Tulsi Gabbard QUITS Trump cabinet as husband battles 'extremely rare' cancer - after months of whispers president was furious with spy chief

By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 18:13, 22 May 2026 | Updated: 18:28, 22 May 2026 Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as Donald Trump's top intelligence chief, citing her husband's recent diagnosis with a rare form of cancer, following months of growing friction over the President's decision to launch a war against Iran. Gabbard met with Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, where she delivered her resignation letter. She will officially depart as Director of National Intelligence on June 30. Gabbard is the fourth member of Trump's Cabinet to resign in the past three months, an extraordinary attrition rate among the women serving under the President. In her formal resignation letter, Gabbard thanks Trump and says she is 'deeply grateful for the trust you placed in me and for the opportunity to lead' the top intelligence agency for the year and a half. Gabbard reveals that her husband, Abraham Williams, 'faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months.' 'At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle,' she said. Gabbard met Williams, a filmmaker and cinematographer, in 2012 when he volunteered on her congressional campaign in Hawaii, and the two married in a traditional Vedic ceremony in April 2015. Gabbard represented the non-interventionist wing of Trump's Cabinet, and her departure follows that of her deputy, Joe Kent, who resigned only months ago in a scathing letter accusing Israel of misleading the President into war with Iran. The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.