Since the war in Iran started last month, Gabbard's rivals have questioned her loyalty to the mission, advocating that the president fire her and name a replacement. 

One solution, proposed by an ally of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was fired by the president on Thursday was to shift Bondi to replace Gabbard, according to CBS.

But the president indicated that he wanted Gabbard to stay in the job the report noted. 

The White House pushed back against a report from the Guardian that said Trump had soured on Gabbard after her former deputy Joe Kent, who made a dramatic exit and resigned in protest over the president's decision to go to war with Iran.

The report comes on the same day Trump ousted Bondi from her role as Attorney General and less than a month after he removed Kristi Noem from the Department of Homeland Security. 

But the White House pushed back strongly against the idea that the president was ready to oust a third woman from his cabinet. 

'President Trump has total confidence in Director Gabbard, and any insinuation otherwise is totally fake news,' White House spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement to the Daily Mail. 

Others in the administration suggested that the reports about Gabbard's demsire were a result of bitter infighting within the Washington intelligence community. 

'The DC establishment, including the CIA, is always after her because of her efforts to reveal their lies to the American people,' one administration official told the Daily Mail. 

'She's doing exactly what POTUS tasked her to do. You'll notice there are never hit pieces on the CIA.'

'The President has assembled the most talented and impactful Cabinet ever, and they have collectively delivered historic victories on behalf of the American people.'

Gabbard was spotted at the White House as recently as Wednesday evening, where she attended the President's late-night national address regarding Iran. 

When pressed on his confidence in the DNI earlier this week, the President responded, 'Yeah, sure.' 

'She's a little different in her thought process than me, but that doesn't make somebody not available to serve,' he added.

Gabbard, a former Democratic Congresswoman who has long rallied against US foreign interventionism, reportedly peeved Trump last year after releasing an ominous video about the dangers of nuclear war.