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=== Trump administration — meeting and critique ===
On November 21, 2016, Gabbard became the second Democrat (after [[Michelle Rhee]]) to meet with President-elect [[Donald Trump]] andasked histo transition team at [[Trump Tower]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/politics/gabbard-trump-transition/|title=Democratic Rep.meet Gabbard meetsto withdiscuss Trump|publisher=CableSyria, NewsISIS, Network|access-date=Novemberal 21Qaeda, 2016}}</ref>and Sheother describedforeign thepolicy meetingissues. asGabbard "frankaccepted andover positive"concern andthat saidRepublican sheneocons acceptedwill thegrow meetingin toinfluence influenceonce Trump beforetakes Republicans grewoffice in influenceJanuary and escalatedescalate the war to overthrow the Syrian government.<ref>{{Citecite news|url=http://www.nbcnewscnn.com/politics2016/congress11/21/politics/why-democratic-rep-tulsi-gabbard-met-donald-trump-n686976transition/|title=DemocratDemocratic TulsiRep. Gabbard defendsmeets 'frank and positive'with Trump meeting|publisher=NBCCable News Network|access-date=FebruaryNovember 1221, 20172016}}</ref> She later called the Trump administration's [[2017 Shayrat missile strike]] reckless and "short-sighted."<ref name=":11">{{Cite news|url=http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/327743-dem-rep-us-attack-on-syrian-airfield-short-sighted-reckless|title=Gabbard: US attack on Syrian airfield 'short-sighted,' reckless|last=Greenwood|first=Max|date=April 6, 2017|work=TheHill|access-date=April 21, 2017}}</ref>
Gabbard did not join the 169 congressional Democrats who signed a letter of opposition to [[Steve Bannon]]'s appointment as Trump's chief strategist,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mauitime.com/news/politics/why-didnt-rep-tulsi-gabbard-join-169-of-her-colleagues-in-denouncing-trump-appointee-stephen-bannon/|title=Why didn't Rep. Tulsi Gabbard join 169 of her colleagues in denouncing Trump appointee Stephen Bannon? – Maui Time|date=November 18, 2016|newspaper=Maui Time|access-date=February 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/tulsi-gabbard-syria/508367/|title=Tulsi Gabbard, the GOP's Favorite Democrat, Goes to Syria|last=Calamur|first=Krishnadev|newspaper=The Atlantic|access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref> but she joined 182 other colleagues to co-sponsor a bill to remove him from the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/804/cosponsors|title=Co-sponsors of H.R.804 - Protect the National Security Council From Political Interference Act of 2017|website=US Congress|year=2017}}</ref>
Gabbard vehemently criticized the [[2017 United States–Saudi Arabia arms deal]]<ref name="aapress">{{Cite web|url=http://aapress.com/government/gabbard-condemns-arms-sale-to-saudi-arabia/|title=Gabbard condemns arms sale to Saudi Arabia {{!}} Asian American Press|date=May 20, 2017|website=aapress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/334390-dem-senator-calls-trumps-arms-deal-with-saudis-a-terrible-idea|title=Dem senator: Trump's arms deal with Saudis a 'terrible idea'|last=Beavers|first=Olivia|date=May 20, 2017|work=TheHill}}</ref> and the administration's decision not to sanction Saudi Arabia over the [[killing of Jamal Khashoggi]].<ref name="Bowden">{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/417850-gabbard-says-being-saudi-arabias-bitch-is-not-america-first|title=Gabbard says being Saudi Arabia's 'bitch' is not 'America First'|last1=Bowden|first1=John|date=November 21, 2018|website=The Hill|access-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref>
In an October 29, 2019 press conference with family members of victims of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001 terror attacks]], Gabbard requestedasked the Trump administration to [[Classified information in the United States#Declassification|declassify]] the findings of its investigation into a possible involvement of Saudi ArabiaArabian government officialsofficial involvement in the September 11 attacks and to end all aid for Saudi Arabia until this information is made public.<ref name="9_11_newsweek">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-demands-answers-911-terrorist-attacks-saudi-arabia-government-ties-hijackers-khashoggi-1468511 |title=Tulsi Gabbard Demands US End Saudi Aid, Ties Government to 9/11 Terrorist Hijackers|last=Fearnow|first=Benjamin|date=October 29, 2019|website=Newsweek|access-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="9_11_fox">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/tulsi-gabbard-saudi-arabia-report-september-11-government |title=Tulsi Gabbard wants findings of probe into possible Saudi 9/11 involvement declassified |last=Creitz|first=Charles|date=November 1, 2019|website=Fox News|access-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref> Gabbardand reintroduced House resolutionresolutions 663to frompush 2017for this goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwweconomictimes.congressindiatimes.govcom/billnews/115thinternational/world-congressnews/houserelease-resolution9/66311-docs-related-to-saudis-tulsi-gabbard/videoshow/71823410.cms |title=H.Res.663 - Urging the release of information regarding the SeptemberRelease 9/11, 2001,docs terroristrelated attacksto uponSaudis: theTulsi United StatesGabbard |last=Jones|first=Walter B.AP|date=DecemberOctober 1330, 20172019|website=USThe CongressEconomic Times|access-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref> as resolution 662<ref>{{cite web |urllast=https://wwwJones |first=Walter B.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/662 |date=December 13, 2017 |title=H.Res.662663 - Urging the release of information regarding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks upon the United States |lasturl=Gabbard|first=Tulsihttps://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/663 |access-date=OctoberNovember 292, 2019 |website=US Congress|access-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref> to push for this goal.<ref>{{cite web |urllast=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/release-9/11-docs-related-to-saudis-tulsi-gabbard/videoshow/71823410.cmsGabbard |titlefirst=Release 9/11 docs related to Saudis: Tulsi Gabbard |last=AP|date=October 3029, 2019 |websitetitle=TheH.Res.662 Economic Times|access-date=November 2,Urging 2019}}</ref><ref>{{citethe web|url=https://apnews.com/44c4fb1d0fce4edf9a5fc83b0d8b0ef2release |title=Tulsiof Gabbard:information Releaseregarding documentsthe relatedSeptember to11, Saudis2001, andterrorist 9/11attacks |last=Matthews|first=Karen|date=Octoberupon 29,the United States 2019|websiteurl=Associatedhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/662 Press|access-date=November 2, 2019 |website=US Congress}}</ref>
==== Impeachment of Donald Trump ====
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