NEW: Trump Sidelines Tulsi Gabbard As New Rift Begins

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NEW: Trump Sidelines Tulsi Gabbard As New Rift Begins

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on June 19, 2025

By Mark Steffen

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is facing her greatest power struggle since taking office, and it’s with President Donald Trump.

The dilemma appears to be one of Gabbard’s own making after the former Democratic congresswoman released an unreviewed video declaring that Iran is “closer than ever before” to developing a nuclear weapon. The video’s release set off a cascade of phone calls from the White House and included a public rebuff by Trump.

Now, Gabbard has found herself sidelined as the president makes what may be the most consequential foreign policy decision of his second term.

Those around Trump this week say that Gabbard is nowhere to be seen in “war room” meetings where military leaders give their best predictions on Iran’s nuclear capabilities and storage locations and game out scenarios of direct U.S. involvement. Trump has said he will not make a decision until the last minute.

Multiple senior officials described tension between Gabbard and the White House that’s notched up to the point that Vice President J.D. Vance recently took to social media to defend her from suggestions that Gabbard will soon be fired.

The rift became widely known after President Trump brushed aside Gabbard’s congressional testimony on Monday, declaring that the military does not believe Iran is currently working toward a nuclear bomb.

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[verga]

Did she ignore the talking points, or not get an up to date copy?

[DB]

This story could be BS too. Who really knows.

[Sighlass]

She is about to be Jeff Session(ed).... Next month she will retire and Trump will be mocking her.

[Smokin Joe]

This story could be BS too. Who really knows.

My thoughts, too. What I got from her, while cautionary, was not an apology for past actions of the US, but something to note for the future. There are many ways that could be taken, but for those who think letting Iran get the bomb or deploy it is anything but a very bad idea, it was food for thought. Not just that, but there has been a lot of loose talk about slinging 'tactical' nukes in Ukraine, or even strategic exchanges.
I think she was saying it would be a bad idea to let that genie out of the bottle, no matter who did it.
I can't disagree.

But throughout this round of Trump Administration, there has been no shortage of people who want to split up the team, who want to tear down the coalition of good minds we have working for us right now.
I do not expect them to march in lockstep. I expect them to provide their unvarnished opinions and apply the expertise they were hired to use. That may create some friction, but I think America will be better off for it.

Those who were of hive minds or the yes men of the past have done us no favors, but they want the comfort of their herd consensus back and are willing to do anything they can to reinstate it, whether that means distortion of positions taken, creating infighting where there was little or none, and driving any wedge they can between the people we have in government.

And that, friends and neighbors, is a Deep State play.

[Timber Rattler]

She is about to be Jeff Session(ed).... Next month she will retire and Trump will be mocking her.

Probably, since he blurted out that he doesn't care what she says.  Heckuva thing to say about your National Intelligence director...real show of confidence right there.

That video she released really was tin-eared though.  Did she not read the room or check with the boss first?

[BobfromWB]

Probably, since he blurted out that he doesn't care what she says.  Heckuva thing to say about your National Intelligence director...real show of confidence right there.

That video she released really was tin-eared though.  Did she not read the room or check with the boss first?

Even the The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran is DAYS away from a working bomb. Maybe she was busy reading her press releases or working out or smoking something ...