Tulsi Geberda, who opposes aid to Ukraine, joins the Trump team

Trump said Geberda will bring “the fearless spirit that has defined her distinguished career to our intelligence community.”

Geberda thanked Trump “for the opportunity to serve as a member of your Cabinet to protect the security and freedom of the American people.” “I’m looking forward to getting to work,” she said.

Geberda, who was vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2013 to 2016 and a member of the House of Representatives from that party from January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2021, left the Democratic Party in October 2022 and joined to the Republican Party. last month. Geberda endorsed Trump earlier this year, helping him prepare for a debate against Kamal Harris.

She has long advocated an isolationist foreign policy and supported a number of conspiracy theories.

In 2022, Geberda made false statements about him ASV he supported biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine. Such claims were part of Russian propaganda to invade Ukraine.

In 2020, participating in the primary election of the Democratic Party to choose the presidential candidate, she called for the withdrawal of the US army from Iraq and Syria.

In 2017, Geberda met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and was severely criticized for this meeting.

Geberda began her political career in 2002, when she was elected to the Hawaii State Legislature at the age of 21, becoming the youngest woman to hold the position.

In early 2003, Geberda joined the Hawaii State Army National Guard and served in a field medical unit in Iraq from 2004 to 2005. In 2007, she graduated with honors from the officer training program at the Alabama Military Academy and from 2008 to 2009 she was the commander of the Military Police Platoon of the Army in Kuwait. In 2015, she became a major in the Hawaii State Army National Guard, in 2020 she was transferred to the US Army Reserve and in 2021 she was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.