President Trump has allegedly asked cabinet officials whether he should replace his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. According to The Independent, Trump was displeased with Gabbard for not condemning former counterterrorism chief Joe Kent after he announced his resignation. SCOOP: Trump has been asking cabinet officials in recent weeks whether he should replace Tulsi Gabbard as DNI, venting frustration about her leadership and that she shielded Joe Kent, a former deputy who undercut his rationale for war with Iran @guardian https://t.co/1JVTeWi2qh — Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) April 2, 2026 More from The Guardian: It is not clear that Trump will actually fire Gabbard over the episode. Currently, there is no standout candidate to take the job, and advisers have cautioned that creating a high-profile vacancy before a successor is ready could cause unhelpful political distractions. But Trump’s discussions mark an ominous development for Gabbard, given the president tends to poll his advisers when he starts to seriously consider whether a personnel change is necessary. The two people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. Trump’s doubts about Gabbard followed her testimony at the worldwide threats hearing on Capitol Hill last month where she declined to condemn Joe Kent, who had resigned days earlier after arguing that Iran did not pose an imminent threat to the United States, the people said. The nature of Kent’s departure and his criticism of the war had already angered Trump, but he expressed particular frustration about Gabbard seemingly defending Kent and appearing reluctant to defend the administration’s position to attack Iran, the people said. Asked on Sunday whether he still had confidence in Gabbard’s leadership, Trump offered a mixed endorsement. “Yeah, sure,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “I mean, she’s a little bit different in her thought process than me, but that doesn’t make somebody not available to serve.” “After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent said last month. “It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America,” he continued. “Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran. This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that you should strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this mistake again,” Kent wrote in a letter to President Trump. “As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives. I pray that you will reflect upon what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for. The time for bold action is now. You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos. You hold the cards,” he continued. President Trump Responds After Top Counterterrorism Official Resigns Over Iran War The Independent shared further: Trump's reported polling of cabinet officials about Gabbard's future comes as Trump mulls firing another senior female cabinet member: Attorney General Pam Bondi. Sources told Politico that Bondi is likely on the way out of the Trump administration, with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin reportedly lined up as a potential replacement. That report came hours after the New York Times said Trump was considering replacing Bondi amid backlash over her botched handling of the Epstein files.

President Trump has already removed Pam Bondi as attorney general, multiple outlets report. According to Fox News, Bondi learned of her ouster during a meeting with Trump in the Oval Office before his speech on Wednesday night. Bondi will be temporarily replaced by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, CNN stated. Fox News reported that Bondi will fill another role in the administration. Watch the breaking alert below: FOX CONFIRMS PAM BONDI OUT AS AG TODD BLANCHE TO BE INTERIM AG pic.twitter.com/L8tZ33Geor — Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2026 Fox News shared further: Trump is reportedly considering replacing Bondi with Environmental Protection Agency Director Lee Zeldin, according to the sources familiar with the matter. Trump held a meeting with Zeldin at the White House Tuesday to discuss wildfire and prevention, where talks of the transition also unfolded, according to an individual familiar with the meeting. That source relayed to Fox News Digital that Zeldin would be a plausible replacement, adding that Trump could change his mind at any point. The White House told Fox News that the pair still have a good relationship despite the ousting. A Justice Department spokesperson denied the reporting when reached for comment. “The AG was with (Trump) for the speech last night,” the spokesperson added. When asked about the alleged meetings and Bondi’s ouster, a White House source stopped short of confirming the information, but relayed it was “not cold.” “Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General,” he continued. BREAKING — IT'S OFFICIAL: President Trump confirms Pam Bondi is OUT as Attorney General, Deputy AG Todd Blanche is stepping in for now "We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the… pic.twitter.com/yJBx3yBFXi — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 2, 2026 CNN has more: In a statement Wednesday addressing reports that Trump had mused about replacing Bondi, the president said, “Attorney General Pam Bondi is a wonderful person and she is doing a good job.” The possibility of replacing Bondi with Zeldin first arose in January, then subsided as Epstein coverage faded from the news, sources said. But word that Trump wanted to replace Bondi with Zeldin began to circulate again in the West Wing on Monday. And in recent days, Bondi had privately asked associates whether they thought it was true her job was in danger, sources told CNN, indicating that she wasn’t sure where she stood with the president. Some in Trump’s inner circle had long been upset over Bondi’s handling of the Epstein files, believing her pronouncements on the matter helped drive the impression the administration was inappropriately holding back materials from public view. Many were frustrated in particular that she said in a February 2025 interview on Fox News that an Epstein client list was “sitting on my desk right now to review,” only for the department to later assert no such list existed. (Bondi has since said she was referring to all the paperwork related to the Epstein investigation, such as flight logs, and not to a specific client list.)

