Tulsi Gabbard Sides With Trump On Iran, Underscores Commander-In-Chief Role

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard laid out her defense for President Donald Trump and his decision to take action, alongside Israel, against the Iranian regime.

Gabbard argued that it was her job to ensure that the president had the best and most accurate information possible, but it was Trump’s responsibility alone to determine what does and does not constitute an “imminent threat” against the United States.

“Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat, and whether or not to take action he deems necessary to protect the safety and security of our troops, the American people and our country,” Gabbard posted on Tuesday.

“The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is responsible for helping coordinate and integrate all intelligence to provide the President and Commander in Chief with the best information available to inform his decisions,” she continued. “After carefully reviewing all the information before him, President Trump concluded that the terrorist Islamist regime in Iran posed an imminent threat and he took action based on that conclusion.”

Gabbard’s statement comes just hours after Joe Kent announced his resignation as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, claiming that there was no “imminent threat” to the United States and that Trump had been pushed by Israel into waging war against the Iranian regime.

Kent, according to an intelligence official who spoke with The Daily Wire’s Mary Margaret Olohan, had been excluded from planning and briefings regarding the war with Iran. That same official refuted earlier reporting stating that Gabbard had been advised to fire Kent, but had failed to do so.

“Intelligence official tells @realDailyWire that it’s true that Joe Kent wasn’t part of the planning of the Iran war or briefings on the war,” Olohan reported. “It is not true that DNI’s Tulsi Gabbard was asked by the White House to fire Kent, source says— if she had been asked to do so, she would have fired him.”