Dhaka, June 17 -- Tulsi Gabbard made it clear in her testimony to Congress earlier this year that Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon. According to the national intelligence director, Iran's supreme leader had not reauthorized the country's dormant nuclear weapons program.

Despite this, President Donald Trump dismissed the intelligence community's evaluation during his overnight flight back to Washington, cutting short his attendance at the Group of Seven summit to address the escalating Israel-Iran conflict. "I don't care what she said," Trump told reporters, insisting that Iran was "very close" to acquiring a nuclear bomb.

Trump's position aligned with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's warnings of an imminent nuclear th...