Now, he is stepping into a new role where he is completely incompetent and ignorant.
The National Security folks will simply shut him out. They are very good at doing that. Out of necessity.
While serving in the USAF as a Russian Linguist, I spend 1968 and part of 1969 working in the NSA building at Ft. George Meade in Maryland. They didn't really have much for me to do there, until they found out that I had some skills that didn't show up in my paperwork. Then, I got to do some fun things and learn more than my fellow enlisted USAF folks.
In early 1969, the word went out that Richard M. Nixon would be coming to the building for a tour and briefing. An exercise was planned for him to observe. My self-taught skills ended up with me being in the exercise room, sitting in front of a machine during his tour.
You should know that, before he arrived in the building, the entire place got "sanitized." What that means is that no materials that were classified were to be exposed to anyone's vision, anywhere. That meant that no work got done while the VIP, Nixon, was in the building. Everything was neat and tidy and completely devoid of any information.
So, there I was in the room where the simulation exercise was taking place, looking busy in front of the machine I sat in front of. Things were happening there, but they were all staged for the exercise. I was following along with what was going on when people walked up behind me. I swiveled my chair, and there was Nixon, surrounded by men in high-ranking clothing. One of them explained what was going on where I was sitting and my name was mentioned. I looked at Nixon, stood to attention, and said "Good morning, Mr. President." After that, they all wandered off to the next work station, where something similar happened. After about an hour, Nixon left the building and I went back to my normal work station.
Why am I telling you this? Because at no time did President Nixon learn anything that had anything to do with what was going on in that building. He got his briefings and his tour and his simulation exercise. Everyone looked busy. All of that was completely intentional and planned. Nixon probably thought he learned about the NSA. In fact, he learned what the NSA wanted him to learn, and nothing more.
Pulte will learn even less. He's not the President. He's not anyone. He'll have his own staff, wherever he is, who will tell him what they want to tell him. He will not learn anything. He will not be in charge of anything. The work will continue, but not to his knowledge.
That's how those folks work. It's an eye-opener to witness in person.
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