Tulsi Gabbard Steps Down as Director of National Intelligence || May 24, 2026
Tulsi Gabbard is out as the director of national intelligence.
Good news? Absolutely. But don't get too excited.
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Comments (37)
Nothing is lost for Trump. He probably gets briefed by the FSB on a regular basis.
I dunno...Rubio is not exactly silent.
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OMG PIZZA FLORIDA IS ON THAT BLOCK AND IT IS AMAZINGGGGGG GO THERE PETER!!!
Did you visit the cat sanctuary at Torre Argentina?
Peter just outright admitting USAID is a CIA front lol love that
Why is Peter so worried about Russia but not worried about Israel. It’s wild anyone with an IQ over 70 realizes that Israel is not an ally, uses us, lobbies to take away our freedoms, lobbies to take away our tax money, and lobbies to get us into the wars that benefit them. Which yes, of course Russia tries to do all of this too… but Israel is actually successful at doing it. The only bipartisan agreement in congress is support for Israel when 60% of the US population left right and center (who isn’t jewish or senile) wants to quit overzealously supporting the Zionist agenda with American blood, sweat, tears, and wealth.
Russia is the prize
In past administrations she would have been the worst cabinet member. In this administration she doesn’t crack the top five worst cabinet members.
She had a T-shirt saying, ‘No War with Iran’. So there’s that.
Maybe Trump will have a bodyguard, chef, or driver he trusts that he can elevate to that position.
Must have been Hella not having your pipeline into national security information. Still, apparently you somehow knew the content of the daily presidential brief. Now that Gabbard is gone I suppose Trump will be pouring US high tech materiel and troops into Ukraine like you've always wanted.
DeSantis? Would help him install a replacement though Donalds seems to be anointed. Time to move out of florida even more so.
Sebastian Gorka Trumpstein only hires the best people.
Bravo! Fantastic contextual transition. 😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 They should be in season but see if you can find fiori di zucca. A culinary delight.
I knew Ziehan would be devastated when he heard the news, ...not? lol I too am glad she is gone.
Unfortunate, I would rather step down for other reasons. Best of luck with the health stuff.
Good riddance. Next will be one of those 90 days temp dei hires 😜
Dang, Marco's already overloaded. Oh, but wait. Is that Steve Witkoff jumping up and down, waving his arms at the back of the Room? Wow, Elon just tackled him to the floor. Cat fight, Cat fight. The Toupees are flying.
Edward "Big Balls" Coristine wants the job. Says he has the clearance and all the info already.
“Hacks” said without any sense of irony.😂 “UNIPARTY M.I.C.” I would call that a sophomoric take, but sophomores in HS would know better. SMH Glass house meet thrown stone…PS Both Murdoch and Soros are laughing at your ignorance
He is going to replace her with Roger Stone. Or maybe Matt Gaetz. Or maybe the Shaman guy.
Or the ShamWow guy
There used to be lots of cats at Largo di Torre Argentina, are they still there?
Tulsi was awful at her job, left out of the room for important events and made the mistake of publicly opposing Trump on the absence of Iran's nuclear weapons. Choosing to resign over being fired is just nuance. Good riddance! But we're left with the destruction she caused while she was there. Even if someone competent replaces her, it's going to take time to unscramble the egg.
Iran was not near a nuclear bomb.
Hi Pete. Your stories are getting very short. Good on ya mate. Looks like you are getting a decent break. cheers
It's funny to hear everyone saying TG had integrity now that she's gone - harkon back to her time in Congress and meeting with Russia and lIbia on her own; the grass is always greener I guess
When I read this headline I literally did the "evil laugh" BUWHAHAHAHAHAH! I bet her replacement will be at the level of Lutnick or worse.
Past 3/25, Tulsi testified in Congress that Iran didn't have a nuclear capability. Also, John (I never met a war I did not like) Bolton is on the record advising Trump about Iran's capability to close the Stretch of Hormuz. Tulsi didn't have the integrity to do her job of presenting the relevant information, and here we are.
Iran doesn’t have a nuclear capability, Netanyahu has said that Iran is 2 weeks from a nuclear bomb for the last 35 years. The only people saying Iran had nuclear capabilities were the zionists who have boss hogged their way into the trump circle and blocked anyone out of his ear who are not down with the Zionist agenda.
So, better the devil you know.
Not defending her in any way, but there is a good chance Trump didn’t even care what she had to say in the first place. Sorry for her family issues, but the fact that at least publicly she resigned only because of that, speaks volumes about her as a person. If it is not the only issue, but she doesn’t speak up publicly as MTG does, doesn’t paint a nice picture of her either.
Yes I agree. I think Peter grossly exaggerates her role in the administration. Even if she was a Russian asset like you said Trump didn’t really want to hear anything she had to say so her Russian talking points didn’t get to his desk anyway. Tulsi was incompetent like most of Trumps cabinet.
I loved learning that she was fired. Every. Single. Second. (Chef smooch) 😘
She resigned. But good enough!
Thanks Peter!