Trump is 'losing confidence' in Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as he mulls removing her entire office

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Wednesday 18 June 2025 08:09 EDT


As he weighs joining Israel’s war against Iran, President Donald Trump reportedly finds himself at odds with his Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, with one White House official saying that he has “just been kind of down on her in general” of late.

The president was recently incensed, according to Politico, by Gabbard’s decision to post a three-minute video on X in the early hours of June 10 in which she warned that “political elite and warmongers” are “carelessly fomenting fear and tensions between nuclear powers,” placing the world “on the brink of nuclear annihilation.”

Trump is said to have been angered by the video, accusing Gabbard of going “off-message” and rebuking her for it in person.

One of the senior administration officials, quoted anonymously by Politico, said there is a growing perception within the West Wing that the former Hawaii Democratic congresswoman, who once ran for that party’s presidential nomination, “doesn’t add anything to any conversation.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tulsi-gabbard-israel-iran-b2772131.html

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Full headline: Trump is ‘losing confidence’ in Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as he mulls removing her entire office, senior official says

[FalloutShelter]

1. Well obviously we don't need ANY intelligence.

[Attilatheblond]

8. Didn't she try a FOX broadcast-like video to get him to pay attention to the PDB, since he won't read it?

Why have the expense of her office/direct support staff if he refuses to pay attention. Save money and have the 'spooks' report directly to Senate & House INTEL committees?

[FalloutShelter]

16. Sure, but that would take an act of Congress

And would compromise security by expanding the “circle of trust”. So…
Third base.

[thought crime]

37. Her video idea was reported and that angered Trump

Bad publicity is the greatest sin. She lost a lot of points.

[Attilatheblond]

53. At least she didn't ask animators at Disney to make PDB cartoons.

Trump shouldn't get all huffy. Everybody knows he doesn't read and can't follow a conversation where he's not the one talking.

[Ocelot II]

27. We certainly aren't getting any from this bunch of nitwits.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. Intelligence is elitist in MAGA world

[BOSSHOG]

2. Miller tells trump to lose confidence in gabbard

Trump responds, “who?”

[Hugin]

3. Sure, throw that hat to lil' marko too...

He’s sunken so far in his cushion we can barely see him now.

[Jerry2144]

4. The entire office of intelligence will be replaced with

The Oval Office of Stupidity

[DENVERPOPS]

21. Or

Simply off shore our entire Intelligence Community to Putin.........he would be overjoyed to help Trump out by being in charge of all our Intelligence, instead of just receiving all of it thru back channels directly from Trump already.........

[Irish_Dem]

41. It was offshored to Putin the minute Tulsi got the job.

[spudspud]

24. and represented by this "Bowl of Soggy Cornflakes" /nt

[DavidDvorkin]

5. If the stakes weren't so high, this would be entertaining.

[RockRaven]

6. When he cans her, he will then trash talk her to the media, about how dumb or

unqualified she was... ignoring that he was the one that insisted on hiring her despite so many people telling him he shouldn't.

[ck4829]

7. So just like Obama telling Trump not to hire Michael Flynn? Wow. Again.

[Irish_Dem]

9. She works for Putin, and Putin does not want the US to go to war with Iran.

Russia and Iran are allies. Iran is helping Putin with the Ukraine war.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. And Iran is using up drones

that Russia could be using against Ukraine.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Good point and could be make it or break it for Putin?

He needs everyone to leave Iran alone.

[DENVERPOPS]

23. According to what is being reported

Putin doesn't have time to be worrying about one of his best buddy's there................he is busy amassing his military on Finlands Border, much like he did in Ukraine before invading it.....

[Irish_Dem]

38. Putin certainly has time to worry about Iran's drone production. They are keeping him afloat.

And critical to his war effort.

[DENVERPOPS]

51. That's true

but I thought India was making a lot of them for him also???????/

[Prairie Gates]

14. The Venn diagram of the anti-war MAGAs and those on Putin's payroll is a single circle

[Irish_Dem]

17. MTG is a good example. She always spouts Putin talking points.

[Prairie Gates]

18. Tucker Carlson, MTG, Gabbard, the whole OAN crew

The hardcore Putinites of the MAGAs

[Irish_Dem]

19. We can see the Putin puppets quite clearly right now.

All the ones protecting Iran.

[speak easy]

40. All the ones protecting Iran ... while Trump is on the fence.

[MadameButterfly]

32. Thanks. Now something makes sense. nt

[Martin Eden]

50. Donnie is choosing Bibi over Putie

He wants his Gaza Riviera Trump resort.

[Irish_Dem]

59. Trump does nothing unless it benefits him personally.

Bibi gave him a better deal that Putie.

[harun]

58. Yeah, they've worked themselves in to quite the knot of alliances.

[snot]

10. Small room in our government

for integrity.

[Prairie Gates]

13. His handpicked person who was confirmed to the job about 120 days ago

To be fair, she squeaked by 52-48 so the Senate didn't have much confidence in her either.

[Cha]

15. lol.. Gabbard made a Video "calling out warmongers"

and posted on X. Oops.

Publicly called out the Traitor Troll?! Isn't that the Putin line, too? leave Iran Alone?

