DNI Tulsi Gabbard Responds To President Trump Saying “I Don’t Care What Tulsi Says”

It looks like Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has no hard feelings towards President Trump’s latest statement.

As the WLT Report previously reported, President Trump, while taking questions from the press pool on Monday night, disputed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s claims that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.

Gabbard, while speaking to Congress three months ago, told lawmakers, “Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.”

Just in case you haven’t seen it, here’s a clip:

This clip of Tulsi saying that Iran has not restarted its nuclear weapons program has been making the rounds. But why is the first 18 seconds shared, and not the next 18 seconds? https://t.co/xkV4v8YPYz pic.twitter.com/svLiYVM4Ny

— Entropyrian (@entropyrian) June 17, 2025

Now, skip forward to Monday, CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins asked Trump, “Tulsi Gabbard testified in March that the intelligence community said Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.”

Trump responded, “I don’t care what she said.”

Watch the moment Trump said it here:

CNN: You’ve always said you don’t believe Iran should have a nuke. Tulsi Gabbard testified in March that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.

Trump: I don’t care what she said. They were very close to getting a nuke. pic.twitter.com/YJKMGNlvlz

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 17, 2025

Now Tulsi has responded to President Trump’s remarks.

In a statement to CNN, Tulsi stated, “President Trump was saying the same thing that I said in my annual threat assessment back in March. Unfortunately, too many people in the media don’t care to actually read what I said.”

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Great news.

“President Trump was saying the same thing that I said in my annual threat assessment back in March. Unfortunately, too many people in the… pic.twitter.com/WhArtNRA1w

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 17, 2025

Politico had these details to add:

Gabbard insisted to reporters Tuesday that she and the president are “on the same page” on Iran, and a person close to Gabbard denied any tensions between her and the president. As recently as Tuesday, the two were meeting with other top officials in the Situation Room at the White House, and the administration even changed the time of the briefing to accommodate her schedule to ensure she could attend, the person said.

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The Gabbard ally added that she is fully on board with what Trump is trying to do with Iran, and said she has never let her personal views color the advice she provides to the president — nor has she tried to sway Trump to her own point of view.

Asked for comment, White House spokesperson Steven Cheung said the president “has full confidence in his entire exceptional national security team” and insisted that “efforts by the legacy media to sow internal division are a distraction that will not work.”

Vice President JD Vance’s team also reached out unprompted Tuesday night to defend Gabbard in a statement, arguing that she is “an essential member” of the team.

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