Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard addressed the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue, in Manama, Bahrain. The transcript of her prepared remarks is below – The Q&A Session is not transcribed.
It should be remembered that Bahrain was the second nation to erupt following the 2009 Cairo, Egypt speech of then President Barack Obama. Tunisia was the first, Egypt was the third. The government of Bahrain barely survived the Islamist Spring and later formed a coalition with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE against the extremists within the Muslim Brotherhood then supported by Qatar.
DNI Gabbard speaks to the changed geopolitical environment in the era of U.S. President Donald Trump; the elimination of seemingly endless conflict driven by old guard establishment entities and influence agents around the world. The Director highlights her personal journey toward supporting President Trump and the America First agenda that seeks genuine friendship and national partnerships based on mutually beneficial transactions.
[TRANSCRIPT] – “Thank you, distinguished guests, excellencies, friends, and fellow peacemakers. It’s a privilege to join all of you here this evening. Your Highness, thank you very much for your kind hospitality and welcoming us in hosting this important event. To IISS and your team, thank you for yet again putting on a phenomenal dialogue. It’s an honor to be able to address you here in the Kingdom of Bahrain at this pivotal time in global history.
As we gather here, we’re reminded that true security, true stability, and peace cannot be forged in isolation, but in the common collection of peacemakers working towards that common purpose. Today, I want to speak plainly for myself as a veteran and a soldier who has seen firsthand the high cost of war. As someone who serves under President Trump’s leadership, I have experienced the promise of peace. His vision is about delivering real wins, not just for America, but for our collective cause of peace and prosperity, and doing so through a very principled realism, rooted in shared goals, interests, and values.
The old Washington way of thinking is something we hope is in the rear-view mirror and something that has held us back for too long. For decades, our foreign policy has been trapped in a counterproductive and endless cycle of regime change or nation-building. It was a one-size-fits-all approach of toppling regimes, trying to impose our system of governance on others, intervening in conflicts that were barely understood, and walking away with more enemies than allies. The result: trillions spent, countless lives lost, and in many cases, a creation of greater security threats, the rise of Islamist terrorist groups like ISIS.”
“We’ve heard President Trump and Vice President Vance speak just last week about their hope that the Abraham Accords will continue to grow and expand to allow for a true lasting regional stability and peace. This is what President Trump’s America First policy looks like in action, building peace through diplomacy, with an understanding that there cannot be prosperity without peace. President Trump de-escalated tensions on the Korean peninsula through direct talks. During his first term in office, he opened lines of communication with North Korea that had been frozen for generations. He did what no other president had been willing to do: engage directly to speak about peace. He restored American leadership abroad. He brokered economic normalization between Serbia and Kosovo, promoting stability and peace in the Balkan region.
And now just nine months into his second term, President Trump’s America First agenda is supercharging these efforts and securing peace on a scale that we haven’t seen in decades. He secured ceasefires between India and Pakistan, Israel and Iran, a peace agreement between Rwanda and the DRC, a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Thailand, and averted conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. As was mentioned previously and is very much in focus for so many of us, he negotiated the release of all living hostages from Hamas. While fragile, a historic ceasefire and peace plan is moving forward. It is doing so with integral support from many of our partners here in this room.
So, what ties all of this together? A simple and revolutionary idea: Pursue joint interests. Find those win-win solutions where they align and recognize that yes, we will have differences, and we will work through them.
President Trump understands that not everyone shares our exact values or our system of governance, and that’s okay. What’s most important is finding where our shared common ground exists and building those partnerships and progressing on those common grounds. Things like energy independence that stabilizes global markets, things like countering terrorism, something that continues to grow in different parts of the world, strengthening trade partnerships to boost economic growth and innovation. These are the components, the glue of enduring partnerships and friendships. So, America First is not about isolating ourselves. As President Trump has shown, it’s about engaging in direct diplomacy, being willing to have conversations that others are not willing to have and finding that path forward where our mutual sovereign interests are aligned.
