Mr Trump’s win in 2016, meanwhile, piqued her curiosity about the other side. She criticised the “neocon war hawks” in his first administration but found common cause with Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson, Mr Trump’s cheerleaders and fellow isolationists. Eager to have on a Democratic apostate, Fox News hired her as a talking head.

The Trump transition team has stepped up its support for Tulsi Gabbard, amid fears for her Senate confirmation for the role of director of national intelligence.

During her time in Congress, Gabbard also praised Vladimir Putin for bombing Isis in Syria, while the Obama administration would not. She also spread the conspiratorial idea that “biolabs” funded by the United States across the world — which do not exist — could unleash “dangerous pathogens .”

Washington (DC News Now) — Tulsi Gabbard, President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, is making the rounds on Capitol Hill. Sources at our media partners, The Hill, say she is struggling through her meetings with Senators.