{"id":2606249,"date":"2026-05-23T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-leaving-not-a-huge-surprise-byron-york\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:24:17","slug":"gabbard-leaving-not-a-huge-surprise-byron-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-leaving-not-a-huge-surprise-byron-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabbard leaving &#8216;not a huge surprise&#8217;: Byron York"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fgabbard-leaving-not-a-huge-surprise-byron-york%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=2606249&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>Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s resignation as Director of National Intelligence isn\u2019t unexpected,citing her differences with President Trump\u2019s more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >interventionist foreign-policy approach<\/a> and reports that she may have been kept out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-school-district-pushes-students-families-to-join-black-lives-matter-protests\/\" title=\"Michigan School District Pushes Students, Families to Join Black Lives Matter Protests\">key decision-making<\/a> on issues such as Venezuela and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>York noted Gabbard announced she was stepping down after her husband was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spacex-launches-first-all-civilian-space-mission-to-go-to-orbit\/\" title=\"SpaceX launches first all-civilian space mission to go to orbit\">bone cancer<\/a>. Still, he argued that even without the family reason, her departure would likely have come soon. He also said any confirmation process for her interim replacement, principal deputy DNI Aaron Lukas, could be difficult due to Republican divisions and largely unified Democratic opposition. York expects Gabbard\u2019s exit to cause no major shift in direction from Trump\u2019s administration.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> chief political correspondent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/byron-york\/\">Byron York<\/a> said Director of National Intelligence <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\">Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-still-eligible-for-50k-annual-pension-footed-by-taxpayers\/\" title=\"Cuomo Still Eligible For K Annual Pension Footed By Taxpayers\">resignation doesn\u2019<\/a>t come as a huge surprise, given her stance on some <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> policies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe has never been really in line with the new sort of interventionist Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-policy\/\">foreign policy<\/a>, and there were reports that she was kept out of the loop when decisions were made on issues like <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>,\u201d York said on Fox News\u2019s <em>America Reports <\/em>Friday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4579278\/stephen-colbert-predictable-and-losing-money-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Stephen Colbert was \u2018predictable and losing boatloads of money\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4579222\/trump-rejoices-after-stephen-colbert-last-show\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump rejoices after Stephen Colbert\u2019s last show<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4578698\/stephen-colbert-signs-off-one-last-time-hello-goodbye\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Stephen Colbert signs off one last time: \u2018Hello, Goodbye\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabbard <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579695\/tulsi-gabbard-resigns-after-husbands-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/\">announced her resignation<\/a> on Friday after her husband was diagnosed with bone cancer. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas will step in as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-trump-to-meet-with-acting-defense-secretary-chris-miller-in-the-oval-office-at-330-pm\/\" title=\"DEVELOPING: Trump to Meet with Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller in the Oval Office at 3:30 PM\">acting director<\/a>, President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116619437706453945\">on Truth Social<\/a>. Gabbard\u2019s last day in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> is expected to be June 30.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; min-height: 180px; max-height: 360px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3541314&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=399e810b6d7510e8d01195b87e739400\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven if there weren\u2019t this serious family reason, I don\u2019t think it would be a huge surprise for her to leave the administration,\u201d York said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">York argued that Gabbard was more aligned with Trump\u2019s 2024 campaign of \u201cno endless <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/war\/\">wars<\/a>, not starting new wars, that kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">York acknowledged that since then, Trump has shifted and \u201cmade exceptions\u201d to that policy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe president is trying to figure this thing out obviously, and I don\u2019t think that there\u2019s going to be any huge turn in direction because of the Gabbard thing,\u201d York said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/4579928\/who-is-aaron-lukas-gabbard-interim-replacement-dni\/\"><strong>WHO IS AARON LUKAS, TULSI GABBARD\u2019S INTERIM REPLACEMENT AT ODNI?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">York said the confirmation process for Gabbard\u2019s successor could be challenging due to \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\">Republican<\/a> divisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019ve got some unhappy and divided Republicans alongside pretty much unanimous <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democratic<\/a> oppositions,\u201d York said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byron York: Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s ODNI resignation not surprising given her stance on Trump\u2019s foreign policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2606250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26142624505105_702f66.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37928,6672,51130,32603],"class_list":["post-2606249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-byron-york","tag-commentary","tag-gabbard-2","tag-political-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26142624505105_702f66.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606249","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\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2606253,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606249\/revisions\/2606253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2606250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}