Surfing community jubilant as Kelly Slater BFF Tulsi Gabbard elevated to head of National Intelligence

"I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community."

If you’ll remember, the Harris-Waltz ticket was destroyed two months before its November 6 trouncing when Kelly Slater was photographed posing with Trump advisor Tulsi Gabbard outside Khalil Rafati’s Sun Life Organics in Las Vegas, where Kelly was attending UFC Noche.

Slater’s pivot delivered millions of middle-aged male votes to the Republican Party headed by popular television star and businessman Donald Trump.

Tulsi Gabbard had long been a sword in the side of the AGP-friendly, no-borders-for-all Democratic Party. She claimed the supposed party of the Quaker progressive was under control of  an “elitist cabal of warmongers” and driven by what she said was “cowardly wokeness.” Tulsi wasn’t real hot on its leaders being coy on Islamic terrorism, either. 

Tulsi Gabbard’s political career began in 2002 when she was elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives, becoming the youngest person ever elected at 21.

Gabbard later served in the Hawaii Army National Guard, deploying to Iraq and Kuwait, and became the first female combat vet in Congress after her election to the U.S. House of Reps in 2013.

In August, Gabbard, a common sense centrist who supports native rights in the US, but ain’t afraid to call Islamic terrorism what it is, threw her political muscle behind Donald Trump, a move that highlighted the parlous state of the Dems.

On Wednesday, Tulsi was appointed as Director of National Intelligence by President-elect Donald Trump, the new prez writing:

“For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our Country and the freedoms of all Americans. I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community, championing our Constitutional Rights, and securing Peace through Strength. Tulsi will make us all proud!”

Tulsi Gabbard and Kelly Slater meet up next week for a celebrity Green Beret Tactical Challenge.

Do you believe important matters of state will be discussed tween the pair, Slater sharing important intelligence gleaned from his years on Instagram?

And, given Slater’s environmental bona fides, able to turn deserts into pretend oceans, sandals made from turtle dreams etc, might there even be a role for the 11-time Champ in the new administration?

Heady days.