Column: Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence czar? The Trump Cabinet pick most likely to fail

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : She was obviously selected solely because she's loyal to Trump.
54% : He has said pushing back against Putin and his allies, especially in Ukraine, must be a top priority -- no matter what Trump and Gabbard think.
43% : No wonder Trump decided she was the perfect choice to guard the nation's secrets as director of national intelligence.
30% : "Trump does not appear to have held any of that against her -- especially after she began campaigning for him.
18% : She condemned Trump for ordering the assassination of Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani in 2020, and for imposing harsh economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
15% : She also excoriated Trump for supporting Saudi Arabia's authoritarian regime in exchange for military purchases -- the reason she called him "Saudi Arabia's bitch.
8% : Gabbard also criticized Trump during his first term for military intervention, including for bombing Syrian government forces in 2017 in retaliation for Assad's use of chemical weapons against civilians.

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