FLASHBACK: Tulsi Gabbard Testified Iran Is Not Building a Nuclear Weapon
In March, while few in the media paid attention, President Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, dropped a bombshell—of the metaphorical kind. Speaking before the Senate Intelligence Committee during the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment hearing, Gabbard reaffirmed a long-standing, but largely ignored, conclusion: Iran is not building a nuclear bomb.
“The United States Intelligence Community continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not authorized a weapons program since suspending it in 2003,” Gabbard testified. The report reflected the consensus of all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies.
The Warning That Wasn’t Heard
The statement was barely a blip in mainstream headlines—until WikiLeaks amplified the testimony months later. Suddenly, it became painfully clear: the latest cries for war were not grounded in intelligence, but in ideology. Gabbard noted that Iran remains a threat to U.S. forces deployed abroad and to Israel, but stopped far short of any claim that Iran was developing nuclear capabilities threatening the U.S. homeland.
Netanyahu’s 30-Year Countdown to Armageddon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sounded the nuclear alarm on Iran for over three decades. Since 1992, he’s warned repeatedly that Iran was just “months” from building a bomb—yet deadlines have come and gone without evidence of a restarted nuclear program.
In 2012, he famously presented a cartoon bomb at the UN, suggesting Iran was near a weapons threshold. In 2018, he cited seized documents suggesting continued covert work. And again in 2025, he justified military strikes by claiming Iran was weeks away from going nuclear. But according to both U.S. and even leaked Israeli intelligence assessments, Iran halted its structured nuclear weapons program in 2003—and never resumed.
Carlson, Bannon, and the Anti-War Right Draw the Line
As Israeli bombs fall and media figures ramp up pressure for U.S. military involvement, influential voices on the right—like Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon—are openly pushing back.
Carlson wrote in a viral post, “The real divide is between warmongers and peacemakers.” He named names: Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Rupert Murdoch, and others who “casually encourage violence.” According to Carlson, their calls for war are driven not by defense of democracy, but by decades of unchecked neoconservative influence.
Bannon, on War Room, went further: “If you’re going to go alone, go alone. Don’t drag America into another war.” He demanded an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and lambasted media elites for repeating the same lies that led to the Iraq invasion.
Gabbard’s Final Warning: “We Are Closer to Nuclear Annihilation Than Ever”
In a chilling video, Gabbard warned that the current moment may be the most dangerous in modern history. “Political elites and warmongers are carelessly fomenting fear between nuclear powers,” she said. “They believe they’ll be safe in bunkers while regular people burn.”
Her message is clear: the intelligence doesn’t support war. The people don’t want war. But the elites might get one anyway.
Conclusion: The Truth Buried Beneath the Bombast
For decades, the American public has been sold war on the basis of lies. This time, the facts are on record—but the question is: will they be heard before history repeats itself?
