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orangecrush

(31,747 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 08:34 AM 7 hrs ago

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


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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Trump's new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds (Original Post) orangecrush 7 hrs ago OP
The world is no longer a dangerous place, so who needs intelligence gathering and coordination? Swede 7 hrs ago #1
Making the USA safer for V. Putin .. Bo Zarts 4 hrs ago #9
From an asshole orangecrush 4 hrs ago #10
If any intelligence employee has/had any sense, s/he would have started no_hypocrisy 7 hrs ago #2
Hopefully leaks are coming orangecrush 4 hrs ago #11
Blatant cronisim! WmChris 7 hrs ago #3
"Sir! Iran excursion is a great idea, sir!" Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #4
Trump has all the knowledge and intelligence we need dalton99a 6 hrs ago #5
His Master's voice. Revenge and retribution question everything 6 hrs ago #6
Russian-style purge. Replace seasoned professionals with clueless yes-men. Reduce our defense even further. Martin68 5 hrs ago #7
Is Trump trying to have an enemy attack us or have another terrorist event on US soil? Multichromatic 4 hrs ago #8
Bet on it orangecrush 4 hrs ago #12
F47 might be gambling that an October attack would up his polls and help the GOP in midterms 0rganism 2 hrs ago #21
He's probably been told melm00se 3 hrs ago #13
I wouldn't doubt it orangecrush 3 hrs ago #16
Let me guess, he's going after all the Russia specialists and anybody who may have investigated Trump's Russia ties ChicagoTeamster 3 hrs ago #14
You must be psychic orangecrush 3 hrs ago #17
Pulte gives a new meaning to "no intelligence experience". nt allegorical oracle 3 hrs ago #15
... orangecrush 3 hrs ago #18
I feel like very few in this administration AleksS 2 hrs ago #23
In 135 weeks you'll be looking for a job asshat Bengus81 2 hrs ago #19
His next action will be to change his job title to WestMichRad 2 hrs ago #20
Just use the list Putin gave Trump! NM Grins 2 hrs ago #22
intel chief Bill Pulte will make sure nobody with Intelligence shall "Enter my Office" chouchou 2 hrs ago #24
It sounds like these orders came directly from Moscow IronLionZion 1 hr ago #25
Putin starting his U.S. national intelligence downsizing. LudwigPastorius 1 hr ago #26
Well, trump has said on many occasions Figarosmom 21 min ago #27

Swede

(40,453 posts)
1. The world is no longer a dangerous place, so who needs intelligence gathering and coordination?
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 08:46 AM
7 hrs ago

no_hypocrisy

(55,655 posts)
2. If any intelligence employee has/had any sense, s/he would have started
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 08:47 AM
7 hrs ago

investigating Bill Pulte the day he was nominated.

WmChris

(818 posts)
3. Blatant cronisim!
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 08:48 AM
7 hrs ago

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

(25,403 posts)
4. "Sir! Iran excursion is a great idea, sir!"
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 09:16 AM
6 hrs ago

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

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

dalton99a

(96,102 posts)
5. Trump has all the knowledge and intelligence we need
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 09:21 AM
6 hrs ago

Nobody Knows More Than Trump About Anything.

Martin68

(28,230 posts)
7. Russian-style purge. Replace seasoned professionals with clueless yes-men. Reduce our defense even further.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 10:44 AM
5 hrs ago

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

0rganism

(25,754 posts)
21. F47 might be gambling that an October attack would up his polls and help the GOP in midterms
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 01:25 PM
2 hrs ago

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

ChicagoTeamster

(1,445 posts)
14. Let me guess, he's going after all the Russia specialists and anybody who may have investigated Trump's Russia ties
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 12:21 PM
3 hrs ago

Bengus81

(10,521 posts)
19. In 135 weeks you'll be looking for a job asshat
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 01:11 PM
2 hrs ago

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

Figarosmom

(14,520 posts)
27. Well, trump has said on many occasions
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 03:48 PM
21 min ago

(usually after speaking to Putin) that he doesn't agree with spys and collecting intelligence with spying techniques. So a loyalist firing hundreds makes sense. This is likely one of the things he hated about Tulsi not doing.

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