Donald Trump has ordered his incoming director of national intelligence (DNI) to start purging officials from the Obama and Biden administrations.
The President told Tulsi Gabbard’s replacement, Bill Pulte, that the 18 agencies, including the CIA and FBI, that he now oversees are ‘unnecessary and/or too big.’
Trump told the Wall Street Journal: ‘I’d like to see it smaller. I think there are a lot of people in there that shouldn’t be there.’
The President told reporters he wants Pulte, a former Florida real estate executive, to ‘start the process’ of firing people, even though he is only serving on an acting basis.
Pulte’s extraordinary elevation this week from the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to the country’s top intelligence official sparked backlash among Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
But he will avoid a Senate confirmation process by serving in an acting capacity.
Bill Pulte the temporary director of the DNI should be permanently appointed. He can step down when he feels the need to, otherwise when he does step down everyone that was let go or fired will say it was temporary also.
Should have done this the day after he was sworn in…