Trump reportedly angered by intelligence chief’s social media warning against ā€˜warmongers’ placing the world ā€˜on the brink of nuclear annihilation’

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

Trump 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 ā€œpolitical elite and warmongersā€ are ā€œcarelessly fomenting fear and tensions between nuclear powers,ā€ placing the world ā€œon the brink of nuclear annihilation.ā€

Trump is said to have been angered by the video, accusing Gabbard of going ā€œoff-messageā€ and rebuking her for it in person.

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    9 days ago

    What makes you think the IC is in Putin’s pocket? Is it because they’ve assessed that Iran hasn’t been building nuclear weapons for the past 22 years? Does that mean the IAEA is also in Putin’s pocket?

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      Read up on her and her family’s history. She’s had ties to Putin going way back.

      Either she’s impartial or doing Putin’s bidding. If you know anything about her, impartiality is not her thing. Her history with Russia strongly suggests the latter.