Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a former undercover CIA officer and member of the Kennedy family by marriage, is resigning from two intelligence-related posts in President Trump’s administration.
Fox Kennedy is stepping down as Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Policy and Capabilities under DNI Tulsi Gabbard, and from her senior intelligence and international affairs role at the White House Office of Management and Budget.
The Washington Post immediately tried to frame the departure as a break with President Trump over Iran policy.
Fox Kennedy was having none of it.
She took to X and torched the claim directly:
For the last year and a half, I’ve had the privilege of contributing to the security of our nation under the leadership of a President wholly and profoundly devoted to the safety and success of the American people.
I’ve witnessed him work tirelessly to deliver a global and…
— Amaryllis Fox (@amaryllisfox) May 20, 2026
“Hogwash,” she wrote, calling President Trump “our Peacemaker in Chief” and adding: “Make no mistake about it — I stand with the President EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.”
People described the family and job backdrop behind the resignation:
Fox Kennedy is Robert F Kennedy Jr’s daughter-in-law and is married to Robert F Kennedy III.
She previously helped run Kennedy’s 2024 presidential campaign before he endorsed President Trump and later joined the administration as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Her Trump administration work included multiple intelligence-related jobs, including Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Policy and Capabilities and a White House Office of Management and Budget post focused on intelligence and international affairs. Her exit affects those two jobs, while she is expected to remain on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and the Intelligence Oversight Board.
In a May 8 email, Fox Kennedy framed the move around family and finances, saying she was returning to the private sector to keep her family on track and to have more time with her children. She also denied the claim that she was leaving because of disagreement with President Trump’s Iran policy.
Her background in intelligence runs deeper than politics. She spent years as an undercover CIA officer before entering the policy world.
The news made waves across political media as the reporting circulated:
BREAKING: Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a senior Trump intelligence official, daughter-in-law of RFK Jr and ally of DNI Tulsi Gabbard, to leave two of three key administration intel posts Friday, @ICIJorg & @washingtonpost report. https://t.co/AiSPPj0C50 by @icijorg
— Sia At The Game (@rhpsia) May 20, 2026
Trending Politics added the Gabbard angle and Fox Kennedy’s continued advisory role:
Tulsi Gabbard praised Fox Kennedy’s work and said she looks forward to continuing to work with her through President Trump’s Intelligence Advisory Board. That matters because the resignation removes Fox Kennedy from two operational posts while keeping her connected to the administration’s intelligence advisory structure.
Fox Kennedy’s path is unusual: former CIA officer, RFK Jr campaign manager, Kennedy family member by marriage, and Trump administration intelligence official.
That combination is why her departure drew immediate attention from political media and why the motive behind the exit became the center of the story.
The key dispute is the motive. The anti-Trump frame suggested a foreign-policy rupture, but Fox Kennedy’s own public statement rejected that idea and emphasized loyalty to President Trump.
That public denial changed the shape of the story: instead of an anonymous-media narrative driving the coverage, readers can see Fox Kennedy’s own words about why she stands with the President.
The playbook from the legacy press here is predictable. A Trump official steps down, and the immediate instinct is to manufacture a narrative of internal dissent over foreign policy.
Fox Kennedy shut that down in plain language before the ink was dry.
She is leaving two posts but keeping two advisory roles and making clear she remains fully aligned with the President. That is a personnel transition, and the media’s attempt to spin it otherwise got swatted down in real time by the person they were writing about.
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