“The first one I heard about was Tulsi Gabbard, and my immediate reaction was to say, ‘Well, that’s hilarious,’” former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton told TMD on Wednesday of the news of Gabbard and Gaetz’s nominations. “She’s no more qualified to be director of national intelligence than the chair you’re sitting in. And then I heard Matt Gaetz, and I realized that it made all of the other nominees look like towers of strength.”

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