Spy chief issues chilling warning to Trump over one of top Cabinet pick

A apical spy main has issued a chilling informing to President Trump, cautioning him implicit Tulsi Gabbard's information arsenic Director of National Intelligence. 

Former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) successful Britain, Sir John Sawers, described Gabbard's imaginable ascension to the apical espionage station arsenic 'difficult', and said determination appears to beryllium nary 'overall planetary plan' down Trump's pick. 

'I deliberation senators person got a batch of work to guarantee that lone radical who are suited to apical jobs get done to them, particularly those successful the astir delicate areas,' Sawers told CNN connected Saturday. 

'The United States is the astir almighty quality assemblage successful the world, and 1 of its biggest challenges is Russia, and different (of its) biggest challenges is China.' 

The spy main raised concerns implicit Gabbard's 'pro-Russian' positions done her career, with critics besides pointing to her past remarks connected erstwhile Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad arsenic 'not an enemy' aft she controversially met with him successful 2017. 

'To person idiosyncratic who's a manager of nationalist quality who fundamentally takes a precise pro-Russian approach, well, that strikes maine arsenic precise difficult, and it makes it hard for America's partners arsenic well,' Sawers continued. 

'How bash you woody with an quality assemblage wherever the astir elder fig successful it, the Cabinet subordinate successful it, is fundamentally sympathetic to our biggest enemy.' 

Sawers' comments travel arsenic Gabbard's information hangs successful the equilibrium aft Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth passed this week by the narrowest of margins, with astatine slightest 3 Republican Senators indicating they volition not ballot to corroborate her. 

The aforesaid Republican Senators who rejected Hegseth, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, person each said they volition besides not enactment Gabbard. 

Hegseth needed a tiebreaking ballot from JD Vance to corroborate him arsenic Donald Trump's Defense Secretary aft a last-minute gathering with on-the-fence GOP Senator Thom Tillis. 

Upon proceeding the outcome, Vance joked connected societal media: 'I thought I was done voting successful the senate.'

With each 50 Democrats expected to ballot against her, this means Gabbard can't spend to suffer adjacent 1 much Republican ballot erstwhile her confirmation proceeding begins connected January 30. 

Gabbard, a erstwhile Democrat congresswoman from Hawaii, has struggled to prime up enactment from immoderate members of her aged enactment since she moved to Trump during the election. 

She has made tackling the alleged 'Deep State' a hallmark of her governmental shift, which similar Hegseth and FBI prime Kash Patel has infuriated immoderate successful Washington. 

Patel, a erstwhile national authoritative who worked successful Trump's archetypal administration, has publically stated connected galore occasions however helium wants to dismantle the 'Deep State' and adjacent published a publication astir national corruption successful 2023 titled 'Government Gangsters.'

Gabbard has besides been skeptical of the quality assemblage and adjacent displayed her defiance by visiting erstwhile Syrian person Bashar Al Assad connected her ain accord successful 2017 connected what she deemed a 'fact uncovering mission.'

They are expected to chopped against the status-quo and bring successful a caller epoch of Trump-friendly sentiment to the FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

Following Hegseth's confirmation this week, Donald Trump appeared upbeat arsenic helium declared 'winning is what matters' in his archetypal remarks connected the support connected Friday.  

Trump was connected the tarmac astatine LAX aft visiting the California wildfires Friday, erstwhile helium was asked his thoughts connected the confirmation aft saying he'd spoken to Hegseth.

'We conscionable heard that we person a large Secretary of Defense, we're precise blessed astir that and we admit everybody's vote,' Trump said nether the sound of Air Force One.

When asked astir McConnell's 'no' vote, which Trump had jokingly predicted earlier successful the day, the president responded: 'I didn't cognize that, I conscionable cognize that we won.'

When pressed again connected McConnell's vote, helium erstwhile again said helium didn't cognize that it had happened and repeated: 'I conscionable heard that we won. Winning is what matters, right?'