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.ee
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    2 days 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

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      Given how things have been going with the republicans recently, I’m not entirely convinced that “kompromat” would even be garunteed to work on them anymore. If they can seemingly get away without serious consequences for virtually anything, what kind of threat does releasing incriminating information even become?

      • Deceptichum@quokk.au
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        2 days ago

        Yeah it’s less fear of kompromat and more fear of the machine they’ve created that feeds millions of idiots.

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    2 days ago

    Are we going down this road again? Democrats are just hell bent on Trump and his people being Russian spies…

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    2 days ago

    One question comes to mind: what kind of qualifications make her being selected for this position.

    The only ones so far are her potential tires to Russia. There’s literally nothing else.