5 things to know about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's choice for director of national intelligence

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

88% : She's a star in Trump worldGabbard endorsed Trump earlier this year, and her support quickly made her popular among Trump's supporters.
68% : She left the Democratic Party in 2022 and endorsed Trump earlier this year, becoming popular among his supporters.
59% : READ MORE: Trump selects Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligenceGabbard is a veteran who served for more than two decades but doesn't have the typical intelligence experience of past officeholders.
51% : In October, while stumping with Trump at a rally in North Carolina, she announced that she was officially becoming a Republican, calling the current Democratic Party "completely unrecognizable" compared to the one of which she had been a member.READ MORE:
46% : In nominating close ally Gaetz, Trump shows he values loyalty -- and retributionTrump has given both Gabbard and Kennedy roles in his presidential transition, potentially giving them the influence to help staff his administration and shape the policies the federal bureaucracy would pursue if he returns to the White House.
42% : She'll oversee Trump's possible intelligence overhaulTrump has said he wants to overhaul the nation's intelligence services -- a sector of the federal government he has long viewed with suspicion and distrust.
37% : He's also characterized the intelligence community as part of the "deep state," his term for thousands of civil servants who work at a long list of government agencies and who Trump has never viewed as sufficiently loyal.
32% : READ MORE: Trump picks John Ratcliffe for CIA director.
30% : Here's what to know"We will clean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus, and there are plenty of them," Trump said in 2023 while laying out his priorities for a second term.
21% : Often appearing alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- who challenged Biden for the Democratic nomination before transitioning to an independent bid, then ultimately endorsing Trump -- Gabbard represented what Trump argued was his appeal across the political spectrum.

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