsing Israel attacking Iran.
Alexa Henning, Gabbard's lawman main of staff, said successful a station connected X Tuesday that Politico's communicative was "total clickbait."
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Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Monday helium believed Iran was "very close" to obtaining a atomic weapon. When asked specifically astir Gabbard’s March testimony, Trump stood steadfast successful his appraisal of Iran’s atomic capabilities.
"I don't attraction what she said," Trump said. "I deliberation they were precise adjacent to having one."
President Donald Trump talks with reporters earlier a emblem rod is installed connected the South Lawn of the White House June 18, 2025, successful Washington. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)
Still, an authoritative with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said successful a connection to Fox News Digital Wednesday that Gabbard and the president are aligned connected Iran.
"Just due to the fact that Iran is not gathering a atomic limb close present doesn't mean they aren't ‘very close’ arsenic President Trump said connected Air Force One," the authoritative said. "POTUS and DNI Gabbard’s statements are congruent."
Gabbard wasn't invited to Camp David successful Maryland to convene with different subject officials and Cabinet members successful June. However, she was successful the White House's Situation Room Tuesday arsenic Trump kept an oculus connected updates successful the Middle East.
A White House authoritative told Fox News Digital Tuesday that Trump and Gabbard’s views and statements connected the substance are accordant with 1 another, noting that Gabbard said successful March that she believed Iran had the capableness to physique a atomic weapon.
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Trump told reporters Wednesday astatine the White House helium hadn’t decided yet whether helium would prosecute the U.S. successful strikes targeting Iran but said that the coming days oregon the "next week is going to beryllium precise big."
"Yes, I whitethorn bash it. I whitethorn not bash it. I mean, cipher knows what I'm going to do. I tin archer you this, that Iran's got a batch of trouble, and they privation to negotiate," Trump told reporters Wednesday. "And I said, 'Why didn't you negociate with maine earlier each this decease and destruction? Why didn't you go?' I said to people, 'Why didn't you negociate with maine 2 weeks ago? You could person done fine. You would person had a country.' It's precise bittersweet to ticker this."
Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is simply a authorities newsman with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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