With the successive selection of “Mr. Trump Cabinet 2.0” candidates, the US political circles have been really a bit dizzy recently.

Recently, Donald Trump announced the nomination of former Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabad as the director of national intelligence.

As soon as this news was released, it immediately sparked a wave of questioning and opposition.

The Democratic Party even accused Donald Trump of “divine mischief” aimed at “causing collapse”.

The US media reported that Gabbard had previously made multiple statements in support of Russia, triggering strong criticism from members of both parties in Congress. The US government is not only shocked but also angry about this.

However, Donald Trump believes that Gabad will bring “the spirit of fearlessness” to the US intelligence agencies and ensure “peace with strength”.

Who exactly is Gabbard? Why was she included by Donald Trump as a former Democratic senator? What impact will this political appointment have?

Today, the author will take you to explore the truth.

What is an intelligence director?

The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is an extremely important position in the complex and vast intelligence system of the United States, often referred to as the “intelligence steward” of the President.

This position is responsible for overseeing 18 intelligence agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and is responsible for allocating a budget of up to $70 billion.

Before the establishment of the DNI position, the leader of the US intelligence system was the Director of Central Intelligence, usually held by the Director of the CIA.

After the shocking “9/11” incident in 2001, the stubborn problem of American intelligence agencies fighting independently and even restraining each other was exposed.

To improve and strengthen the US intelligence system, the position of Director of National Intelligence was created and officially confirmed through legislation in 2004.

Afterwards, the Director of National Intelligence replaced the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and became the overall leader of intelligence agencies in the United States, directly under the command, management, and control of the President. He was responsible for supervising the operation of the US intelligence community and reporting intelligence work to the President.

Handing over such a key position to a young and attractive former Democratic senator without intelligence work experience, such a “unconventional” appointment, is indeed in line with the style of the King.

Who are Gabbard people?

Gabbard has a beautiful appearance and is known as a “beautiful politician” in the United States, but beneath her beautiful appearance, she has an extraordinary resume and personality.

Loyal Hindu believers.

Tursey Gabad was born in April 1981 in American Samoa and moved with her parents to Hawaii at the age of two. She later graduated from the School of Business Administration at Pacific University in Hawaii.

Gabad’s father is of Samoan and European descent and has served as a Democratic senator from Hawaii. His mother has served as a member of the Hawaii State Board of Education.

Influenced by his mother, Gabat converted to Hinduism in his teens, and his name “Tulsi” means “holy basil” in Sanskrit, regarded as the incarnation of the goddess “Tulasi” in the mortal world.

Gabbard has a wide range of interests and hobbies, learning martial arts, surfing, and yoga from a young age. As a Hindu believer, she regularly practices yoga and meditation.

The ‘darling of voters’ nurtured by multiculturalism.

As a minority and people of color in remote areas of the Pacific, Gabbard has attracted a large number of minority and young voters with its “exotic charm” of religious beliefs and multicultural integration, adding a lot of support to its political career.

In 2002, Gabbard, who was only 21 years old, was successfully elected as a member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives, becoming the youngest state legislator in American history.

In 2011, at the age of 30, Gabbard was successfully elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and praised by Pelosi as a “rising star”.

Subsequently, in 2014, 2016, and 2018, Gabbard was elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives for three consecutive years. During this time, he joined the House Homeland Security Committee, Armed Forces Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, and Finance Committee, and served as Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2013 to 2016.

The ‘resounding rose’ forged by military career.

Gabbard is still a true female soldier who has been tempered by war.

In 2003, Gabbard joined the Hawaii Army National Guard and was sent to Iraq in 2004 for a 12-month service as a medical company specialist.

In 2007, Gabbard graduated from the Accelerated Officer Candidate School at the Alabama Military Academy, becoming the first woman to receive the degree. She was subsequently appointed as a second lieutenant and assigned to the Hawaii Army National Guard Special Forces Battalion as an Army Gendarmerie officer.

From 2008 to 2009, Gabad was stationed in Kuwait; Promoted to Major in the Hawaii National Guard in 2015; After being promoted to lieutenant colonel in 2021, he was sent to the Horn of Africa to serve as a civil affairs officer and engage in special operations missions.

A solid frontline military career allowed Gabbard to witness the brutality of war firsthand, shaping her clear anti war stance and laying the groundwork for her to abandon the Democratic Party and defect to Trump.

