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Trump Names Bill Pulte Acting Intelligence Chief

Is Pulte the bold outsider the intelligence community needs or a dangerous pick who risks national security?

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Trump Names Bill Pulte Acting Intelligence Chief

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Above: Bill Pulte outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12. Image credit: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

Bill Pulte is exactly the kind of outsider the intelligence community needs — someone with real accountability experience overseeing $10 trillion at Fannie and Freddie. Pulte has already shown he's willing to take on entrenched political actors, and that's precisely why Washington insiders are panicking. Bold, unconventional picks shake up broken institutions.

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Anti-Trump narrative

Putting a private equity heir with zero intelligence experience in charge of national security is reckless — the DNI role was literally created after 9/11 killed thousands of Americans. Pulte's record shows a pattern of using government power to pursue political enemies. Shaping intelligence around political agendas leaves Americans more vulnerable to terrorism and foreign election interference.

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