And that’s really why we’re all gathered here today in Manama. We can commit to this path ourselves and put it into action with Bahrain’s own leadership. Year after year, hosting these critical dialogues shows us the way forward, convening nations from around the globe, amplifying shared stakes and strengthening partnerships and lines of communications that allow us to resolve our differences and deliver results for our respective people.
Under President Trump, the United States is your partner in executing this vision as a deal maker who is committed to peace. And together we look forward to continuing this path towards peace, to ending wars that have defined too many generations, unlocking prosperity for millions, and helping support the future of a Middle East where security is a dividend of cooperation, not a cost of conflict.
Thank you very much. God bless you. God bless the pursuit of peace.”
[END TRANSCRIPT] Question and Answer Session Follows.
MAGA Tulsi! 👊👊❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸
Tulsi is growing into quite the Stateswoman!
Well done! MAGA!
Manama nah.
I didn’t know where Manama was. I had to look it up on a map. It is the capital of the tiny island of Bahrain.
But I also thought of that song, originally sung by Pierro Umiliani, but popularized by the Muppets.
Tulsa is truly a phe-no-ne-non.
Tulsa.
Autocorrect
I can hear the gnashing of deep state teeth here in TN! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Strauss and Howe said that heroes would emerge. She is definitely a hero.
Thank you Sundance!
Tulsi, so well done 🦅
Building partnerships helps everyone and destroys evil.
Thank God President Trump put you in that position. You set an example, hope they see it.
🇺🇸✝️🦅💥
As soon as she finished, the powers that be are now hard at work on how to get the Rs to divide the Rs on X and to then convince them to align with their uniparty counterparts on the D side.
Love Tulsi. May God watch over her. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Amen Dan
15:09 – “You cannot look at any of these things in a vacuum or in a silo.”
Silo.
Where have I heard that word before?
Who has been reading Sundance?
“Silo” is a very common phrase in nearly every industry. Long before Sundance. Long before the interwebs.
True, no doubt.
People also said, “You betcha,” long before it became a catchphrase for Sarah Palin.
Also noteworthy at 3:33 “This is what America’s … this is what President Trump’s America First policy looks like “
A lot packed into that intentional clarification.
Wow.. great speech, what a woman.
I absolutely love Tulsi! I think she would make an excellent President of the USA!
She still has a lot on her plate at the ODNI. Obama and his gang of Global Communists are entrenched in the worldwide Intelligence Communiites. There is not enough time to have her spending a couple of Trump’s years trying to be our next President. Maybe in 2032 or more likely in 2o36. I throw these future elections out there knowing that even one loss to the Demcommies will destroy Liberty everywhere on our planet.
A loss to today’s Democrat Party would become the Worlds Fourth Turning. Backwards, inside out and upside down! Just because; no reason, no order!
She is very impressive.
Eat your heart out, Kamala – who likely would be laughing like a hyena if she were on that stage.
She’d be afraid to be on that stage
Posted below.
She’s speaking out against the US fondness for regime change in foreign countries. I wonder if that’s a hint that she is not on board with the regime change which we are supposedly planning for Venezuela.
It’s a biting troll comment. Well done.
However, Venezuela, like Ukraine, is a rouge state (or however you want to characterize a nation that is under control of foreign interests, be they globalists, CIA, narcoterrorists or …aliens).
Negotiating with actual leaders of a country with shared historical values is not the same as negotiating with patsies installed by shadows.
Yeah, the US cannot simply go around overthrowing foreign governments and installing its own simply by saying “rogue state”. That’s no different from the CIA overthrowing the US government citing ‘national security’.
And plenty of governments around the world are already our ‘patsies’.
i have become a fan ! she is impressive !
A presidential candidate for 2028? People have mentioned Gabbard and Kari Lake (?)
I was delighted and encouraged when she used the term ‘silo’. I also wondered if she was kindly letting us know she is here with us, understands our frustration and concerns and is aware of the knowledge and content Sundance provides here. Could also be Sundance has personally shared his knowledge and insights with Tulsi. Gabbard :).
