President Donald Trump’s public rebuke of his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, raised questions about her standing in the administration — and Trump’s trust in the American intelligence community.
On Capitol Hill, Republicans are largely waving off any insinuation of division between Trump and his top officials, though Gabbard herself hasn’t convinced every Republican of her value.
“I still have the same concerns about her as I had back when she began,” Sen. Jerry Moran, whose confirmation hearing questioning of Gabbard over her views on Russia made headlines earlier this year, told NOTUS. “I was hoping she would demonstrate her worth or her value, and I’m still waiting to see if that’s the case.”