President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he selected former Hawaii Congresswoman Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard to be his Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
Gabbard, a member of the National Guard, was in Congress from 2013-2021. A former Democrat, she recently announced she was joining the Republican party and endorsed Trump in his race against Vice President Kamala Harris.
Gabbard has been an opponent of US involvement in the Ukraine war since Russia launched its invasion. “This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/NATO had simply acknowledged Russia’s legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine’s becoming a member of NATO, which would mean US/NATO forces right on Russia’s border,” she wrote on X on February 23, 2022.
During a presidential run in 2020, Gabbard made opposing “regime change wars” central to her campaign. She staunchly opposed US involvement in Syria and made a trip to the country in 2017 to go on a fact-finding mission. While in Syria, she met with President Bashar al-Assad, enraging hawks in Washington.
Gabbard also made clear during her campaign that while she opposed regime change wars, she was a hawk when it came to the war on terror. “When it comes to the war against terrorists, I’m a hawk,” she said in 2016. “When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I’m a dove.”
Gabbard has repeatedly claimed that “Islamism” is the “greatest threat” facing the US. She recently said Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel was a “stark reminder of the ongoing short and long-term threat of Islamist terrorism that continues to spread around the world today. Their goal is to establish a global Islamist caliphate, where all must live under their sharia law.”
In the wake of October 7, 2023, Gabbard said the US must “stand with Israel.” She has also smeared members of Congress who have called Israel’s actions in Gaza genocidal as “apologists and supporters of Islamist Hamas terrorists.”
During her time in Congress, Gabbard was a staunch critic of Trump’s foreign policy, calling him “Saudi Arabia’s bitch” and strongly opposing his support for the brutal Saudi/UAE war on Yemen, which she called “genocidal.” She also opposed Trump’s escalations against Iran.
One of Gabbard’s last acts in Congress was the introduction of a bill that would have prohibited funding to enforce sanctions that inflict suffering on civilian populations.
Not going to help. She's between the Deep State and Trump, but the Deep State will run rings around her. At least hopefully she won't be fibbing on a daily basis.
She has too much support for Israel to be trusted on the issue of the upcoming regional war.
Right. At least she is less likely to feed him BS than previous DNIs have been- with any pres you care to name.
Either a very confused lady or a foxey 'Liberal Progressive', a steadfast product of her military brainwashing re 'Islamic terrorism', or affecting such in order to accomodate AIPPAC.
Well her family has ties to Hindu radicals who have the anti-Islamism baked in. My only question about the Indians who do hasbara including possibly on the comments to this site is whether it's even necessary to pay them or if they do it for the jollies.
She is his only pick that I approve of. The rest are a gaggle of Netanyahu servants and yes men. The only hope those poor Palestinians have is MBS, who Trump has been known to listen to. SMH.
Like so many other America Firsters/Free speech absolutists, Tulsi showed her true feelings after October 7th when she cucked for Israel. However, there are a lot of picks worse than her for the job.
Tulsi Gabbard as many Americans brainwashed and chose to ignore history when it suits them. She is an Islamphobic as many politicians in the west. Being an Islamphobic nowadays is the ticket to power. She conveniently ignored that the so called "war on terror" was in truth war against Muslims and their lands. She continue in believing in the farce that they hate us for our freedom and democracy. She is another charlatan the west is full of.
She’s a mixed bag, for certain. Will anything change when Sy Hersh’s story of false flag info seeps out? Or will it never seep out?
Gabbard also made clear during her campaign that while she opposed regime change wars, she was a hawk when it came to the war on terror. “When it comes to the war against terrorists, I’m a hawk,” she said in 2016.“When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I’m a dove.”
Apparently, she hasn't been paying attention as to why the US does regime change wars. At least as to why they say they're doing regime change wars. Saddam? Terrorist. Qaddafi? Terrorist? Iran? State sponsor of terrorism. Afghanistan? To get terrorist bin Laden.
Man, it's lucky there were terrorists everywhere we wanted to invade or we'd have had to invent them …
this is as good as anti-war can hope for. wish the oligarchs who control that Democrats hadn’t ran Tulsi off; she could have been president.
I thought Tulsi was a level headed & decent person, but aparrently I Was 'DEAD WRONG …just as tulsi is wrong & deluded!!!!!! PILES OF DEAD MOSTLY KIDS & WOMEN!!!!!! TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM !!!!!!! WHAT KIND OF EVIL RUNS THIS CREATURE THAT CAN NOT SEE THE BRUTAL, SOULLESS GENOCIDE THAT IS PILING UP TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DEAD BODIES OF TOTALLY INNOCENT PMOSTLY WOMEN & CHILDREN?????
This woman has BECUM AN APOLOGISTS FOR THE GREATEST CRIME OF THIS NEW MILLENNMIUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She should be SCORNED BY EVERY DECRNT PERSON ON EARTJB & HOPEFULLY WILL BE….!!!!!!!!!'!!!!!!!!
It was reported after the 2020 election, some men in suits approached her and made an offer she couldn’t refuse.