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Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as national intelligence director...and so another President Trump cabinet member exits before the term is up.
Gabbard and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth would regularly switch positions as the favorite to exit next. Hegseth's odds to do so as of May 22 were 12-1, suggesting he's relatively safe at the moment.
Who will be next, many are wondering. Well, the oddsmakers at BetOnline have updated their "next cabinet member to leave" market, and Kash Patel is the favorite go next.
Gabbard announced she will be resigning from her role as director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s health.
She becomes the fourth Cabinet official to depart during U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term.
In her resignation letter, which she posted on social media, Gabbard said she told Trump of her decision to leave office on June 30. She said her husband had recently been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and “faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months.”
“At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle,” she wrote in the letter, which was earlier reported by Fox News.
Trump, in his own social media post announcing her resignation, said “Tulsi has done an incredible job, and we will miss her.” He said her principal deputy, Aaron Lukas, will serve as acting director of national intelligence.
Gabbard, a veteran and former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, built her political name on her opposition to foreign wars. This put her in an awkward position when the U.S. joined Israel in launching attacks on Iran on Feb. 28.
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