Tulsi Gabbard Grilled: Did US Intel WARN Iran Would CLOSE Strait of Hormuz?
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18, 2026, amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran war, where she faced intense questioning from Democratic senators about whether U.S. intelligence had warned President Donald Trump that Iran would likely respond to military strikes by attacking Gulf nations and closing the Strait of Hormuz.

