Tulsi Gabbard, who warned of war with Iran, now defends Trump’s decision to attack – as it happened

Director of national intelligence wrote on social media that Trump ‘is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat’ Trump news at a glance: key stories of the day Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, responded to the resignation of her deputy, Joe Kent, in a statement that does not refer to him directly, but takes issue with a central claim of his resignation letter: that “high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media” use misinformation to deceive Donald Trump “into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States”. Gabbard wrote on social media that because Trump was “overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief… he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat”. Her office, she added, “is responsible for helping coordinate and integrate all intelligence to provide the President and Commander in Chief with the best information available to inform his decisions.” “After carefully reviewing all the information before him, Presiden