Trump names Bill Pulte acting intelligence chief

Joseph Parisi40

The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is required by U.S. law to possess "extensive national security expertise." This mandate is codified in the 50 U.S. Code § 3023 statute, which was established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

Andrew G25

This is almost more laughable that Patel or Hegseth...

Ivan the K ™20

Makes Ratcliffe look like a Tom Clancy hero.

Melissa Jo Peltier17

I’m pretty sure that’s what they want. Got to fill all those detention centers being built right now.

awclark587.bsky.social15

Four years ago, Bill Pulte was a looney tunes character who appeared on Scott Adams’s podcast to hawk his urban blight removal scam.

StrangeBrickDroog14

Why can’t people realize Trump simply wants to destroy us? He wants the reflecting pool to look pretty for the pictures July 4th, but knows it will deteriorate rapidly afterwards. He is going to leave us nothing but rubble and his stain & stench.

Rep Richard Dangler13

Jesus Christ. This clown show never ends

good george12

It’s as if… wait for it… Trump has zero interest in the country and only seeks to stay in power with corruption and intimidation. We aren’t a serious country and we don’t have a functioning government.

Rudely Van Gelder8

I’d forgotten this part: > One of the first things Pulte did after being sworn in as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency was to appoint himself as chair of the boards of both companies. < j

@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social8

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TRUMP'S FAMILY CORRUPTION substack.com/@aaronparnas...

Rob7

Gift link to his back story published last year and reposted on the front page today by the Times. He’s been disowned by his family business and is an absentee slumlord over some mobile home parks in Florida.

Let’s Be Frank7

I can’t believe I’m saying this but he could be worse than Gabbard. We know trump doesn’t rely on national intelligence. As he’s said he bases his decisions on gut feelings and intuition, a remarkably perilous and stupid strategy. His priority is to repay his donors than to keep the U.S. safe.

Joe Paul6

There is no bottom. It’s just clowns and frauds and pedos all the way down.

cpeterson-artist.bsky.social6

Trump is doing this because of the mid-term elections...getting his corrupt goons in place to cause problems.

jameslongsdonprice6

Why are so many boss's sons such repulsive entitled creeps, Chris?

Amanda P.5

Here is his one qualification: "Pulte has been a reliable attack dog for the administration and shown a willingness to go after the president's perceived enemies."

AyJay4

This is the guy who thought a 50-year mortgage was a good idea.

Helamina 🦋🌊4

Another know nothing in an administration full of know nothings is how we got to this sorry state of being.

Mr.Eddie89763

Hey, how you gonna run a retribution operation without the tools, and a stooge to operate them for you?

alvin-tostig.bsky.social3

Mortgage application fraud is so last year. Now the regime can look at emails, texts, money movements. The opportunities are endless!!!

ogdennutgoneflake3

Another corrupt crook joins the criminal enterprise.

hannasazi.bsky.social3

If I was America's enemies I would be whole heartedly trying to trigger a civil war that would leave it weak and broken. You can't attack america. So you make it commit suicide

Dr Seán Ketchem3

"Acting" is doing a lot of work in this job title.

Bill's son, Bob3

How about this...Pulye's acting appointment is simply a giant middle finger salute to all his "enemies" who didn't give him what he wanted and demanded last week.

Soul Dance3

Yes. And the GOP allows it.

Sea Raven, D.Min3

It's all about real estate

George Gaines3

Control of the great unwashed masses is the oligarchs' goal. The Republican Party has made this their mission in exchange for power and wealth. Stop calling them crazy, stupid, incompetent etc--they make no good faith effort to honor their oaths of office.

Someone ask Susie Wiles if she approved. Start calling her out.

monster-1098.bsky.social3

It's worse than that. www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

Flemming Madsen 🇩🇰2

Good thing you don't have a huge international event coming up where the intelligence community could be critical in preventing attacks from, say, Iranian terrorist cells..

VineyardSplash2

I think the Citizens of Iran, Palestine, and Venezuela deserve an explanation. "They made a desert and called it peace." —Tacitus. AD 98.

Cousin Barry2

He'll always find somebody worse. Can only imagine who Hegseth, Patel and RKF Jr's replacement would be.

BHandel582

I will give Trump this, he is extremely competent at being incompetent.