Multiple outlets report that President Trump is considering replacing Pam Bondi as attorney general. According to Semafor, an official announcement on Bondi’s removal is expected soon. However, the outlet noted that no decision is final and Trump could change his mind about replacing her. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin is among the top candidates rumored to possibly replace Bondi. “When Trump met EPA boss Lee Zeldin on Tuesday to discuss last year’s California wildfires, Trump also discussed the potential of tapping him for the AG role, a person close to the WH tells me,” POLITICO correspondent Dasha Burns said. “@CNN and @nytimes also both named Zeldin as the most likely successor,” she added. A person familiar with the situation tells me that Pam Bondi will be out as AG imminently, confirming scoops from @CNN and @nytimes. When Trump met EPA boss Lee Zeldin on Tuesday to discuss last year’s California wildfires, Trump also discussed the potential of tapping him for… pic.twitter.com/zXj6MInr6B — Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) April 2, 2026 Semafor has more: It’s unclear what role Bondi may find herself in next — Trump this term has had a habit of shifting his ousted appointees into other roles. Last year, his then-national security adviser was shifted to the role of United Nations ambassador after getting pushed out after a reporter inadvertently was added to a Signal chat about sensitive military operations. And early last month, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got pushed out of her role and reassigned to a new job called the “Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas.” The president has been reluctant (though not entirely resistant) to firing senior advisers during his second term, in part because he sees ousting members of his team as giving in to his enemies. But Bondi made enough missteps to again prompt Trump to break from his pattern. According to NBC News, an unnamed source allegedly said Trump has become “more and more frustrated” with Bondi. Trump and Bondi allegedly got into a “heated confrontation” at the White House last week, the outlet claimed. In remarks made to NBC News, Trump provided no indication he was frustrated with Bondi. “Attorney General Pam Bondi is a wonderful person and she is doing a good job,” Trump told the outlet. Trump is seriously considering replacing Pam Bondi as attorney general because of dissatisfaction with how aggressively the Justice Department has pursued some of his priorities. White House officials have discussed several possibilities as replacement options but Lee Zeldin, the… — Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) April 2, 2026 NBC News shared further: Two people familiar with the conversations said Trump has been asking friends and people in his circle about Zeldin as a possible replacement for Bondi — and he’s been doing it more so in the past two weeks. A key consideration is whether a successor to Bondi would be able to be confirmed by the Senate. There is a perception that Bondi is focused on the wrong things and unable to marshal the department’s resources to reach the president’s goals. Since the Jeffrey Epstein files saga, Bondi has struggled to regain her footing with the president and deliver wins. Some of his allies have been frustrated by her handling of the files and believe she hasn’t been aggressive enough at delivering wins in investigations against the president’s political foes. Failing to secure indictments “is a problem for job security with the president,” a former White House official said. “No one is more anxious than Trump to get everything done immediately. He’s at a stage in life where he realizes that time goes fast. He wants action.” “The president wanted indictments against people he believes broke the law,” a Trump ally added. “There have been some, but that whole thing has not really gone anywhere. I think that’s a factor, but I believe it’s probably just a long time coming.”

