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'No they weren't': Resigned Trump intel official admits Iran wasn't close to having nukes

Mar 18, 2026Far Left

A top Trump administration official who resigned in protest over President Donald Trump’s decision to wage war on Iran delivered a startling admission Wednesday that undercuts the U.S.'s vital justification to launch strikes.Trump has repeatedly insisted that Iran posed an "imminent threat" to the United States and its allies, using that justification to…

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