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Tulsi Gabbard resigns, Trump threatens Iran

Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation as director of national intelligence on Friday as the U.S. prepares for a fresh round of military strikes on Iran despite the current ceasefire.
May 23 (02:34)

TRANSCRIPT FOR: “TULSI GABBARD RESIGNS AS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AS TRUMP CONSIDERS NEW STRIKES ON IRAN”

REPORTER:
00:01:41

Your director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. She's wrong.

AARON NAVARRO:
00:01:45

In Geneva, Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested there had been, quote, "slight progress" in talks with Iran but said an Iranian-proposed toll for the Strait of Hormuz was, quote, "totally unacceptable." I don't know of anyone in the world that should be in favor of a tolling system in an international waterway.

AARON NAVARRO:
00:02:00

Gas prices are at their highest level since the summer of 2022. But during a campaign event in the swing district in New York, Trump again pledged the prices would drop after the end of the war. It will be over with soon, and you're going to see numbers like you've never seen. Now, sources tell CBS News defense and intelligence officials began to reduce the American military footprint in the Middle East out of concern of a possible Iranian retaliation to a US strike. But as of Friday night, no final decision on military strikes has been made. Errol. All right, Aaron Navarro at the White House. Aaron, thanks.

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