Whoa.. TY, BRDS

[Renew Deal]

20. Of course she doesn't add anything. She isn't qualified.

[ancianita]

22. The infinitely stupid, coward felon can't possibly remove the office holder, just the whole office.

[UTUSN]

25. Bwah! - how 'bout losing confidence in himself, Kennedy, the 2 Vances, ad infititum - *RESIGN*!!!!!!!!!!!

[RainCaster]

26. Intelligence is something that TSF has never valued

Yup

[MorbidButterflyTat]

31. First

he'd have to be capable of recognizing it.

[VanceFan]

28. Pack of losers

Gabbard is a nut job, just like everyone of Dipshit Donald's cabinet.

[jmowreader]

29. I'm surprised it took him this long to start firing people

I can imagine what the problem is: after she revealed she was making Fox News-style videos to get him to sit through the President's Daily Briefing he started making plans to get rid of her. "No one is going to make me look like an idiot!" Well...except himself.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

30. It's sickening

the way insanity is presented as reasonable.

"As he weighs joining Israel’s war against Iran..."

Disgusting.

[Skittles]

42. THANK YOU

the whitewashing of this fucking insanity NEVER FUCKING ENDS

I know it has become a cliche but IMAGINE ANY DEMOCRAT BEHAVING LIKE THIS

[LudwigPastorius]

33. Sure, go ahead and eliminate the position of Director of National Intelligence.

How else is Trump going to get his catastrophic terrorist attack that will catapult him into a position of President for Life?

[comradebillyboy]

34. If he fired Tulsi and abolished the DNI position

well that would be the first smart move he's made since the election.

Hillary was 100% right about Tulsi. But Hillary was 100% right about everything.

[Skittles]

35. why is this the first I am hearing about this video

[John1956PA]

43. The June 11 DU post about her video shows her with a "touch of grey."

https://democraticunderground.com/100220387572

At the time of her video posting, news outlets featured photos of her which displayed that grey streak of hair which somehow struck me as having a chilling connection to the Hiroshima legacy. It could be that she was being theatric.

[NBachers]

36. I watched the video, and I can't find one word in it to argue with, dispute, or ridicule. See for yourself.

If that makes me a Putin lackey, so be it.

at 2:06, you'll see the Golden Gate Bridge obliterated, and see a map of San Francisco. Since I live here, it's of interest to me.

[Balatro]

39. I'm happy that Tulsi is being treated poorly.

I never liked her and she deserves to be treated like this. Unfortunately, she has no capacity to learn.

[OldBaldy1701E]

44. "Trump is 'losing confidence' in Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard..."

Oh, so now you see what your base is going through?

(Anyone with a brain had no confidence in that orange gibbon to begin with, so this does not apply to us.)

[mdbl]

45. Might as well remove it since no intelligence is in power in Washington

[turbinetree]

46. Tulsi, Tulsi, Tulsi you have been a bad girl and we can't have this crap you know we need to keep it big and beautiful

to send our bombers into Iran............I need to act like the little dick that I am ...............heh that's not in the script lets me try it again............how's my make-up............time for some more tax payer funded golf.............we will talk later Tulsi...............see ya...........

[Sparkly]

47. Sorry to be dense, but I don't understand why she did this.

What does she want to happen, exactly, regarding Iran and any nuclear potential it has? Or if this isn't about Iran, what is it about?

[travelingthrulife]

48. How mad does King Donald have to be before Republicans wake up?

Rhetorical question, of course.

[Turbineguy]

49. He blames her because allies are only giving us chickenfeed?

[Norrrm]

52. To Trump, loyalty is one way, incoming.

To Trump, loyalty is one way, incoming.

[riversedge]

54. Trump May Punish Tulsi For Contradicting Him By Cutting Her Job; Oh, she thought she was supposed to give advice?

Trump May Punish Tulsi For Contradicting Him By Cutting Her Job
Oh, she thought she was supposed to give advice? Based on FACTS? Ha, ha!

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/trump-may-punish-tulsi-contradicting-him

By Susie Madrak — June 19, 2025

We all know how Trump hates being contradicted in public, and his solution for Tulsi Gabbard actually doing her job and telling him Iran did not have nuclear weapons? Get rid of her office! Via the Independent:


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He has also reportedly been considering the idea of closing Gabbard’s office and integrating its responsibilities into the CIA’s leadership infrastructure. However, this could have a significant impact on oversight of the U.S. intelligence community and affect how information is relayed to the commander-in-chief.

Gabbard, who has previously stirred controversy by entertaining conspiracy theories regarding the wars in Ukraine and Syria, has long been an advocate of keeping the U.S. out of “forever wars,” a position Trump himself has taken in the past, and earlier this year visited Hiroshima in Japan to see the site devastated by an American nuclear blast at the close of the Second World War, a trip the White House questioned.

Link to tweet

[Kid Berwyn]

55. Trump has no use for intelligence.

Obviously obvious.

[Quanto Magnus]

56. Another distraction

that's all this is. Pooty Poot won't let him fire Gabbard.

[DSandra]

60. What does he expect after hiring turncoat Tulsi?

She has no loyalties (maybe only to Putin.)