President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested he’s not firing additional Cabinet members anytime soon after he dismissed two in the last four weeks. Trump fired Pam Bondi from her role as Attorney General on April 2, shortly after Kristi Noem was forced out as homeland security chief on March 5. The major Cabinet shake-up was the first since last May, when Mike Waltz, then the president’s national security adviser, became the first Cabinet official to be dismissed. The president this week threw cold water on rumors that additional senior officials could be on the chopping block, in the wake of rumors that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s job could be on the line. Trump warned against reading into reports of an impending Cabinet shake-up, saying the country was on the right track, during an interview with The Hill on Sunday.
The rumors about Gabbard have spread amid suggestions she disagreed with the White House’s conclusion that Iran posed a direct threat to the U.S. due to its nuclear program, justifying the decision to launch a war against the country. Trump launched strikes against Iran on Feb. 28 after Iranian leadership told the U.S. that it had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs within 10 days, according to the president’s team.