Why did Gabbard ‘turn against the tide’?

The war stance is completely opposite.

As a staunch anti war activist, Gabbard had previously opposed the Democratic government’s foreign military intervention, repeatedly criticizing such military actions as not only failing to make the United States safer, but also fueling hatred towards the United States around the world.

She also explicitly opposed the new Cold War and nuclear arms race, and once accused the Democratic Party of having close ties with the military industrial complex, making “war money” by inciting war, causing financial waste, and endangering world peace.

In 2020, Gabbard participated in the Democratic primary debate as the “first female veteran to attempt to run for president,” competing for the Democratic presidential nomination and engaging in multiple intense battles with Harris.

When participating in the Democratic Party primary, Gabbard had intense conflicts with the Democratic Party’s establishment faction.

She has repeatedly publicly condemned the Democratic Party as an “elite war profiteering group”, criticized the “moral legitimacy” of US intervention in issues such as Syria and Afghanistan, opposed the Obama administration’s military intervention in Syria, and criticized the meaningless actions of the US military in Iraq and other places.

The conflict between Russia-Ukraine conflict intensifies contradictions.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict also strengthened Gabad’s determination to turn to the Republican Party to a certain extent.

Gabad believed that the eastward expansion of NATO and the Joe Biden administration’s policy towards Russia-Ukraine conflict were the reasons for the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and accused the Democratic Party government of lavishing military assistance to Ukraine, trying to turn Ukraine into another Afghanistan, which made the Russian and Ukrainian people bear the painful cost of the war.

She also opposes imposing economic sanctions on Russia, stating that it will cause oil and gas prices to rise and increase the burden on the American people.

The Ukrainian National Security Service even blacklisted Gabad, accusing him of “promoting for Russia”.

Hillary once claimed that “Gabbard was a spy trained by Russia,” but Gabbard countered by calling Hillary the “queen of war.

A rising star of the Republican Party parachuted from a high position.

In October 2022, Gabbard, who had completely lost confidence in the Democratic Party, officially announced his withdrawal from the party.

Afterwards, Gabbard became a special guest at the Conservative Political Action Conference, frequently helping Republican candidates build momentum.

In October of this year, Gabbard officially announced his joining of the Republican Party. (See also the article “Betrayal is a gene engraved in the bones of America!”)

To a certain extent, Gabard’s joining has raised the momentum of the Republican Party, which was warmly welcomed by Donald Trump.

Donald Trump even once regarded her as a potential vice president candidate, hoping to attract centrist and Democratic voters through her.

What expectations does Donald Trump place on Gabad?

Counterattack the US intelligence and security agencies.

After the end of Donald Trump’s first term of office, he was frequently investigated by intelligence agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

In 2022, the FBI once launched a large-scale search of Donald Trump’s Haihu Manor.

Now Donald Trump is making a comeback, which means that the intelligence and security agencies, including the FBI, have to settle their accounts.

Gabard’s experience in the field of intelligence reflects to some extent Donald Trump’s idea of eliminating the “deep government” of the intelligence and security departments.

Donald Trump has long been dissatisfied with the bloated and inefficient US intelligence and security agencies.

In 2023, when Donald Trump stated his ruling priorities, he said that he would focus on eliminating corrupt elements in the national security and intelligence agencies and thoroughly reform these agencies.

According to the analysis of American media, Gabard will take the responsibility of assisting Donald Trump to reform the US intelligence agency in the future.

Release a friendly signal towards China.

Since the launch of the 2019 US presidential election process, Gabbard has expressed a series of views on the relationship between China and the United States, believing that repairing the relationship is very important.

On the issue of climate change, she advocates strengthening cooperation with China to jointly alleviate global climate change.

On trade issues, she opposes launching a “destructive trade war” against China, believing that this approach will result in a lose lose situation.

On the issue of the Korean Peninsula, she believes that coordination and cooperation with China should be strengthened to ensure the denuclearization of the peninsula.

In 2023, Gabbard also reposted an article by American investment expert Dalio, stating that risk management should be strengthened between the United States and China to avoid bilateral relations sliding towards military conflict.

Overall, Gabbard’s attitude towards China is relatively positive and friendly.

However, as the saying goes, “this time, that time”, Gabad, who is now about to become Donald Trump’s second term “information steward”, needs time to prove whether he can continue to view Sino US relations with a relatively objective and rational attitude.