Trump Action Archive

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• Defense Intelligence Agency assessed Iran nuclear strikes ineffective — The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the intelligence arm of the Pentagon, conducted early assessments of damage caused by U.S. military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. The DIA concluded that the strikes did not destroy the main parts of Iran's nuclear program and probably set it back by only a few months. The White House called the DIA assessment "flat out wrong." CNN and later the New York Times confirmed the DIA's reporting.
• U.S. intelligence assessment concluded Iran's nuclear program largely intact after strikes — Three sources told CNN that according to an early Defense Intelligence Agency assessment, U.S. military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of Iran's nuclear program and likely only set it back a few months. The assessment concluded that underground facilities, centrifuges, and highly enriched uranium were largely intact, contradicting Trump's public claims of complete destruction.
• White House dismisses Pentagon intelligence assessment on Iran nuclear strikes — The Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon's intelligence arm, produced a classified report concluding that the recent strikes on Iranian nuclear sites did not destroy two of the targeted facilities and probably only set back Iran's nuclear program by a few months. The report found key nuclear components including centrifuges could be restarted within months and that much of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile was moved before the strikes to other secret sites. The White House dismissed the report as "flat-out wrong."
• CNN reported Iran nuclear program not destroyed by US strikes — On June 24, CNN, citing an early US intelligence assessment, reported that the core components of Iran's nuclear program were not destroyed by the US military strikes, despite Trump's claims that it was "obliterated." The report concluded that the strikes likely only set the program back by just a few months. White House Press Secretary called the report "flat-out wrong … but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community." CNN responded, saying the network "stands by our thorough reporting," and added that the White House "has acknowledged the existence of the assessment."

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• Secretary of State Rubio dismisses intelligence assessment as irrelevant to Iran nuclear decision — On June 22, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared on CBS Face the Nation and, when asked whether the United States had intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization of Iran's nuclear program, declared the question "irrelevant." When pressed by interviewer Margaret Brennan that this is "the key point in U.S. intelligence assessments," Rubio contradicted her, stating "No, it's not." This represents an explicit rejection of the foundational criterion—whether Iran's leadership has decided to weaponize—that defines the U.S. Intelligence Community's assessment of the nuclear threat.
• Vice President Vance mischaracterizes intelligence testimony to justify Iran strikes — On June 22, 2025, Vice President JD Vance appeared on Meet the Press and claimed that Director of National Intelligence Gabbard had said in March that Iran was "producing highly-enriched Uranium that was only consistent with them wanting to build a nuclear weapon." However, the transcript of Gabbard's Congressional hearing reveals this characterization is false and misleading. Gabbard stated that Iran was enriching uranium (a fact true for many years) and had a higher stockpile than other non-nuclear nations, but she was explicit that Iran had not taken steps to build a nuclear weapon nor had such a program been authorized. Vance's misrepresentation was used to justify military strikes.