Hello, it's Miranda. I'm back with a new mini episode of Podforce One. This feature is a little more

topical and relevant to my day job as a columnist for The New York Post. Today's topic is a defense

of Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's principled and fearless director of national intelligence,

who is under sustained attack from the

deep state and their allies in the mainstream media.

Anonymously sourced hit pieces have hammered Tulsi Gabbard the last few months in The Guardian,

the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Republic, you name it.

They are part of a relentless campaign to undermine

Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence, because she is almost single-handedly revealing

the dirty secrets of the deep state. Rumors swirl around Washington that the president is

displeased with her and that she will soon follow Pam Bondi out the door. But that doesn't appear

to be the case. When asked by reporters if Trump supports her, he always expresses support,

including during an impromptu press conference on Air Force One last week. Sure, he said,

when asked if he still has confidence in Gabbard after the incendiary resignation of one of

her top aides, Joe Kent, over his opposition to the Iran war. She's a little bit different in her

thought processes than me, he said, but that doesn't make somebody not available to serve.

Trump was even more effusive last summer on my podcast Podforce 1 after Gabbard held a bombshell

press conference announcing that she had sent criminal referrals to the DOJ and FBI, implicating

former President Barack Obama in the, quote, seditious conspiracy of the Russia collusion hoax.

Tulsi's done a great job, said Trump.

You know there were some people that really wanted Tulsi.

They thought she was going to do a fantastic job.

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