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22 May 2026, 17:42

"Fox News": Tulsi Gabbard has resigned from her position as the Director of National Intelligence of the United States.
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Trump's post, machine translation:
Unfortunately, Tulsi Gabbard, after performing very well, will leave the government on June 30. Her amazing husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with a rare type of bone cancer, and she rightly wants to be by his side and help him recover while they face this difficult battle together. I have no doubt that he will be better than ever soon.

Tulsi has done an outstanding job, and we will miss her. Her very respected principal deputy at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Aaron Lucas, will serve as the acting Director of National Intelligence.

President Donald J. Trump
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On the other hand, Reuters reported, citing a knowledgeable source, that she claimed the White House had "pressured" Ms. Gabbard to resign.

Previously, there had been disagreements between the President of the United States and his National Security Director, particularly regarding Iran. Donald Trump had mentioned in April that, in his view, Tulsi Gabbard had a "softer stance" on dismantling Iran's nuclear ambitions.

More than a year ago, on March 25, 2021, Ms. Gabbard told Congress that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon.

The Director of National Intelligence, who was present at a Senate hearing to present the annual report of U.S. intelligence agencies alongside the CIA Director and the FBI Director, emphasized that based on the assessment of intelligence agencies, Ali Khamenei, the then-leader of the Islamic Republic, had not reconsidered the suspension of Iran's nuclear weapons program, which he had ordered in 2003.

However, Ms. Gabbard later changed her position on this issue.

Tulsi Gabbard, who has had a tumultuous political career, was previously a member of the Democratic Party and a representative from Hawaii in the House of Representatives before joining the Republican Party and entering Donald Trump's second administration.

Seven years ago, when she was preparing to compete as a Democratic candidate in the presidential election, she stated that if she won, she would return the United States to the nuclear agreement with Iran.

At that time, Ms. Gabbard warned in an interview with Fox News that the United States was on the brink of war with Iran.

Tulsi Gabbard is not the first and only senior security or military official in Donald Trump's administration to resign or be forced to resign.

In the last days of 2021, Joseph Kent, the then-director of the National Security Agency's Counterterrorism Center, who was directly appointed by Donald Trump and worked under Tulsi Gabbard, resigned in open opposition to the war with Iran.
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News from a month and a half ago:
Trump intended to fire Gabbard
According to Axios, Donald Trump had gone to the brink of firing Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, but a last-minute intervention by his longtime close advisor Roger Stone prevented this from happening.
The reason for Trump's anger dates back to Gabbard's recent testimony in Congress, where she unexpectedly did not fully support war with Iran.
According to informed sources, Trump was extremely dissatisfied that Gabbard had stated in her remarks that Iran's nuclear program had been "destroyed" before the war began (a position that undermined Trump's justifications for the attack).
Additionally, the protest resignation of Joe Kent, Gabbard's assistant who called the war unnecessary, added fuel to Trump's anger.
While Trump was polling his advisors for a replacement for Gabbard and questioning her loyalty, Roger Stone defended her in a phone call. A source close to Axios said, "Roger made the deal and saved Tulsi."
Stone later confirmed on social media X: "Fortunately, I acted in time." With this mediation, Gabbard has currently been retained in her position.
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