Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued a stark warning on Tuesday, emphasizing the growing risk of a nuclear conflict in a video message shared with the public.
Her remarks followed a recent visit to Hiroshima, where she met with survivors still living with the long-term consequences of the atomic bombing that occurred eight decades ago during World War II.
“As we stand here today, closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before, political elite and warmongers are carelessly fomenting fear and tensions between nuclear powers,” she said in the clip.
Gabbard expressed concern that leaders may be emboldened in their aggressive posture toward nuclear-armed adversaries due to their own perceived immunity.
“Perhaps it’s because they are confident that they will have access to nuclear shelters for themselves and for their families that regular people won’t have access to. So it’s up to us, the people, to speak up and demand an end to this madness,” she added.
Her message comes as world leaders grow increasingly alarmed that ongoing hostilities between Russia and Ukraine could escalate into a broader global conflict.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, have been engaged in efforts to negotiate a ceasefire between the two nations, but progress has been slow and hostilities continue to intensify.
This geopolitical friction is unfolding in parallel to the war in Gaza and mounting concerns over Iran’s ambitions to develop nuclear weapons capabilities.
Trump has issued a clear warning that he will not permit Iran to move forward with its uranium enrichment program, a key step in building nuclear arms.
“We must reject this path to nuclear war and work toward a world where no one has to live in fear of a nuclear holocaust,” Gabbard told her followers on Tuesday.

{Matzav.com}