WASHINGTON – It appears that the director of national intelligence, Toulcy Gabbard, the explicit critic of previous US military interventions abroad, has been exposed to President Donald Trump as he weighs military action against Iran, according to many senior administration officials aware of the issue.
Gabbard Allies insists that although there is some tension in the White House, some general responses are exaggerated, and none of them expected an interview with NBC News to leave the administration as a result of the Iranian President’s policy, even if that included direct involvement in the United States.
Gabbard, which is fraught with an open politically open position this week when Trump cleaned her on her testimony to Congress in March. At that time, she said that the American intelligence community does not believe that Iran was building a nuclear weapon – a comment on the Trump statement last year about the threat posed by Iran’s potential nuclear program.
“I don’t care what she said. I think they were about to get one,” Trump He told reporters Tuesday on the Air Force one.
A person with knowledge of the issue said that the viewpoint of the American intelligence community had not changed since Gabbard’s testimony in March.
But the idea that the president will be frankly refuted by the Director of National Intelligence, immediately prompted questions about whether she was now snowed about decision -making on this issue.
also It reflects the rift This plays publicly in the Maga Trump alliance, with some supporters who are defending standing by Israel in any military action it requires against Iran and others say that intervention will contradict the philosophy of “America first”. Trump’s criticism of our involvement in previous conflicts – and promised his campaign to be.Peacemaker“In his second term – he was brought in unusual roles, such as Gabbard, who was a member of a democratic conference.
Many senior administration officials said Gabbard had been marginalized in the discussions of the internal administration on the conflict between Israel and Iran. Even two of her allies who spoke to NBC News admitted that her position had succeeded When I posted a video On June 10 after a trip to Hiroshima, Japan. The officials said the video, which was destroyed by US cities and Gabbard’s warning of the dangers of the nuclear war, disturbed the White House team.
Gabbard did not attend a meeting of senior officials on June 8 at Camp David, the presidential decline in Maryland, to discuss tensions between Israel and Iran, which raised new questions about its status in the administration. A White House official told NBC News that Gabbard was not only present because she had to participate in scheduled training as a member of the National Guard.
Gabbard’s previous positions on Iran, along with her recent comments and Trump’s responses, forced senior administration officials in a difficult position. Gabbard seems to have been at odds with the administration line, but not to the extent that they feel the need to abandon it.
“Tolsi is an old warrior, a patriotic, a loyal supporter of PRES TROMP, and an important part of the alliance that was built in 2024,” Vice President GD Verse said in a statement on Tuesday. “It is a key member of our NAT SEC team, and we are grateful for its tireless work to preserve America in safe from foreign threats.”
The other Republicans, though, took shots in its recent comments in Iran.
“It is clear that she needs to change her tuning,” Senator John Kennedy, R. La. , The Jew said from the inside Last week.
Two administration officials said that Gabbard has long used its public platform to oppose American military action against Iran and is working behind the scenes to try to find a diplomatic solution.
In one case, Gabbard sought to recruit the help of European allies who have communication channels with Tehran, an official said.
This, sometimes, in a direct conflict with Trump’s public comments about the open battle between Israel and Iran, the battle that he himself admits now may now require our intervention.
“I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, no one knows what I will do,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday.
Gabbard’s allies who spoke to NBC News admit that the video clip was not received by White House officials well, but they said that this case was exaggerated.
“I heard it too,” Gabbard’s ally said about the tension that the Hiroshima video, “said. “But I do not think he reached the level of the president himself. I was told that it was” solved. “
Gabbard’s ally reduced any idea that it would resign from Trump’s public reprimand or whether the United States has participated directly in the conflict of Iran and Israel.
The person said: “The online claim that it will resign if the president decides to take direct measures in Iran.”
However, the video has been widely circulated among the White House aides, and letting a lot wonder why it is taking a general position as the tensions are escalating and Trump appears to be more ready to participate.
“I think it is in general in general,” a Republican worker said familiar with administrative thinking. “In such situations, people with more traditional republican views of Republicans and Newon will leave the opportunity to reduce their influence.”
In response to a question about the last video on Hiroshima, the Deputy Chief of Staff Gabbard, Alexa Henning said: “The past recognition is crucial to inform the future.
As a member of the Democratic Congress, the presidential candidate and supporter of the Trump campaign for the year 2024, Gabbard portrayed herself as fierce opposition to what is seen misleading military interventions in America abroad, including wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the United States of the rebels in Libya.
In the election campaign last year, Gabbard accused the Biden administration of making the United States “more closer to the edge of the nuclear war than ever.”
During the first period of Trump in his post, Gabbard strongly criticized his dealings with Iran and his decision to remove the United States from a 2015 nuclear agreement that imposed borders on Tehran’s nuclear work in exchange for the reduction of sanctions.
If Trump decides to order military strikes on Iran amid a modern by Israel that military pressure may cause the Tehran regime to collapse, Gabbarg will find herself in an embarrassing political position. It has pledged to make sure that America is no longer involved in the “regime change” wars.
Gabbard warmly welcomed at the Maga Trump base during the recent presidential elections at the time as an injection of ideological diversity.
The Trump administration official admitted that the heterogeneous views that made it a welcome addition to the Maga movement now distinguished it as a west in an administration to collect a competitive policy of these opinions.
The person said: “If you adopt Chihua, you should not be surprised that you have a Chihuah.”
