President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence.

Tulsi Gabbard was a rising star in the Democratic Party before she left in 2022 and endorsed Donald Trump in 2024.

President-elect Donald Trump has named former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as his pick for director of national intelligence, praising the former Democrat as “now a proud Republican.” “For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our Country and the Freedoms of all Americans,

In a statement on Wednesday, President-elect Trump announced that he is appointing Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence in his new Cabinet.

Nikki Haley criticizes President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, citing concerns over her past comments and associations with adversarial nations.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the director of national intelligence, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, has little experience working with the nation's spy agencies and a long track record of echoing the Russian disinformation they work to expose a counter -- a combination her critics claim should be disqualifying.

The former United Nations ambassador argued that the national intelligence post is "not a place" for the Democrat-turned-Republican.

Speaking on her podcast Nikki Haley Live, the ex-South South Carolina governor slammed Tulsi Gabbard’s past statements and actions, particularly her criticism of NATO and her remarks about Russia’s "legitimate security concerns" regarding Ukraine’s potential NATO membership.

Nikki Haley tore into Director of National Intelligence-designate Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services secretary-designate Robert F. Kennedy Jr on her SiriusXM show.