Selected Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard

What an exciting time to be alive here now, newly nominated Director of National Intelligence. Tulsi gab well. First of all, congratulations, Tulsi. We're all very proud of you. Take us into the room or the airplane when this was offered to you. How did it go down?

We had a great conversation and talked a little bit about the work that needs to be done.

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi: I was grateful and honored to accept President Trump's offer to serve our country and support his objective to defend the safety, security, and freedom of the American people as Director of National Intelligence How do you think foreign capitals are taking your nomination and the of other people in the National Security apparatus? Uh, it's a good question. 

I think President Trump has already shown how active he has been and is not waiting around for day one on January 20th or 21st, but he's already leading and engaging with so many of these world leaders around the world on the phone constantly, and he's showing the kind of leadership that the American people voted for. Do you expect resistance from the inside because there

There was a lot of resistance in the first term, and how would you deal with that? The American people delivered quite an incredible mandate for change in this election, with the popular vote and electoral vote overwhelmingly saying, Hey, we want Donald Trump as president, and we've had enough of the Harris Biden regime. Of course, there's going to be resistance to change from the swamp in Washington. I think that's kind of the point the American people are making: Hey, stop looking at yourselves, stop focusing on your own power position.

own bank accounts How about we have leaders in Washington who are actually looking out for the American people, and on every issue across the board, that's really what it comes down to with what President Trump is trying to accomplish: we have to make sure that our government puts the interests of American people first. How did you think the Biden meeting went today? It was interesting to see that Biden didn't seem to be able to stop smiling for them to have sat there for what she said a couple hours, and good, I'm glad that they sat there.

They had a seemingly good conversation. Um, you know, President Trump, I'm sure, is eager to get work and glad to be back there. Uh, what do you think KL is thinking right now? I can't even begin to venture. Uh, how she's feeling right now. Um, the amazing thing is what I hope the American people are feeling is a sense of hope, and frankly, Jesse, I've been heartened to see how engaged people continue to be even though the election is over. They're really looking forward to making sure that their voices are continued to be heard.

As we go through these next couple of months as President Trump takes office as he begins to lead this significant change in our government, to me, this is what an active and thriving Democratic Republic looks like. It's not just centered around an election every two years or every four years; it's going to continue to require an active uh populace in this country in order to bring about this kind of change that makes sure we have truly a government of by and for the people. You're going to be very active working along inside.

This team you got Waltz Radcliffe you got Pete Hegseth uh Marco Rubio uh how excited are you and what are the plans uh I think a lot of us we think we're all eager to get work uh you know there is so much to be done uh meetings have already begun um president Trump is leading the charge in making sure that on day zero once he once he takes that oath again on January 20th uh that we're all chomping at the bit to get that's great.

 I mean that's why people are so excited you can feel it you can smell in the air almost uh it's very distracting because people can't wait to get started and see what you guys are going to be up to. How are your uh, Democrat colleagues taking it? Or former Democrat friends you know left the Democratic party. You became a Republican. 

Now you are in a Republican administration. What's been the reaction from those people you know? Jesse I'm actually pretty heartened. I've heard from some of my former Democrat colleagues who are still serving in office today as well as some who've left and are no longer serving in the house or Senate. Reaching out, and in what I hope could be and should be, an effort for us to work

together and put the American people first to uphold support and defend the Constitution and again ensure the safety, security, and freedom of the American people. This should be the objective of every single member of the House and the Senate, every single person who works in our government, and so I was glad to hear from, uh, some of my former colleagues who haven't heard from in a little while. That's really nice. I mean, you'd expect that in a republic.

You know everybody wants to be safe, yes, everybody wants to be secure. It should be bipartisan. Do you expect to get the support from leading Democrats when you push an America First agenda through? Uh, I would hope that we have elected leaders who have heard the American people in this election even if it didn't turn out the way that they wanted and recognize that this is our opportunity to come together as a country and put the American people first and work together in order to be able to accomplish that? 

controversial about putting the American people first. Tulsi Gabard, uh, I'm going to have to call you secretary now. I know you haven't been confirmed, but it's the polite thing to do, director. Excuse me, I can't even get it right. 

There's a lot of titles flying around. It's hard to keep track of. Thank you so much. Great to see you. Good luck. Jesse Who we have in positions of power affects our everyday lives. Um, you know, to the cat's point, we have been able to come together around the things that we share in common, which is that we are all

 

Americans, and if we really care about each other in our country, let that be the starting point. Freedom, peace, and prosperity are the things that I first experienced when President Trump got elected in 2016. I was invited to come and meet with him 2 weeks after the election, right before Thanksgiving, here in the Trump Tower. As the first Democrat to go and see him, we had an hourlong conversation about foreign policy. What's going on with Islamic terrorism? How do we deal with Isis and al-Qaeda in the Middle East? It was a

 

Fantastic conversation and very meaningful. Five minutes after I walked out of the building, my phone blew up from uh, messages from my former Democrat colleagues in Congress, even some family members and friends. How dare you humanize Donald Trump?

The humanizing was the message that was throughout, and so it exposes their twisted mindset. Uh, that it's not really about the issues they supposedly care about; it is them, and it's about power. Yeah, you can't humanize him too late. They tried to kill him. He's now a legend. Sorry guys.

When we talk about the weaponization of the federal government against opponents of the current regime, obviously we look at Donald Trump, Target number one KLA. Harris put me on a domestic terror watch list called Quiet Skies, but it's people like that in Florida, people in Western North Carolina. 

Who I was with the day before election day, and they feel left behind. Guess what? The vast majority of them came from counties that were overwhelmingly traditionally Trump voters, and so they felt what we saw there that was exposed. Why is FEMA not

Coming out here for us, why are they not showing up for us? It's this political retaliation that we've seen and voters have seen.