Responding to a Reuters article that says U.S. intelligence believes Putin wants to conquer all of Ukraine and re-establish an empire, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that the report is “a lie and propaganda” being pushed “on behalf of warmongers who want to undermine President Trump’s tireless efforts to end this bloody war that has resulted in more than a million casualties on both sides.”
“Dangerously, you are promoting this false narrative to block President Trump’s peace effort, and fomenting hysteria and fear among the people to get them to support the escalation of war, which is what NATO and the EU really want in order to pull the United States military directly into war with Russia,” she continued.