from babysandpiper@sopuli.xyz to world@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 22:52
https://sopuli.xyz/post/29640109
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.
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For some reason, he seems extra butthurt about getting caught lying this time.
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.
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.
I really really hope he loses this fight.
Well he is losing imo but to who. It’s not democracy.
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.
That’s called a subpeona, Mr. Trump.
Maybe it was Iran?
That’s how you know the intelligence is accurate.
Reporters should all just say it was Don Jr.
They should say it was Pete Opsec
it was the coke talking
It was Pete Hegseth in a Signal group Biatch
in his defense he was, and continues to be, a weak-willed simpering bitch
A drunk weak-willed simpering bitch
Truth hurts MF 🤬
Our source was Mr. Lickma
It was Hegseth thru a Signal group again
The funny part is the leak could only have come from inside his administration and party because he withheld briefings from his political opponents
It could still be from a Dem added to a Signal chat
Oh is that what that random group chat was last week?
They forgot to hang up after ordering the pizzas. Domino’s guy heard the whole thing.
hegseth already leaks through his alcoholic breath.
Seriously.
Somebody should put a breathalyzer interlock device in that guys mic. And his devices for posting.
probably can smell the alcohol from his breath, no breathealyzer needed.
You’re not wrong, but like. Imagine, if you will, Hegseth needing to be sober to speak into a microphone or tweet something out. Or otherwise be a SecDef.
“That’s not true! … Who told!?”
“force” in this case means “extort information” or just straight up applied violence, I assume.