{"id":8660,"date":"2026-05-23T02:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=8660"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:33:34","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-resigns-as-trumps-intelligence-chief-over-husbands-health-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=8660","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump\u2019s intelligence chief over husband\u2019s health crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>Tulsi Gabbard has announced her resignation as Director of National Intelligence in President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, citing her husband\u2019s recent cancer diagnosis as the reason for stepping down.\u00a0<\/p> <p>In a resignation letter dated May 22, 2026, addressed to President Donald Trump, Gabbard said her husband, Abraham Williams, had been diagnosed with \u201can extremely rare form of bone cancer\u201d and that she needed to leave public service to support him through the illness. Her resignation will take effect on June 30, 2026.\u00a0<\/p> <p>The letter, marked \u201cUnclassified\u201d and bearing the seal of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, thanked Trump for the opportunity to lead the intelligence community over the past year and a half.<\/p> <p>Gabbard wrote that her husband had been \u201cher rock\u201d throughout their marriage, including during her military deployments and political career, adding that she could not \u201cin good conscience\u201d continue in such a demanding role while he faced major health challenges.\u00a0<\/p> <div class=\"embedcode\"> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">I am deeply grateful for the trust President Trump placed in me and for the opportunity to lead <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ODNIgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ODNIgov<\/a> for the last year and a half.<\/p> <p>Unfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026. My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PS0Dxp5zpd\">pic.twitter.com\/PS0Dxp5zpd<\/a><\/p> <p>\u2014 Tulsi Gabbard \ud83c\udf3a (@TulsiGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/2057876821421527476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> <\/div> <p>She also highlighted what she described as progress during her tenure at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), including efforts aimed at increasing transparency and restoring trust within the intelligence community. Gabbard pledged to assist with a \u201csmooth and thorough transition\u201d before her departure.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii who later joined the Republican Party and backed Trump in the 2024 election, became Director of National Intelligence in February 2025 after Senate confirmation.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Her tenure as DNI was often marked by controversy and policy disagreements, particularly over Iran and US intelligence assessments. Reports in recent months had suggested tensions within the Trump administration over her role and influence in national security decision-making.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Gabbard is the latest high-profile official to exit Trump\u2019s Cabinet amid growing scrutiny of the administration\u2019s foreign policy and intelligence operations. However, in her resignation letter, she framed the decision as a deeply personal one centered on her husband\u2019s health battle rather than political differences.<\/p> <\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump, DNI resignation, US intelligence, Abraham Williams, bone cancer, Trump administration, national intelligence, US politics, White House#Tulsi #Gabbard #resigns #Trumps #intelligence #chief #husbands #health #crisis1779474814<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulsi Gabbard has announced her resignation as Director of National Intelligence in President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, citing her husband\u2019s recent cancer diagnosis as the reason for stepping down.\u00a0 In a resignation letter dated May 22, 2026, addressed to President Donald Trump, Gabbard said her husband, Abraham Williams, had been diagnosed with \u201can extremely rare form [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[33281,33282,1226,2151,33279,632,33286,542,33287,2232,33283,9918,633,2855,33285,33278,33280,33284,27358],"class_list":["post-8660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-abraham-williams","tag-bone-cancer","tag-chief","tag-crisis","tag-dni-resignation","tag-donald-trump","tag-gabbard","tag-health","tag-husbands","tag-intelligence","tag-national-intelligence","tag-resigns","tag-trump-administration","tag-trumps","tag-tulsi","tag-tulsi-gabbard","tag-us-intelligence","tag-us-politics","tag-white-house"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}