New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said she was “struck” by how President Donald Trump not only dismissed his own intelligence chief’s analysis on Iran’s nuclear activity – but also leaned entirely on his personal opinion.
Appearing on The Source with Kaitlan Collins on Tuesday, Haberman responded to new comments from Trump in which he contradicts testimony his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, delivered in March.
"I don't care what she said," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. "I think they were very close to having one,” he said about the possibility that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon.
Haberman was taken aback by the apparent split between the president and his spy chief.
“What I was struck by – you know, he was publicly dismissive. That just is what it is,” the Times reporter said Tuesday. “But what I was also struck by is he was saying, ‘This is what I think.’ You know, you asked him about his opinion. He made very clear his opinion. I was struck by that.”
Haberman also referenced her reporting with other Times journalists, telling Collins that “contrary to what the Israelis were saying, there was not some new piece of information that appeared to point to some acceleration, at least, that the U.S. intelligence officials were aware of.”
The internal MAGA rift comes as CNN confirmed that Gabbard was not invited to attend a huddle at Camp David meeting where Trump huddled with members of his national security team over strategy on Iran.
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