DNI Tulsi Gabbard just put out a statement defending President Trump’s entrance into the Iran war after her Director of the Counterintelligence Center quit and claimed Iran was never a threat.
She doesn’t even mention Joe Kent at all in her statement, which strikes many as odd.
Here’s what she said:
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.
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.
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.
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…
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) March 17, 2026
Why didn’t she criticize Kent? Is it because she refused to fire him? The entire statement is strange if you ask me. I get why she’s putting it out, but the fact that she doesn’t address the events of today, that it is many hours after Kent quit, and that she doesn’t make her own case why Trump is right about Iran being a threat – well it just makes for a contrived statement that doesn’t resonate at all.