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Al Jazeera Staff

How Trump’s position has changed on Iran, splitting MAGA base

US President Donald Trump has indicated that the US might get involved in Israel's conflict with Iran [Alex Brandon/AP]

As United States President Donald Trump made an early exit from the Group of Seven summit in Canada on Tuesday, he told reporters he believed Iran was “very close” to building nuclear weapons.

This contradicted US intelligence reports. On March 25, Trump’s director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, unambiguously told members of the US Congress that Iran was not moving towards building nuclear weapons.

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