President Donald Trump, on Friday, publicly shot down Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard. 

The president, according to the New York Post, did so by flatly stating that an intelligence update, provided by Gabbard to Congress earlier this year, was "wrong."

Gabbard, as we will see, is now claiming that it is the media that has gotten the situation wrong.

Not everything, though, seems to be adding up.

Background

The Hill reports:

Gabbard testified to Congress in March that the intelligence community assessed that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon, and its supreme leader had not authorized a nuclear weapons program. She also noted that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile was “unprecedented for a state without nuclear weapons.”

This is relevant given the ongoing situation between Israel and Iran. Iran's nuclear weapon capability is being given as a justification for Israel's attack on Iran, and some are arguing that it ought to also be a justification for the United States to join Israel in its attack on Iran.

The big question, though, is just how close to having a nuclear weapon Iran is. And, to answer this question, many have pointed to Gabbard's congressional testimony.

Now, however, Trump says that this testimony was incorrect.

"She's wrong"

Reporters asked Trump about the testimony on Friday.

"What intelligence do you have that Iran is building a nuclear weapon? Your intelligence community had said they have no evidence that they are at this point," the reporter asked.

"Well, then my intelligence community is wrong. Who in the intelligence community said that?" Trump asked. When Gabbard was given as the answer, Trump replied, "She’s wrong."

Gabbard responds

Now, Gabbard is claiming that the media is the one that is actually wrong. Take a look:

The dishonest media is intentionally taking my testimony out of context and spreading fake news as a way to manufacture division. America has intelligence that Iran is at the point that it can produce a nuclear weapon within weeks to months, if they decide to finalize the… pic.twitter.com/mYxjpJY2ud

— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) June 20, 2025

All of this has left many scratching their heads, wondering what exactly Iran's nuclear capabilities are. The Trump administration now seems to be uniting behind the idea that Iran, in Trump's words, is "months" if not "weeks" from obtaining a nuclear weapon. At the end of the day, the public has little more than trust to go on here.