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NOTE: Noah here, and once again the Panicans are out in force today!  So I’m republishing this. If you’re a Panican or if you’re tempted by Panican impulses, you need to read this.  Every last word.  Then email it to yourself, print it out, and read it again.  Then set a calendar reminder for later in the day, reminding yourself to read it a 4th time.  Enjoy! I’ve been doing this for over a decade now, covering Donald J. Trump from the moment he took that famous Golden Escalator Ride until today… And I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much angst and confusion among his supporters. Make no mistake, he’s wildly popular…perhaps more so than any time over the past 11 years. Even CNN was forced to admit recently that he is polling at 100% within MAGA, which of course is as high as you can go.  It’s literally impossible to do better than 100%: WATCH: CNN Forced to Admit that President Trump Has 100% Approval from MAGA! So it’s not as though he’s unpopular, but this is the loudest and most confused I’ve ever seen a vocal minority. People like Joe Kent, who rage quit the Administration. Or Tucker Carlson, who seems to have lost his way (although there is still much I like and agree with Tucker on), but he has largely split off from MAGA. Or people like MTG, or Candace Owens, or a bunch more I could name, all confused and grumbling and griping. But personally, I judge things by the emails and comments I receive from all of you, and I have never seen a small vocal minority this vocal. I’ve got one reader (shoutout: Jim) who has taken to emailing me every day now to ask the same questions over and over about the Iran War and how I could possibly still support President Trump after he pledged no new wars and now here we are in Iran, which comes on the heels of Venezuela, and soon will likely be Cuba next. And there are many others emailing in asking the same questions and just generally being big Panicans. SO MUCH HAND-WRINGING! So I wanted to take a moment to address this….all of it.  And tell you where I stand. Because just as much as there has never been such a vocal, confused minority jumping into the Panican camp like lemmings, I have personally never been more confident and committed to what President Trump is doing as I am right now. And it’s not even close. So allow me to explain why, and why I’m not shaken even an inch. To the contrary, I am so much more confident and so much more excited about President Trump and what he is doing now than at any point in the last 11 years. First, let’s start with the fact that President Trump has EARNED my trust and my respect. Back in 2015, it was exciting and he was saying all the right things, but we didn’t know for sure if he would really follow through….or if he even COULD follow through even if he wanted to. Flash-forward 11 years, and that question is answered.  It’s solid.  President Trump has delivered on EVERYTHING….and then some. His first term was rocky because the Deep State was far deeper than he imagined. But he’s a quick study and no one is tougher, and after surviving that first term and then surviving the even tougher 2020-2024 period, he has now emerged in this Second Term as nearly untouchable. He has the power, he’s made all the right moves, he’s surrounded himself with all the right people (no Jeff Sessions or James Mattis or any other countless losers who failed him in his First Term). Now he truly has a team he can trust.  A team that is not letting him down. More importantly, he knows who NOT to trust and he knows how Washington works. And he also knows he has very limited time in these four years, and he’s executing on a level we never dreamed possible. So that’s number one.  History.  Proven track record.  Action. Simply put, he has done NOTHING to betray my trust over the last 11 years, he’s only gotten better and stronger. Number two: I trust his judgment implicitly. This also related back to #1, but until he gives me a reason not to trust him, I will continue to trust and believe that he is making the best decision possible, based on all the information he has. He has vastly more information than I do, and all you Panicans who sit at home in your parents’ basement clicking away on your keyboards as if you can Monday Morning Quarterback President Trump is a joke! You are operating on a small fraction of the information he has. And quite frankly?  You’re just not as smart or intuitive as DJT. I like to think I’m on the upper end of intelligence and intuition, or at least maybe the upper half….but I’ve never seen anyone operate like Donald John Trump. His intelligence is off the charts, but even more than that his intuition is nearly flawless. To think I’m going to second-guess him from my home office is laughable. Third: this is exactly why I elected him and put him into office. I elected him to be our Chief Executive Officer. I did not elect him to take a poll on every issue and go with majority vote. I elected a Commander In Chief, and I want him acting on his own intellect, instinct and intuition, in a dynamic and kinetic environment. I trust that. I trust him far more than anyone who has ever been in Washington, by a degree that is off the charts. We finally have the one guy who is not like all the others, and you Panicans jump ship every other day!  