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All of this is performative bullshit
Trump wants CNN reporter fired ‘like a dog’ for debunking Iran strike claims
Wednesday, 25 June 2025 10:53 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 25 June 2025 10:53 PM ]
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US President Donald Trump has launched a fiery tirade against a CNN reporter for debunking his unsubstantiated claims about the so-called "obliteration" of Iran's nuclear sites following American strikes, while the network has stood by her.
Natasha Bertrand’s reporting, co-authored with Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen, had cited a leaked preliminary assessment by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which found that the Sunday attacks caused only minimal damage to the facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
The report also noted that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile remains intact despite Trump claiming that the country’s nuclear program was finished.
Fuming over the leak, Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, saying that Bertrand should be fired by CNN management.
“She should be IMMEDIATELY reprimanded, and then thrown out ‘like a dog.’”
He accused her of lying, disrespecting American pilots, and lacking the ability to be an on-camera correspondent, besides calling CNN a "fake news network."
CNN, however, responded with a statement of support for their reporter, saying it "stands 100% behind Bertrand’s journalism and specifically her and her colleagues’ reporting.”
The network added that it was in the public interest to report the findings and that it had also covered Trump’s own skepticism concerning the assessment.
Senior CNN anchors Pamela Brown and Wolf Blitzer also pushed back, calling Trump’s claims about Bertrand and the network “absolutely false” and a “straw man argument.”
Brown emphasized that the reporting did not demean the military but accurately reflected early Pentagon assessments.
Meanwhile, the White House rejected the leaked assessment and attacked the unnamed source behind it. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the intelligence report “flat-out wrong” and claimed it had been leaked by a “low-level loser."
Despite the DIA's findings, the Israeli regime, the US's closest ally in the West Asia region, which launched a 12-day war of its own against the Islamic Republic earlier this month, backed Trump’s assertion.
Tel Aviv claimed the US and Israeli strikes had set back Iran’s nuclear program “by many years.”
Experts and satellite imagery analysts have shown that the Islamic Republic’s underground facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan remained largely operational.
Tehran, itself, has dismissed claims of "obliteration" of its nuclear sites and vowed to continue expanding its peaceful nuclear energy program robustly.
“They cannot uproot it,” Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesperson Behrouz Kamalvandi said on Tuesday, underlining the profoundly strong nature of the country's nuclear industry.
CNN report, citing the leaked assessment findings, said Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile remains intact, with one source noting that the centrifuges targeted in the attacks suffered little damage.
Damage across all three targeted facilities, Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, was primarily limited to aboveground structures, including power systems and facilities used in converting uranium to weapons-grade metal, the CNN cited sources as saying.
Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear weapons expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, told CNN that commercial satellite imagery of the nuclear sites supports the assessment that Iran’s program remains largely intact.
“The ceasefire came without either Israel or the United States being able to destroy several key underground nuclear facilities, including near Natanz, Isfahan, and Parchin,” Lewis said.
“These facilities could serve as the basis for the rapid reconstitution of Iran’s nuclear program,” he added.
All these performative efforts can't mask that Israel / U.S. failed to stop Iran's nuclear program, as numerously reported. Additionally, none of Israel's stated military goals were accomplished:
"Destroy Hamas!!" FAILED. Hamas is still taking out squadrons of IDF troops in Gaza and West Bank
"Destroy Houthis!!" FAILED. Houthis still actively run the Red Seas and gave the U.S. Navy it's walking papers during the last Red Sea squabble.
"Destroy Hezbollah!!" FAILED. Hezbollah still active.
"Destroy Iran's Nuclear Program!!" FAILED. Iran endured some top side damage of their Nuclear Sites but only minimal damage to centrifuges. Uranium stockpiles and other equipment were relocated to undisclosed nuclear facilities prior to the B-2 Bomber strikes (which did nothing to the deep subterranean areas of the 3 known nuclear facilities).
BREAKING:
Israeli media now admits they failed to destroy Iranian Nuclear capabilities:
"The Iranian Fordow nuclear facility can only be destroyed from the inside.
Let’s stop with illusions and fantasies—it can only be done from within, or with 100’s of bombs dropped one after another."
What’s troubling is this: We set a goal to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program—but we failed to do it. Iran still has enriched uranium, and it still has key (untouched) active facilities.
This was a mistake. Trump truly made a huge blunder. I hope we won’t be the ones to pay the price for Trump’s blunder.
Only think is correct is Hezbollah still active
They around just doing whatever many said regroup….
They didn’t want Lebanon to get destroyed like Gaza. The Lebanon Army said they could handle the situation so Hezbollah said on fine.
Agreeing to a ceasefire and leaving the southern border only gave Israelis power to control the movement. Hezbollah have been warning the Lebanese government they better do something but they folks don’t have power
Yes, all true, but I think that's temporary in Lebanon. Hezbollah is also active in other nations. Israel said they will "destroy Hezbollah", but I don't think Benny actually believes that, as it was more of a statement to keep conflicts going, to avoid court trial dates.
I think this like thr 3rd time I’ve seen himthe depth and sharpness of that Brit cat analyses put the BBC to shame ! we're definitely witnessing the end of mainstream media !
DamnAmerica and Isreal being removed from the the map of Importance the same year
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Only think is correct is Hezbollah still active
They around just doing whatever many said regroup….
They didn’t want Lebanon to get destroyed like Gaza. The Lebanon Army said they could handle the situation so Hezbollah said on fine.
Agreeing to a ceasefire and leaving the southern border only gave Israelis power to control the movement. Hezbollah have been warning the Lebanese government they better do something but they folks don’t have power
what had the pro western Lebanese government in shock recently was that recent polls revealed that the population find the Hezbollah more trustworthy compared to the Lebanese army when it comes to that border with Israel -> exactly what the Hezbollah was betting on !
They don't believe what he says and that's not the point. The point is that they PERCIEVE the accomplishment of their missions. Their missions are to control and to exploit. Now ask yourself are they controlling and exploiting? Therein lies your answer as to whether or not they think they're winning and what value truth holds when those are the Stakes.So what are they going to do? Just talk or will the present video evidence that the nuclear sites were destroyed? Lol Trump just lies so damn much, I don't know how anyone can believe anything he says.