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Tulsi Gabbard's wild ride from Democratic star to Trump's top spy... before she was frozen out, allegedly spied on by her own CIA and sparked a crisis for a 2028 candidate
2026-05-23
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] As the White House plotted the dramatic capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro a rather cruel joke is said to have circulated behind the scenes - that Tulsi Gabbard's title of DNI stood for 'Do Not Invite.'

Officials denied that the president's top spy had been left out of critical planning meetings, or that she had ever been referred to as anything other than Director of National Intelligence.

But the incident pointed to a fundamental dissonance that beset Gabbard's presence in President Trump's top team.

The 44-year-old Iraq veteran's entire political career had been based on opposition to US military adventures, or what she would see as misadventures, overseas.

It was a conviction she shared with JD Vance, who also served in Iraq and had his world view influenced by that experience.

Perhaps the most important lasting impact of Gabbard's departure is that it will now deprive the Vice President of a key ally in the Cabinet.

With Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the forefront of America's interventions in Venezuela, Iran, and perhaps soon Cuba, the isolationist Vance now looks increasingly isolated himself.

And, as his ideological support within the Cabinet evaporates, speculation is mounting that Vance is no longer Trump's natural successor in 2028.
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