True. I was even more delighted by “God bless you and God bless the pursuit of peace”.
I pray he has… 🙏🏻
This beats the crap out of WEF clown shwabb farces… gotta clone Tulsi
Having first heard that, and then read that (transcript), I would now encourage the Community to listen to the entire presentation, including the statements made by His Highness.
The moderator’s role is important. Who, according to an obviously-prepared script, directs several distinct engagements between the two parties, on a series of different topics. To which each of them in turn responds. So, if you didn’t listen to the entire 23 minutes – “you missed it.”
Ms. Gabbard conducted herself extremely well, but what happened beyond the end of her transcript was not(!) “a question and answer session,” as Sundance suggests. In fact, no questions were ever asked, nor answered. It was entirely an exchange led by the moderator, who remained entirely neutral.
FYI: This “Manama Dialogue” forum is very similar to others, such as Russia’s “Valdai Discussion Club,” which seek to explore international issues in a civil and public space. We need to embrace these efforts, and to carefully listen to what they are saying. Most of them, of course, have very active web-sites …
What an amazing emissary for peace, security, and prosperity!
Lotta moxie, Tulsi!
Clear, precise and well spoken!
…”The old Washington way of thinking is something we hope is in the rear-view mirror and something that has held us back for too long. For decades, our foreign policy has been trapped in a counterproductive and endless cycle of regime change or nation-building. It was a one-size-fits-all approach of toppling regimes, trying to impose our system of governance on others, intervening in conflicts that were barely understood, and walking away with more enemies than allies. The result: trillions spent, countless lives lost, and in many cases, a creation of greater security threats, the rise of Islamist terrorist groups like ISIS.”…
Boy-Howdy! Tulsi certainly doesn’t sugar-coat the message of the “sins” of our past!
What amazed me, as an average American Gomer, was the brilliant command of the English displayed.
Very impressive! Such a nice change seeing smart people running the show.
Welcome to “the New Generation” of international players. And sovereigns …
They weren’t born yesterday.
Beyond the other positive comments about DNI Gabbard I’ll just mention how refreshing it is to listen to someone with a nicely-paced, well-measured voice that accomodates those poor slobs who are translating into multiple languages. They have time to find the proper words and not worry about a bunch of fast-paced American idiom read from a teleprompter. She’s a gem and on my prayer list.
We are inextricably linked to globalism whether we like it or not. Yay, new world order!
I never before thought of the ONID as a U.S. foreign emissary.
Someone please enlighten me. Thank you.
The sponsor of this conference IISS is a British think tank and is affiliated with MI6, but it also gets a substantial part of their funding from the Bahraini royal family.
BTW Bahrain was a former British protectorate. Britain used to control most of the Persian Gulf once upon a time.
“A British thinktank that bills itself as a global authority on military and diplomatic affairs has been accused of jeopardising its independence after leaked documents showed it has secretly received £25m from the Bahraini royal family, which has been criticised for its poor human rights record.”
“Confidential documents seen by the Guardian show that the country’s repressive rulers donated the sum to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) over the last five years.”
“The documents also reveal that IISS and the Bahraini royals agreed to “take all necessary steps” to keep most of the donations secret. The Bahrain donations make up more than a quarter of IISS’s income.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/british-thinktank-iiss-received-25m-from-bahraini-royals-documents-reveal
So, first Vance/ Rubio, then Rubio/ Gabbard, then Gabbard/???
That takes us out 24 years post DJT.
Great speech! Finally, wisdom in every word.
Ms. Gabbard and Ms. Noem are both quietly and very competently building the depth and breath of experience to be outstanding choices for Vice President. I can see the day both will be President caliber.
Now we understand why neither the lightbringer nor the cadaver could dare speak to some people. The Sheik is so far ahead of them in intelligence and understanding, there’s no problem they could conceive of resolving.
Tulsi is flat out brilliant! What a deep bench President Trump has given us to ensure the future of our Republic..
Re Venezuela, it seems as if Tulsi is speaking from a different playlist tothe President and others.