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Trump wants Bill Pulte to fire big chunk of national intelligence office staff: WSJ
Trump said the intelligence office is too big and wants acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to continue staff cuts and release more election records.
- President Donald Trump urged incoming acting intelligence chief Bill Pulte to begin mass firings, revealing in a Friday interview that he explicitly ordered a sweeping personnel shake-up within the nation's intelligence apparatus.
- Trump described the DNI's office as "unnecessary and or too big," telling Pulte he believes many employees—specifically holdovers from the Biden and Obama administrations—should not remain.
- The president asserted that Pulte’s temporary "acting" status makes him "less shackled" to execute rapid cuts, explaining that an interim chief holds unique leverage to clear out personnel and do the "hard work" so a future permanent nominee isn't saddled with the burden.
- Pulte's sudden appointment earlier this week triggered widespread bipartisan alarm, with Democrats and key Senate Republicans heavily criticizing his complete lack of prior experience in intelligence, counterterrorism, or national security policy.
- Critics fear the administration is weaponizing the intelligence infrastructure, pointing directly to Pulte's aggressive history as Federal Housing Finance Agency chief, where he routinely used agency data to launch criminal fraud referrals against prominent Trump political rivals.
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US intelligence agencies are getting smaller: Even before the new coordinator Bill Pulte took office, Trump, according to a report, ordered him to dismiss a large number of employees.
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According to Trump, the office of the director of the National Intelligence Service, which oversees 18 federal authorities and units, is "unnecessary and/or too large."
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Leaning Left22Leaning Right6Center19Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Left
Bias Distribution
- 47% of the sources lean Left
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C 40%
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