Tulsi Gabbard reportedly falls off Donald Trump's good book

Aboard Air Force One late Monday night, having hastily left the G7 meeting in Canada, President Donald Trump took questions from reporters 
about the escalating Israel-Iran conflict. 

In the back and forth, Trump was asked about Tulsi Gabbard, his director of national intelligence, who testified to Congress in March that Iran was not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon - a direct contradiction of Israel's claims that Iran was racing toward a bomb, reports CNN. 

"I don't care what she said," Trump replied. "I think they were very close to having it." 

Trump's terse rebuke of his top intelligence official set off a firestorm among the MAGA faithful on right-wing media, long divided over the issue of Iran. It also raised serious questions about Gabbard's standing in the administration. 

Just a month ago, White House officials insisted that the president not only liked Gabbard but enjoyed her company. Even as some in the administration believed that she was out of her depth, officials insisted that Trump and his team were giving Gabbard leeway to learn the ropes of her new job. 

But that tone has shifted, as multiple people inside the West Wing have grown disillusioned with Gabbard's performance, sources say.  Though she's been among the most visible voices for the president's national security policy, behind the scenes Gabbard has struggled to carve out her own place in the Trump White House. Recently, Trump has come to see her as "off message" when it comes to the conflict in the Middle East, according to one senior White House adviser. 

Trump's annoyance with Gabbard peaked earlier this month, this person said, when she posted a 3-minute video warning that the world is "closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before," and blaming "political elite and warmongers" for stoking fear and tensions between nuclear powers." 

Trump viewed the video as a thinly veiled criticism of his consideration to allow Israel to strike Iran, and many inside the White House agreed Gabbard was speaking out of turn, the person added.