The incoming former President has always been at odds with the US INtelligence Community, which has and will be ill at ease with an American President that seems to be way TOOOOO cozy with leaders of countries that are America’s adversaries…..
Trump picking a former US Military service woman, Tuslsi Gabbard, that ran very briefly for President, then switched from the Democratic party to the Republicans, and seems to have lost her way on may foreign affairs issues, for Director on National Intelligence is right up Trump’s alley….
‘Wreck’m’…….
President-elect Trump nominated former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of National Intelligence on Wednesday.
The big picture: The onetime Democratic presidential candidate endorsed Trump earlier this year and joined his presidential transition team.
State of play: An Iraq War veteran and lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Gabbard is an outspoken non-interventionist.
- She has broken with the Washington foreign policy consensus on numerous issues from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which she blamed in part on NATO expansion, and the Syrian civil war.
- Gabbard controversially met with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2019 and declared that he was “not an enemy” of the U.S.
- She is an unusually high-profile pick for a bureaucratic job coordinating between U.S. intelligence agencies.
Between the lines: Trump repeatedly clashed with his own intelligence agencies during his first term, and has vowed to “clean out” those agencies upon his return to office.
What he’s saying: “As a former Candidate for the Democrat Presidential Nomination, she has broad support in both Parties – She is now a proud Republican!” Trump said in his announcement….
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This is another Trump pick that IS gonna give US Senator’s stomach aches….
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