Trump's new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds

[orangecrush]

President Donald Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee in the office so he could assess whether to fire them, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

The sources said Pulte is eyeing to cut hundreds of jobs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

Pulte’s appearance at ODNI on Thursday caught staff off-guard, including the outgoing director, Tulsi Gabbard, who was given a brief heads up on the visit. Trump himself has said that Pulte, who is a Trump loyalist with no intelligence experience, would start his job on Friday.


https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/politics/bill-pulte-intel-chief-takes-office


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[Swede]

1. The world is no longer a dangerous place, so who needs intelligence gathering and coordination?

[Bo Zarts]

9. Making the USA safer for V. Putin ..

'Ole Vlad must be happy now.

[orangecrush]

10. From an asshole

That wouldn't know intelligence if it bit him on the ass.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. If any intelligence employee has/had any sense, s/he would have started

investigating Bill Pulte the day he was nominated.

[orangecrush]

11. Hopefully leaks are coming

[WmChris]

3. Blatant cronisim!

The dismantling of our intelligence seems to part of the plan since their fearless leader dosen't listen to them anyway. Now he can use them to set up whatever false narrative he and his 2025 handlers decide they want the low information cult members to buy into.

[Kid Berwyn]

4. "Sir! Iran excursion is a great idea, sir!"

“Sir! Iran excursion is going great, sir!”

“Now do I get to fire Putin’s enemies?”

[dalton99a]

5. Trump has all the knowledge and intelligence we need

Nobody Knows More Than Trump About Anything.

[question everything]

6. His Master's voice. Revenge and retribution

[Martin68]

7. Russian-style purge. Replace seasoned professionals with clueless yes-men. Reduce our defense even further.

The Trump regime is setting us up for a takeover by Russia, China or both.

[Multichromatic]

8. Is Trump trying to have an enemy attack us or have another terrorist event on US soil?

[orangecrush]

12. Bet on it

[0rganism]

21. F47 might be gambling that an October attack would up his polls and help the GOP in midterms

It's long odds, but he takes those bets.

[melm00se]

13. He's probably been told

to clear the decks and build up an AI intelligence practice.

[orangecrush]

16. I wouldn't doubt it

[ChicagoTeamster]

14. Let me guess, he's going after all the Russia specialists and anybody who may have investigated Trump's Russia ties

[orangecrush]

17. You must be psychic

[allegorical oracle]

15. Pulte gives a new meaning to "no intelligence experience". nt

[orangecrush]

18. ...

[AleksS]

23. I feel like very few in this administration

have ever experienced intelligence.

[Bengus81]

19. In 135 weeks you'll be looking for a job asshat

Kissing Trumps ass has been proven to not matter. You might be gone by the end of the year.

[WestMichRad]

20. His next action will be to change his job title to

...Director of National Stupidity.

[Grins]

22. Just use the list Putin gave Trump! NM

[chouchou]

24. intel chief Bill Pulte will make sure nobody with Intelligence shall "Enter my Office"

[IronLionZion]

25. It sounds like these orders came directly from Moscow

[LudwigPastorius]

26. Putin starting his U.S. national intelligence downsizing.