One expert says her views are ‘so wildly fringe that her potential appointment as DNI is genuinely alarming’, Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg write

Summary

Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, has a history of promoting Russian propaganda and defending authoritarian leaders like Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin.

Critics cite her support for Russia’s actions in Syria and Ukraine, as well as her embrace of Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories, raising concerns about her fitness for the DNI role.

Intelligence experts warn her appointment could strain relationships with U.S. allies and compromise national security due to her susceptibility to misinformation and lack of extensive national security expertise required by law.

  • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
    781·
    19 hours ago

    “Al-Qaeda attacked us on 9/11 and must be defeated. Obama won’t bomb them in Syria. Putin did. #neverforget911,” she wrote on Twitter.

    Just what the fuck

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      “Never forget”? Osama bin Laden. Ring a bell? Taliban working with al-Qaeda? The whole basis of the war with Afghanistan?

      Meanwhile Trump invites the Taliban to Camp David and not a fucking peep.

      We are being governed by absolute brain dead puppets of our worst enemies.