Tulsi Gabbard had entered the Trump administration as one of the very few political figures in Washington who had the courage to openly question the doctrine of endless wars.
The "resignation" of Tulsi Gabbard from the position of Director of National Intelligence of the US does not constitute simply another internal turmoil in the government of the American president Donald Trump. It is the most resonant confirmation that the White House has transformed into a field of ideological warfare, where those who refuse to follow the aggressive line of the president toward Iran are isolated, discredited, and ultimately removed. Officially, Tulsi Gabbard announced that she is departing for family reasons, as her husband battles a rare form of bone cancer. However, behind this public explanation, the largest American media outlets describe months of harsh conflict with Donald Trump and his close circle, a conflict that reveals the deep crisis inside the American power.
Gabbard opposed to the doctrine of endless wars
Tulsi Gabbard had entered the Trump administration as one of the very few political figures in Washington who had the courage to openly question the doctrine of endless wars. Instead of functioning as yet another "hawk" of the American establishment, she chose to defend a more realistic and less aggressive foreign policy. And this seems to have been her real "mistake". According to The New York Times, Gabbard had repeatedly testified to Congress that Iran does not constitute an imminent nuclear threat and that its nuclear program had essentially been weakened after the American attacks.
Uproar over Trump's statement: I don't care what Tulsi says
Instead, however, of this assessment being treated as a serious analysis by the American intelligence services, Donald Trump chose to reject it publicly with the phrase: "I don't care what Tulsi says". This statement encapsulates perhaps better than anything else the mode of operation of the current American presidency. The information, the reports, and the assessments of the security services themselves seem to have value only when they confirm the political needs of the president. When the opposite happens, they are pushed aside along with those who express them. CNN revealed that Gabbard had been politically distanced from the core of the government in recent months due to her anti-war positions and her opposition to the escalation of tension with Iran. In fact, a video in which she warned that the world finds itself closer than ever to nuclear destruction infuriated the Trump circle, which treated her as being "outside the government line". NBC News went even further, revealing that Gabbard had essentially been excluded from critical decisions concerning Iran and Israel.
Anger among MAGA
At the same time, inside the MAGA movement, an open conflict was forming between those who desire new military operations and those who believe that the US is being led again into a catastrophic war in the Middle East. The case reveals a deeper contradiction of Donald Trump. The man who was elected promising that he would end the wars and stop American interventions abroad now appears to manage a government where increasingly aggressive voices toward Iran dominate. Tulsi Gabbard essentially became the symbol of this conflict between campaign promises and the reality of power.
Trump wanted to remove her since April
Even more revealing is the publication by The Guardian, according to which Donald Trump was already discussing her replacement since April 2026. The primary reason seems to have been her support for her former deputy, Joe Kent, who had also resigned due to his opposition to the increasingly aggressive policy toward Iran. Political analysts in the US now consider that the departure of Gabbard constitutes a clear message toward every state official: whoever disagrees with the political line of Donald Trump on matters of national security risks finding themselves on the sidelines, regardless of their institutional position or their professional credibility. And perhaps this is the most worrying element of the case. The American intelligence services are supposed to exist to provide objective assessments to the political leadership. However, in the Trump era, even the official evaluations look to be subject to political control.
Tulsi Gabbard a political symbol
When the conclusions do not align with the narrative of the White House, their bearers are weakened or removed. Despite the fact that Donald Trump thanked Gabbard publicly through Truth Social and characterized her as "incredible", sources close to the White House confirm that her influence had collapsed for months. Her resignation was essentially the last episode of a foretold political isolation. For many observers, the departure of Tulsi Gabbard has now surpassed the limits of a simple government change. It has been transformed into a political symbol. It symbolizes the gap between the anti-war rhetoric that Donald Trump once promised and the current reality of a government that moves increasingly closer to the logic of military escalation. And at the same time, Gabbard herself emerges in the eyes of many Americans as one of the very few voices inside the American system of power that dared to resist publicly the logic of confrontation with Iran. In a Washington where political pressure, geopolitical interests, and war balances dominate, her stance is now presented as an act of political courage and institutional dignity.
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