Former Democrat Gabbard, long a critic of US interventionism, cites husband’s illness for leaving post.Published On 22 May 202622 May 2026Tulsi Gabbard is resigning from her job as United States President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, according to her resignation letter posted on her X account.In her resignation letter, Gabbard told Trump she was “deeply grateful for the trust you placed in me and for the opportunity to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the last year and a half”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listShe cited her husband’s recent diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer as the reason for her resignation.Trump also confirmed the resignation in a post on his Truth Social account, saying: “Unfortunately, after having done a great job, Tulsi Gabbard will be leaving the Administration on June 30th.”“Tulsi has done an incredible job, and we will miss her,” he added.The president added that the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Aaron Lukas, would serve in the role in an acting capacity.Gabbard served in the US Congress as a Democrat for eight years, from 2013 to 2021. She launched a longshot bid for president in 2020.A former member of Hawaii National Guard, she was deployed during the US invasion of Iraq. The experience informed her staunchly anti-interventionist views.After leaving office, Gabbard broke the Democratic party and in 2020, she endorsed US President Donald Trump, of whom she had been a top critic.She pointed to Trump’s vows to end US military adventurism abroad as the motivator for her decision.The administration of then …
