Trump reportedly angered by intelligence chief’s social media warning against ā€˜warmongers’ placing the world ā€˜on the brink of nuclear annihilation’

As he weighs joining Israel’s war against Iran, Donald Trump reportedly finds himself at odds with his Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, with one White House official saying that he has ā€œjust been kind of down on her in generalā€ of late.

Trump was recently incensed, according to Politico, by Gabbard’s decision to post a three-minute video on X in the early hours of June 10 in which she warned that ā€œpolitical elite and warmongersā€ are ā€œcarelessly fomenting fear and tensions between nuclear powers,ā€ placing the world ā€œon the brink of nuclear annihilation.ā€

Trump is said to have been angered by the video, accusing Gabbard of going ā€œoff-messageā€ and rebuking her for it in person.

  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    Well this is pretty par for the course with TACO,

    Indeed it is, and I think we’re gonna see it get worse. Trump is an abusive parent/partner. There’s no ā€œdoing the right thingā€, merely ā€œmake sure everyone else is a better target.ā€ Yesterday it was Hegseth, today it’s Gabbard. Tomorrow… who knows?

    Where it gets really interesting is that this behavior can create a perverse incentive for his team to undermine one another.

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      this behavior can create a perverse incentive for his team to undermine one another.

      I’m pretty sure his companies are known for fostering that kind of work environment.