Trump confirms telling Bill Pulte to fire intelligence community employees – live
Donald Trump has urged acting director of national intelligence Bill Pulte to initiate the firing of numerous employees within the US intelligence community. He expressed his belief that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is too large and should be downsized. Trump's selection of Pulte has raised concerns among both Democrats and Republicans regarding potential misuse of the position.
- ▪Trump wants Bill Pulte to start firing employees in the intelligence community.
- ▪He believes the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is too big and unnecessary.
- ▪Pulte's lack of experience has raised bipartisan concerns about his potential actions.
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12.38 EDTTrump urges Pulte to fire intelligence community employees, WSJ reportsDonald Trump has told the Wall Street Journal that he wants his new acting director of national intelligence Bill Pulte to begin the process of firing a large number of employees as part of a shake-up of the US intelligence community.Trump told the Journal today that he has privately told Pulte that he believes the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which oversees 18 federal intelligence agencies and units, is “unnecessary and/or too big”.“I’d like to see it smaller. I think there are a lot of people in there that shouldn’t be there,” Trump told the WSJ, referring to holdovers from the Biden and Obama administrations.
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