"People familiar with the situation said that Gabbard had previously opposed U.S. intervention in the South American country. The United States needs to stay out of Venezuela, Gabbard, then a Democratic member of Congress, tweeted in 2019. Let the Venezuelan people determine their future. We don't want other countries to choose our leadersso we have to stop trying to choose theirs."
"The move to cut Gabbard out of the meetings was so well-known that some White House aides joked that the acronym of her title, DNI, stood for Do Not Invite,' according to three of the people, Bloomberg reported. They asked not to be identified discussing private conversations. A White House official denied there was any such joke."
"The Wall Street Journal also reported on the freezeout, stating that as Trump officials were finalizing plans for the invasion, Gabbard was on a beach in her native Hawai'i. As President Trump's national-security team huddled last week to make final preparations for the operation to snatch Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Gabbard was posting social-media photos of herself on a beach in Hawaii, where she grew up, ignorant of the operation's details, the paper said."
The White House excluded Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard from meetings about the planned invasion and ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Gabbard had opposed U.S. intervention in Venezuela, tweeting in 2019 that the United States needs to stay out and that Venezuelans should determine their future. Some White House aides joked the DNI acronym stood for "Do Not Invite," a claim a White House official denied. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to keep Gabbard out of the loop, and Gabbard was in Hawai'i posting beach photos while senior national-security officials finalized plans. Vice President J.D. Vance rejected exclusion claims as false and said planning remained confined to senior cabinet-level and related officials.
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