DNI Tulsi Gabbard says Trump acted because he concluded the Iranian regime ‘posed an imminent threat’

DNI Tulsi Gabbard says Trump acted because he concluded the Iranian regime ‘posed an imminent threat’

Joe Kent resigned from his role as National Counterterrorism Center director on Tuesday, citing his opposition to the Iran war

Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence, during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Dec. 2, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump departs a Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 17, 2026. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is sworn in to a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)