Trump Talks US Defense Strategy With Tulsi Gabbard

The Washington Post reports:

Former president Donald Trump and top advisers have talked with former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard about foreign policy and how the Defense Department should be run in a second Trump term, according to people familiar with the matter.

The talks with Gabbard — who has staked out a role as an outspoken critic of aid to Ukraine and U.S. military interventions overseas — are part of a broader conversation about how Trump would manage the Pentagon differently if voters award him a second term.

Trump has repeatedly told advisers and donors in recent months that one of his biggest mistakes in his first term was his personnel choices at the Pentagon, where he says he was stymied by officials with diverging opinions.

Read the full article. Screw those lifelong Pentagon experts and their decades of military knowledge.

Ex-US Rep & ’20 Dem presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (I-HI) advising Donald Trump on defense policy and how DOD should be run in his next term. Gabbard has a history of being vocally pro-Kremlin and pro-Assad. https://t.co/QAVsr9sYtE

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