{"id":797,"date":"2026-06-05T20:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=797"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:43:23","slug":"trump-reveals-twisted-reason-for-his-insane-spy-chief-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"Trump Reveals Twisted Reason for His Insane Spy Chief Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>President Donald Trump has finally said the quiet part out loud about why he promoted a MAGA attack dog to be the nation\u2019s spy chief: to gut America\u2019s intelligence community.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=795\">Trump Goons Tell Court He Can \u2018Bulldoze\u2019 Statue of Liberty<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Days after elevating housing executive Bill Pulte to the role of acting Director of National intelligence, Trump said he wants the loyalist to start sacking staff and shrinking the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the agency created after 9\/11 to coordinate America\u2019s 18 intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trump described the office as \u201cunnecessary and\/or too big,\u201d telling The Wall Street Journal: \u201cI\u2019d like to see it smaller.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think there are a lot of people in there that shouldn\u2019t be there,\u201d he added, referencing staff appointed under the Biden and Obama administrations.<\/p>\n<p>The comments came after Trump made a surprise announcement on Thursday by declaring that Pulte\u2014a real-estate heir with no national-security background\u2014wouldn\u2019t be in the role permanently. <\/p>\n<p>This came after days of backlash, including within Republican ranks. But in an ominous sign, the president told reporters that Pulte would also have another role to play as acting director: to \u201cfind out some things about the rigged elections\u201d and other topics on Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Under the law, Pulte can serve in the role in acting capacity for 210 days\u2014more than enough to take him through to the midterm elections in November, which critics fear Trump is trying to game.<\/p>\n<p>Trump added to these fears in his interview with The Wall Street Journal by explaining why he chose Pulte as an acting official rather than nominating him permanently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re less shackled,\u201d he said. \u201cIt sort of gives you more power.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankly, it might be good for him to shake it up before people come,\u201d Trump said of the potential agency overhaul. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause, if he reduced the size, in conjunction with me\u2026and in conjunction with possibly the person coming in\u2026he can do a lot of the hard work and we wouldn\u2019t have to saddle somebody that goes in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The remarks signal a potential bloodbath at the ODNI in the wake of Tulsi Gabbard standing down after her husband was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill Pulte is a great pick to be the acting DNI,\u201d said Trump\u2019s office of budget management director Russ Vought, who earned the nickname \u201cGrim Reaper\u201d for his own push to gut government agencies. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is fearless and aggressive and will do everything he can from that position to continue Tulsi\u2019s work to reform the intel community!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=793\">Trump Threat to Sabotage Kennedy Center Sparks Desperate Scramble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But not everyone was impressed, including Trump loyalist Laura Loomer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe news that President Trump directed @pulte to issue mass firings in the Intel community is bullshit and just a talking point given that Pulte isn\u2019t even Acting DNI. Is everyone forgetting @TulsiGabbard is still there till June 30th?&#8221; she wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump may have said this, but it won\u2019t happen. Why doesn\u2019t Trump have Tulsi issue the firings? Oh yah. That\u2019s right. Because everyone who needs to be fired was a Tulsi hire.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The news that President Trump directed @pulte to issue mass firings in the Intel community is bullshit and just a talking point given that Pulte isn\u2019t even Acting DNI.<\/p>\n<p>Is everyone forgetting @TulsiGabbard is still there till June 30th? <\/p>\n<p>Why do people pretend like things that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) June 5, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pulte, 38, is the grandson of William J. Pulte, the billionaire founder of homebuilding giant PulteGroup. <\/p>\n<p>He currently serves as the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and chairman of mortgage financing agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac &#8211; positions Trump says he will maintain as he juggles his new role as acting director.<\/p>\n<p>But he has used those roles to target Trump\u2019s adversaries with mortgage fraud, such as New York Attorney General Letitia James, Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and California Sen. Adam Schiff.<\/p>\n<p>The MAGA firebrand has even riled up Trump allies, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who confirmed to senators this week that the pair had a heated argument last year.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, it was widely reported that Bessent had told Pulte: \u201cI\u2019m gonna punch you in your f&#8212;&#8212;g face\u201d after hearing the housing director had bad mouthed him to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>But Bessent corrected the record on Wednesday, telling Republican Sen. Tom Tillis under questioning: \u201cI actually said I was going to kick his a&#8211;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood. Okay. Good. I share the emotion,\u201d responded Tillis. <\/p>\n<p>Trump, however, has defended his acting DNI as someone who is \u201cvery smart\u201d and \u201ca person who\u2019s got high integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked on Friday if he had anyone in mind for the job, he said there were \u201cfive different people\u201d he was interviewing.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAll very good; all people that you know well,\u201d he told reporters on Air Force One. \u201cAll people that do that kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=791\">We Are Finally Witnessing Trump\u2019s Total Unraveling: Biographer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has finally said the quiet part out loud about why he promoted a MAGA attack dog to be the nation\u2019s spy chief: to gut America\u2019s intelligence community. 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