Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as Director of National Intelligence, announcing her departure in a resignation letter shared on X on Friday. Her last day will be June 30.
In her resignation letter to President Donald Trump, Gabbard cited her husband's recent cancer diagnosis as the reason for stepping down. According to multiple reports, her husband has been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. Gabbard wrote that she is leaving her post to support her husband during his illness.
Gabbard was appointed as Director of National Intelligence at the start of Trump's second term as US president. She is the latest in a series of Cabinet officials to leave the Trump administration and becomes the fourth woman to depart Trump's cabinet, according to The Guardian.
The Guardian reported that the White House forced Gabbard to resign after she was sidelined from Iran and Venezuela operations. Time Magazine reported that Gabbard "differed with others in the Administration on Iran." The Financial Times noted that her departure comes as the president weighs whether to resume strikes on Iran.
According to Deutsche Welle, Gabbard is an opponent of foreign US interventions and had sought to distance herself from US-Israeli operations. BBC reported that Gabbard had been largely out of public view during recent US operations. RT reported that Gabbard had been leading an investigation into US b
Gabbard's resignation marks another departure from the Trump administration's Cabinet as the president continues his second term in office.
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