What a joke! LET THIS MAN COOK! He knows what he is doing. His track record proves it. All he does is win. The man is so good and wins so often that people literally joke (or speculate?) that he must have a Time Machine!  No other explanation makes sense! And THIS is the guy you want to Panic over? This is the guy you can’t trust? Absolutely laughable. We will never get another like him, and I firmly believe he was put here for such a time as this. Sorry “Joe from Kentucky” or “Jim from New Jersey” or “Karen from LA” but your hand-wringing and panicking every single day while this man single-handedly saves this country is not needed or appreciated. Get the Hell out of the way, shut your mouth, and just say thank you when he’s done saving this country (and quite frankly, the world). NATIONAL POLL: Do You Still TRUST President Trump? I’ll wrap with this…. Credit to my friend BioClandestine for standing solid with me and not Panicking. It’s almost like Trump knows what he’s doing: Flashback 10 days ago. While every MSM outlet and clickbait influencer said Trump didn’t know what he was doing and was begging for help with Iran, I said Trump was making an example out of NATO and proving they aren’t our allies. I’m not perfect, but I’m WAY closer than most. https://t.co/jFqLQwI90z — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) March 26, 2026 And he’s operating on a FAR BIGGER canvas than all of the pea-braining Panicans. You Panicans see in such narrow and myopic views, but Trump thinks big: Whatever Trump’s master plan is, it revolves around global trade. He is securing global maritime shipping routes, especially strategic choke points. Panama Canal, Strait of Hormuz, Arctic shipping routes (Greenland/Canada). Combine that with tariffs. It’s all about trade. pic.twitter.com/dSVDNZEFQg — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) March 20, 2026 What is happening is far bigger than most of you have any idea about, even me!  And that’s why I am comfy as can be sitting here and trusting Trump. He’s earned my trust. And you’re going to love how this movie ends, even the Panicans who will no doubt come running back into the fold at the first sign it’s safe. And that’s fine, we’ll welcome you back. Just know that you lost your dignity and honor along the way: Just a reminder that Trump shared this video on Truth Social. It’s not just some bullshit I made up. — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) March 20, 2026 But I want to know what you think… NATIONAL POLL: Do You Still TRUST President Trump? p.s. I’m updating this to add one final comment… Fourth: the biggest gripe I keep hearing is “I voted for no new wars and now Trump just got us into a new war with Iran.” Do you know how stupid of a take that is? This is NOT a new war with Iran! We’ve been at war with Iran for the last 48 years! What you have had over the last few decades has been the ILLUSION of peace, the illusion of safety, the illusion of no active war. But make no mistake, that was all just an illusion, and President Trump saw clearly right through it. There was massive risk and chaos in South America and Central America, and he moved down there first to remove Maduro, which will next topple Cuba automatically and probably without a single shot being fired.  Almost no one is talking about it, but I believe the next big surprise no one is expecting is Brazil will come after Cuba. So he first cleaned up the massive risks boiling under the United States in our Hemisphere. Next he went and cleaned up the massive risks and uncertainty in Iran. For decades, we were always told we can’t possibly stop the Muslim terrorists like the Houthis and Hamas and countless other terrorist organizations, and even larger countries like Russia and China, because they’re really just proxies for Iran, and Iran is too big to risk starting World War 3, so you just have to leave all of that evil alone and let it continue to boil and fester. President Trump said no. President Trump said we’re tired of being held hostage by Iran, so if Iran is the lynchpin holding the rest of the world hostage, and if Iran does not want to live in modern society where we don’t place roadside bombs all of the place bringing evil and Hell on Earth to the entire Middle East, then Iran has to go.  It’s leaders down to the 3rd and 4th or even 100th level need to be wiped off the face of the Earth. If you do not want to live peacefully in modern society without bringing your Hell on Earth everywhere you go, then we’ll stop allowing you to bring Hell to Earth and we’ll send Earth (YOU) to Hell where you belong. So get it right, get yourself straight: President Trump did not start a new war.  He’s ending a multi-decade one that you’ve been in and you didn’t even realize it. If you are too myopic or too blind or quite frankly just too stupid to see all of this, sit down, close your mouth, unplug your keyboard and just sit back and enjoy the ride and then say “Thank you Sir!” to President Trump when he’s all done.