{"id":2589296,"date":"2026-04-10T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-roger-stone-stepped-in-and-saved-tulsi-gabbard-from-being-fired-by-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:29:37","slug":"report-roger-stone-stepped-in-and-saved-tulsi-gabbard-from-being-fired-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-roger-stone-stepped-in-and-saved-tulsi-gabbard-from-being-fired-by-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Roger Stone Stepped in and &#8216;Saved&#8217; Tulsi Gabbard from Being Fired by Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-roger-stone-stepped-in-and-saved-tulsi-gabbard-from-being-fired-by-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2589296&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A new Axios report describes backroom infighting at the White House involving Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Trump ally Roger Stone, MAGA activist Laura Loomer, and President donald Trump. The article says Stone intervened to halt any immediate move to dismiss Gabbard, despite Loomer pushing the idea that she was about to resign. Axios lists four reasons Gabbard has remained in her post: she has been loyal, testified professionally to Congress, did not publicly challenge the president, and firing her could create a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >damaging news cycle<\/a> and potentially boost her future presidential prospects. Loomer has claimed Gabbard is finished, while ODNI and White House officials defended her performance. A private meeting between Gabbard and Trump is described with differing accounts on its tone, and Stone is credited with averting a firing that could have had meaningful political consequences.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New reports offer a window into the backroom infighting that takes place in a White House with a cast that includes Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Trump ally Roger Stone, MAGA activist Laura Loomer and, of course, President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/10\/trump-tulsi-gabbard-roger-stone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, is that amid rumblings that Gabbard might follow ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in being dismissed, Stone interceded, ending any plan to dismiss her, at least for now.<\/p>\n<p>Stone summarized the incident on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Last Monday Loomer tried to convince the President that Tulsi Gabbard was about to resign- in an effort to get Trump to move preemptively to fire her. The whole thing was a hoax. Fortunately, I acted in time,&rdquo; Stone <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RogerJStoneJr\/status\/2042294545417752746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Last Monday Loomer tried to convince the President that Tulsi Gabbard was about to resign- in an effort to get Trump to move preemptively to fire her. The whole thing was a hoax. Fortunately, I acted in time. When I called Loomer out on her lie is when she became unhinged <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qbg2GpI6C2\">pic.twitter.com\/Qbg2GpI6C2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RogerJStoneJr\/status\/2042294545417752746?\">April 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I called Loomer out on her lie is when she became unhinged,&rdquo; he posted.<\/p>\n<p>The Axios report, which relied mostly on sources it did not name, offered the same conclusion, noting that Gabbard, a staunch anti-interventionist, was in the White House doghouse for her lackluster support of the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The stunning resignation of Joe Kent, the former counterterrorism director, added to displeasure focused on Gabbard.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard and Trump had a private meeting, during which one version said she was &ldquo;scolded&rdquo; amid questions of her loyalty to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Another source, Axios wrote, said that Trump &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturdays-fun-fraud-facts-seven-unexplainable-results-that-reveal-democrats-didnt-even-try-to-hide-their-fraud\/\" title=\"Saturday&#039;s Fun Fraud Facts: Seven Unexplainable Results that Reveal Democrats Didn&#039;t Even Try to Hide Their Fraud\">wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t that mad, and instead chided Gabbard in a sarcastic but friendly way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Advisers were polled about Gabbard, a process that made it to the media in the form of a report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/02\/trump-tulsi-gabbard-intelligence-chief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stone then intervened, Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Roger sealed the deal. He saved Tulsi,&rdquo; a source told Axios.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet said four factors were key to Gabbard remaining in her job.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gabbard was loyal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/menendez-received-thousands-of-dollars-in-wedding-gifts-from-scandal-linked-friends\/\" title=\"Menendez Received Thousands of Dollars in Wedding Gifts From Scandal-Linked Friends\">gave congressional testimony<\/a> in a professional manner and never disputed the president,&rdquo; the outlet reported. &ldquo;Gabbard wasn&rsquo;t going to resign like Kent and didn&rsquo;t deserve to be proactively fired.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Firing Gabbard would needlessly create a damaging news cycle for Trump &mdash; and make her into a martyr of sorts for those in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s base agitated by the war,&rdquo; Axios noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If she were fired and given that aura of credibility among MAGA dissenters, Gabbard could become a potent GOP presidential candidate in a little over a year. That might hurt Trump&rsquo;s preferred successor, Vice President Vance, in the early 2028 primary states of New Hampshire and South Carolina.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Loomer has beaten the drum that Gabbard is toast.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tulsi is done,&rdquo; Loomer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/2039719636183167168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a> last week. &ldquo;The White House wants zero drama so they gave her the option to resign, but&hellip; she will do a lot of damage if she is given the choice to resign because she will launch her 2028 presidential campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An ODNI representative said Gabbard &ldquo;remains committed to fulfilling the responsibilities the President placed in her to protect the safety, security and freedom of the American people. She will continue to work tirelessly on behalf of President Trump&rsquo;s agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed that, saying, &ldquo;President Trump believes Tulsi Gabbard is doing an excellent job on behalf of the administration. She is a key member of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-refuses-to-denounce-antifa-despite-group-continuing-to-wreak-havoc-across-u-s\/\" title=\"... refuses to denounce Antifa despite group continuing to wreak havoc across U.S.\">national security team<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Axios says that amid chatter about potentially firing Gabbard, Stone stepped in to block any removal for now. Stone claimed on X that Loomer urged the President to fire Gabbard by insisting she was about to resign, calling the claim a hoax and saying Loomer became unhinged when challenged.<\/p>\n<p>According to Axios, four factors helped Gabbard stay in her post: she remained loyal to Trump, testified to Congress in a professional manner, did not publicly challenge the president, and did not appear poised to resign. A private meeting with Trump is described in one account as Gabbard being scolded over questions of loyalty; another account says Trump was not enraged, but chided her in a sarcastic yet friendly way. Advisers\u2019 views circulated and were echoed in coverage elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Stone\u2019s intervention, the report says, \u201csealed the deal\u201d to keep Gabbard in place. It notes that firing her could trigger a damaging news cycle and turn her into a martyr for MAGA critics, potentially helping a future GOP candidate who might threaten Trump\u2019s preferred successor, Vice President Vance, in early 2028 primary states. Loomer has continued to push the line that Gabbard is finished, arguing she could still launch a 2028 bid if forced to resign. An ODNI spokesperson said Gabbard remains committed to her duties, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praised her work on behalf of the administration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2589297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-04-10T093220.963.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5609,5894,36022,3634,37690],"class_list":["post-2589296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-allegations","tag-politics","tag-roger-stone","tag-trump","tag-tulsi-gabbard"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-04-10T093220.963.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2589300,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589296\/revisions\/2589300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2589297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2589296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2589296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}