MPeas2

This regime is an absolute cesspool of corruption.

rickpinetree.bsky.social2

More importantly even still - the complete and total Dogeing’ of our most classified security intelligence. Only the Epstein Files won’t be released

BestGuyAround2

In ‘23 Bill Pulte threw a big party for former shareholders of Bed Bath & Beyond who were convinced the stock would emerge from bankruptcy to make them all rich. The party was at an airport in a big hangar. He arrived in a helicopter that left from that same airport, flew in a circle, and re-landed

Wine is my muse2

No quals, whatsoever. Seems perfect for this administration

God Of ABF (and FBB) 🇺🇦2

There is another, more likely explanation : "Donald Trump is as dumb as the proverbial post."

Jamie Schler18

I’d be surprised if Trump had picked someone with expertise and competence.

Sparky MD/PhD11

Isn’t that the mortgage fraud guy? Can’t think of a worse person to give secrets to.

Chris Wagnon10

This appointment has KGB vibes.

Patrick Keliher7

Just about every Pulte home in our neighborhood has visible issues, 20 years after they were built. They have a distinctive brick pattern over the garage, and are easy to pick out. Build times on them were less than the other builders, and it shows.

Mats Bengtsson7

As Stalin never said: "a lot of loyalty is also an expertise in itself"

Drewthulu6

Did Hegseth have experience? Did RFK have experience? Did Musk have experience? Did Noem have experience? Did...

Paul Curran5

Pulte. Another travesty. Another thuggish loyalist. Does he even have the right security clearance?

cmaxmost.bsky.social5

It’s not just Trump. It is the shameless audacity of completely incompetent people taking on jobs that they are totally unqualified for. Most people that I know professionally would never consider doing anything even remotely like this. WTF is wrong with these people? Dunning-Kruger effect I guess.

jlmcmd5

The sole coin of the trump realm.

🖇️ Jane5

But he’s a Yes Man. Much more important to the regime than experience

RiseUp!! (Formerly Maskup)4

Another trump suckup. "deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets."

@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social4

We all in so much danger…

Blue Ribbon PAC4

Pulte is such a vulnerability, it's frightening bsky.app/profile/blue...

Dr. Nina E. Harkrader3

Another addition to the Criminal Clown Car… 🤬

Ruth3

Does any of these people have a smudge of intelligence

julesp1.bsky.social3

And here I didn’t apply to average jobs because I thought I wasn’t qualified what’s next saying your a surgeon even if your an electrician?

stevebeaconcap.bsky.social3

Is it just me or does he have a face that looks like it was shaped by a plumbers plunger?

@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social3

It's all about the TRUMP FAMILY CORRUPTION substack.com/@aaronparnas...

mjmd3

One of the credentials he lacks Having extensive military intelligence experience, as required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act Credential he has:Pathetic boot licker of he Felon POTUS e.g. False allegations against: Letitia James; Adam Schiff, Lisa Cook; and Eric Swallwell

Mel2

The hallmark of authoritarian government.

You could have left out "intelligence" and "expertise."

❌👑❌🧊❌💣Karla2

And that "strategy" has worked out so well so far 🙄

Frightening choice, hoping Congress has the courage to say no. Of all the unqualified people that the orange idiot has put in place this one and Hegseth have to be the worst of the worst.

tulipqueen.bsky.social2

That is why Trump wants him. Stupid, crazy he is in. Anyone with ethics would do the right thing. A shit show that never ends. They laugh make billions while the world suffers. When do the cards turn and give us some since of sanity?

barskin™2

But, he's going to continue his mortgage campaign while fucks up our National Intelligence program. Somebody please wake me up. I can't take this nightmare any more.

Stay_Gold2

Hey, overseeing mortgages and "securities" is just like national intelligence! 🤪

🦇 Batsy Cline 🦇2

The rich bought cabinet appointments.

Weeabi2

To be fair what qualifications did Gabbard have other than being a Putin spy?

Helamina 🦋🌊2

Another white boy, in felon's whites only good old boy regime of how to be stupid without really trying.

ReadingWarrior2

If his homes' quality of construction is any guide, we're in deep trouble.

Chris H2

Well that’s as sensible as having a felon in the Oval Office 🤯

Fraochs 💀👀2

Just as bad as trump picking him is Pulte not saying “lol sir I am not qualified for this.”

imnotplayingcards.bsky.social2

Our enemies are frothing at the mouth in seeing how incompetent our intelligence service is becoming. These idiots make America less safe!

The Best Words6

I did read that Pulte needs to go through Senate confirmation again, because this is outside of his general portfolio. Called my Senator to oppose.

Grace3

Pulte? Speaks loudly. This dude has wasted a lot of taxpayers $$ on investiga? ?ting, arrest & litigate high profile ppl for fraud. These cases are a joke yet trump makes this inexperienced dolt the head of DNI?

