Tulsi Gabard was confirmed as director of the National Secret Service. In a party line 52-48 votes, whereby Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) crossed the gear to coordinate with the Democrats, one of President Trump’s more problematic candidates achieved what was impossible three weeks ago.
The biggest argument against her was that she did it
No background in intelligence in the military or during your time as a representative. It is a lieutenant colonel, but her service was in military police and civil matters. It was accused of being supple in Russia and Syria. Your visit to Bashar al-Assad in 2017 and skepticism about the proof that he had used chemical weapons, as well as a view of NATO, which is the political circle standards, makes her way to confirm the Senate. The secret services establishment was also upset about their lawyer on behalf of Edward Snowden and Julian Assange as a whistleblower and not as a criminal.Honestly, the confirmation is probably more due to senators who were in the bladder, as they would vote, their concerns about gabbard’s experiences and prospects aside and President Trump gives his choice.
This is a remarkable statement by the Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, why he will support Tulsi Gabard as the next US director of the National Secret Service. pic.twitter.com/k2ummw8jca
– Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 12, 2025
Now the demanding work begins. She is accused of having led a workforce that Donald Trump is hostile to and probably repellent, and her first task is to make this a painful place. She has to tidy up a secret service group that has been tirelessly politicized and has long since stopped believing that it supports the administration and now sees itself as a political establishment.
If it cannot be marginalized, it will be the subject of relentless personal attacks. As Said Schumer When Donald Trump fought against the intelligence group: “Let me tell you that you take over the secret service group, you have six options from Sunday to come back to you. Even for a practical, supposedly stubborn businessman, he is really stupid to do this. “
President Trump received his choice. Let us hope that it fulfills expectations and that it is about a feeble and dwindling secret service community that focuses on its own privileges in the great organization for intelligence and hidden action that should be.
