Peter Baker on Gabbard’s Resignation: She Said That Going to War with Iran Was a ‘Big Mistake,’ Once You’ve Said That You Don’t Have Much Option

RUSH EXCERPT:BAKER: “Yeah, I think the the thing about her departure, as mark was just alluding to, is the idea that inside Trump’s orbit, the people who have urged restraint, right? The restrainers, as some people call them when it comes to military action overseas, are losing out. Right. The people who have urged him to be more kinetic, to be more militaristic, to use the military in ways that he had told us he was not going to do during his campaigns. They’re the ones on the ascendant. So she you know, she had specifically said time and time again that going to war with Iran was a big mistake. She said it even while she was DNI last year, that it would be, you know, that that warmongers were trying to get the president to do something he shouldn’t do. So once you’ve said that and once he’s clearly gone the other direction, you don’t have much of an option there. I think that to to the point of his of her successor, you know, that’s I think, demar’s point, I think that now that position has been so diminished in terms of its influence within the administration that Aaron lucas may not have much of a of a role to play. He doesn’t have the political posture that that Tulsi Gabbard had. Remember, Tulsi Gabbard ran for president. She was a Democrat who switched over to, to, to Trump’s side. So he liked that visual, that optic to be able to say, here’s somebody from the other side who thinks I’m right. This this guy, Aaron lucas doesn’t fit into that kind of category. He’ll he’ll sit in the room, but it’s hard to know if he has much influence.”

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Peter Baker on Gabbard’s Resignation: She Said That Going to War with Iran Was a ‘Big Mistake,’ Once You’ve Said That You Don’t Have Much Option‘She was a Democrat who switched over to Trump’s side, so he liked that visual’News & PoliticsRUSH EXCERPT:BAKER: “Yeah, I think the the thing about her departure, as mark was just alluding to, is the idea that inside Trump’s orbit, the people who have urged restraint, right? The restrainers, as some people call them when it comes to military action overseas, are losing out. Right. The people who have urged him to be more kinetic, to be more militaristic, to use the military in ways that he had told us he was not going to do during his campaigns. They’re the ones on the ascendant. So she you know, she had specifically said time and time again that going to war with Iran was a big mistake. She said it even while she was DNI last year, that it would be, you know, that that warmongers were trying to get the president to do something he shouldn’t do. So once you’ve said that and once he’s clearly gone the other direction, you don’t have much of an option there. I think that to to the point of his of her successor, you know, that’s I think, demar’s point, I think that now that position has been so diminished in terms of its influence within the administration that Aaron lucas may not have much of a of a role to play. He doesn’t have the political posture that that Tulsi Gabbard had. Remember, Tulsi Gabbard ran for president. She was a Democrat who switched over to, to, to Trump’s side. So he liked that visual, that optic to be able to say, here’s somebody from the other side who thinks I’m right. This this guy, Aaron lucas doesn’t fit into that kind of category. He’ll he’ll sit in the room, but it’s hard to know if he has much influence.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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