They are his “colleagues,” after all.
Gabbard will sterilize intel.
This is important in that the Swamp needs narrative infected intel to justify their votes.
If she informs the agencies that intel from allies that is not supported by satellite imagery will not be briefed to the president or Congress, everything in foreign affairs changes. It will be explosive. If S. Korea and Japan have been the source of most N. Korea description and this is not confirmed, suddenly N. Korea becomes less evil.
This will be so in Ukraine too. And Venezuela.
Hers is the most important of the nominations. Being a woman could get her surprise votes. She has none of the Hegseth scandal around her, and several Dem Senators are new and don’t hold a party change grudge.
Her odds are better than RFK.