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America's newly elected President Donald Trump is making appointments to important posts in his government. Trump has given the responsibility of Directing National Intelligence to Hindu leader Tulsi Gabbard. He announced this after meeting Biden on Wednesday.
Tulsi will assume the post after the start of Trump's second term. She replaces Avril Haynes. Tulsi Gabbard (43) has been America's first Hindu MP. Gabbard began her political career in Hawaii at the age of 21. She was an MP from the Democratic Party for 4 times.
Tulsi was earlier the leader of Biden's Democratic Party. He joined the Republican Party only last month. Apart from Tulsi, Trump has given important responsibilities to two other people. Florida Senator Marco Rubio has been made the Secretary of State and Matt Gaetz has been made the Attorney General.
Left the Democratic Party two years ago, made many serious allegations Tulsi had fought in the Iraq War a decade ago and was a US Army Reservist. He left the party in October 2022, making serious allegations against the Democratic Party.
Tulsi said that the Democratic Party has come under the control of some elite people. They talk about war. They oppose white people and are turning into a racist group. He criticized the Democratic government for not being able to stop Islamic extremism.
Left politics and became part of news channel Tulsi was the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party in the 2016 elections. Later he supported Bernie Sanders instead of Hillary Clinton. She also ran in the Democratic presidential primary in 2020. Later he supported Biden.
After leaving the party in 2022, Tulsi joined Fox News. She appeared as a co-host in many shows there. Tulsi campaigned in favor of several Republican candidates in the 2022 elections. Since then it was believed that she could join the Republican Party.
While in the US Parliament, Tulsi criticized the Obama administration and the Biden administration. Kamala is also a sharp critic of the current Vice President Kamala Harris. Tulsi made headlines in 2019 when she defeated Indian-origin Kamala Harris in a debate.
In fact, both were among the contenders for the US presidential post of 2020. During this time there was a debate between the two regarding the primary elections. In this, Kamla could not answer many of Tulsi's questions. There was a debate between Trump and Kamala Harris on September 10 this year. Trump had asked Tulsi for help in preparing for this.
In the 2019 primary debate, Tulsi had accused Kamala that she was failing as a prosecutor and she should apologize to the public for this.
Tulsi Gabbard is not of Indian origin Tulsi is sometimes called an Indian because of his name. Although they are not of Indian origin. She herself has said this many times. Basil was born into a Samoan American family. His father was Catholic. Mother was also a Christian who later converted to Hinduism. Tulsi was also a Christian at first but later she converted to Hinduism.
Marco Rubio becomes Foreign Minister, image of anti-China leader
Trump has made Senator Marco Rubio from Florida the Secretary of State. According to media reports, earlier Vivek Ramaswamy was also considered a contender for this post.
Marco Rubio is a senator from Florida. He is considered an expert on Latin America affairs. He is known for taking a tough stance on China, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba. Rubio has previously given many statements against Russia. But recently he has been avoiding doing so.
In 2019, Rubio convinced Trump to impose tougher sanctions against Venezuela so that leftist President Nicolas Maduro could be removed from power. Rubio is a staunch supporter of Israel and blames Hamas for the Gaza war.
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