Ima Private Person3

Yes it matters. At Housing, Putter used his access to mortgage docs to go after Trump’s perceived enemies. As DNI, he’d have access to FAR MORE private information to use for targeting anyone Trump sees fit.

democracy4u.bsky.social2

MOST HAVE KNOWN FOR DECADES Nothing that comes out of the conman's mouth can be trusted. NOTHING. Sick, Rich Traitors helped him into this position and deserve to experience painful failure in all their endeavors

Dr K2

That was my first thought when I read about Pulte as DNI. The entire administration is full of inexperienced incompetent minions feeding Trump’s psychopathy. Trump will make all decisions based on vibes.

Marshall Julie9

Tbf, Pulte is keeping his main gig. The DNI job is a part-time job now. It makes sense that you would have one person doing in both these roles because they fit together like hand and shoe.

saint-timonious.bsky.social8

Obligatory: "Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty" Hannah Arendt

Dennis Sasikumar7

This has Caligula making his horse a senator vibes about it. Maybe worse. The horse probably ended up doing no harm.

threadtheorist.bsky.social4

The law requires the DNI person have extensive national security expertise. The NYT story on Bill Pulte as acting DNI states "Pulte does not appear to meet that requirement.” Not appear? So the NYT thinks Pulte may have run a double life: real estate tycoon as a cover for being a secret agent?

jack3

always hiring the most incompetent and unqualified people so as long as they kiss the ring of the convicted felon rapist president

Dave The Wave3

finally we are becoming great again

It’s a floor wax and a dessert topping!2

I think Democrats need to add reforms to interim appointments to their to-do list when they get back into power.

daffodillpicklemoney2

This guy isn't even good enough to be from 'central casting' and look the part. He's 100% toady.

Waimea Widow5

What could possibly go wrong?

And he has no qualms about doing everything Trump wants.

Mark Riley2

This might be good. We'll get to find out just what kind of detailed information our government has on all of us. He's sure to use anything he can find.

Grae Hall2

He did dirty work for Trump and Trump's given him access to dirt on everyone He'll be insufferably corrupt and incompetent right up until Donnie throws him under the bus during a fit of ketchup rage for failing to produce the illegal results he wanted

John Louis Eisenberg6

Trump doesn't have a "Cabinet" He has a JUNK-DRAWER Full of Broken Tools and Fucking FOOLS!

Diane in Ohio3

Wow! He's really scraping the bottom of the sycophant barrel. As far as I can tell, he has zero qualifications for this role.

Chris Bledsoe2

Not to be overlooked: trump sees the role of DNI so unseriously that Pulte will serve in the dual role of DNI and the head of FHFA. It's just an opportunity for trump to get another ass-kisser into his cabinet.

Jim of Pennsyltucky2

It fits perfectly. That's the pattern we've seen so far.

Tooey2

Pulte’s only qualification is his loyalty to Trump.

redoakhandle.bsky.social2

Experience has never been a criteria. Fealty is the only requirement.

Michele Harrison2

None of his cabinet have any expertise in the position they hold. Not one. Hegseth? RFK? McMahon? Zeldin, Gabbard…Noem???They were all picked because they fawned all over him. Noem wasted all her money on facelifts and fake everything didn’t help…out on her ass walking her horse on some dusty road 🙄

Maty 🇨🇦4

If you no longer monitor the effects of climate change, they cannot be reported on

Blue Feral3

Why is he allowed to dismantle something we already paid for?

EARNED MY SPURS: "UNDERSTANDABLE CASE OF THE YIPS" 🐎2

trump hates anything that has beauty or meaning to others.

strummer7.bsky.social2

Honestly breaks my heart. It's like they're literally trying to make the future worse. If anyone does just a 10-minute dive on US groundwater shortages, as another example, apoplexy would be a reasonable reaction. If something is objectively for the greater good, they're tearing it down.

Warren Harding5

Great, that’s really what we need, an unqualified sycophant suck up who knows nothing about the job. All Trump is doing is making the United States less safe.

J.J.5

Loyalty over qualifications is an incredibly dumb way to run a government.

jamisong.bsky.social3

Another Inexperienced hacks: ➡️A home builder leads National Intelligence ➡️A plumber leads DHS ➡️A TV host runs the DoD ➡️A podcaster runs the FBI

Matthew Beck2

Bill Pulte can’t “lead” on national intelligence because the law requires the director to possess “extensive national security experience.”