Tulsi and Tucker Get Thrown Under the MAGA Bus

Their denial about the reality of Iran’s nuclear program has opened a rift with Trump.

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From left to right: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump, and Tucker Carlson.

Leah Millis, Carlos Barria, Kent Nishimura/Reuters

They say that politicians will always disappoint you. They’re even more likely to disappoint you if you reconstruct your entire identity around a contrived version of a politician that exists mostly in your own head.

That is the cautionary tale that Tulsi Gabbard has made of herself. When it comes to Israel’s war to neutralize the Iranian nuclear program, the president’s director of national intelligence is on an island.

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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