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As fighting intensifies, contrasting views within Trump's cabinet have emerged regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions. While Trump publicly aligned himself with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asserting that Iran was close to acquiring a nuclear bomb, his intelligence chief, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, had previously claimed that Iran had no such intention. Gabbard's assessment, delivered during a Senate briefing in March, argued that Iran's nuclear threat was "contained," citing a suspension of nuclear weapons development since 2003. Trump, however, dismissed her statement, emphasizing that "the word contained" doesn't align with current intelligence and insisted Iran was near nuclear breakout.