MAGA Architect Pushes Wild Replacement Amid Revolt Against Trump Goon

Steve Bannon is leading the charge to install a Trump loyalist known as “Little Trump” atop the Department of Homeland Security amid a growing MAGA revolt against Markwayne Mullin.

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A MAGA firestorm has engulfed Mullin, who replaced the fired Kristi “ICE Barbie” Noem as DHS secretary in March but has since infuriated Donald Trump’s base for purportedly trying to appease Democrats and undermine the president’s mass deportation campaign.

The host of the War Room podcast floated Bill Pulte, who until Monday served as acting Director of National Intelligence, to replace Mullin at the DHS, referring to him by the nickname he has earned in MAGA circles for his reputation as a loyal Trump attack dog.

“MAGA wants President Trump to detail ‘Pitbull’ Pulte to DHS,” Bannon said.

Pulte, 38, has ingratiated himself with Trump by aggressively targeting the president’s enemies, first as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and then as acting director of national intelligence.

However, the billionaire homebuilding heir is newly out of his top national intelligence role. Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was sworn in as the permanent director of national intelligence on Monday, after being confirmed by the Senate last week.

Pulte, whose social media posts often mimic Trump’s unusual syntax and capitalization, had urged the president to delay Clayton’s swearing-in and wanted to stay in the DNI role longer, a White House official told Playbook last week.

The official said Pulte argued that he needed more time to complete his aggressive layoffs at the agency, telling Trump that he is “doing things nobody else will do, and that’s why he needs to stay in the job longer.”

While Clayton was ultimately sworn in, multiple people close to the White House told Playbook that Trump and Pulte are close.

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“The president really loves him,” one official said, raising the possibility that Pulte could land another Cabinet-level role in the future.

When reached for comment, the White House did not comment on Bannon’s suggestion that Pulte replace Mullin.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the Daily Beast, “The President has confidence in Secretary Mullin and his entire Administration to carry out the agenda the American people voted for.”

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which is still led by Pulte, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Pulte’s time in the Trump administration has been marked by his limited experience. In the years before his eyebrow-raising ascent in MAGAworld, Pulte spent his time stoking the hopes of meme-stock investors who wrongly believed he would miraculously resurrect the bankrupt retail chain Bed Bath & Beyond.

Along the way, Pulte engaged in bizarre antics, like hosting an event in which a man was slapped on stage with a sex toy. His shameless self-promotion led him to be pushed off the board of Pulte Homes, the construction giant founded by his now-deceased grandfather, in 2020, according to The New York Times.