Donald Trump was on the brink of firing Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence. But then Roger Stone, one of his longtime allies, intervened, according to a new report.

The president had grown frustrated with Gabbard after her March 18 congressional testimony, during which she stopped short of fully endorsing war with Iran, sources told Axios.

A day earlier, Joe Kent — Gabbard’s counterterrorism director and former chief of staff — resigned from his post in opposition to the war and claimed Trump had been duped into launching the attacks.

Soon afterwards, Trump “scolded” Gabbard and raised doubts about her loyalty, two sources said. Others downplayed his remarks, describing them as friendly and sarcastic.

  • 0ndead@infosec.pub
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    13 days ago

    How has that rat fucking piece of shit managed to keep his ass out of the news lately?

  • artyom@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    12 days ago

    Imagine being so arrogant that you demand everyone around you expressly approve of a war that you yourself don’t even know why you started or how to end it. Can you even fathom?

  • Roguelazer@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    12 days ago

    I was skeptical of the rumors that Gabbard was some kind of foreign sleeper agent, but if Roger Stone is standing up for her, then perhaps she is working for the Russians…