Gabbard is out as DNI and now Donny must find another unqualified person to run one of the moist important offices in the government.

Right on key another amateur, another unqualified person has taken the reins of DNI duties….

President Trump has tapped federal housing finance director Bill Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard. As the AP reports, Trump made the surprise announcement Tuesday on Truth Social regarding Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and chair of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Trump says Pulte “has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets, and over 10 Trillion Dollars at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, a substantial increase from where it was just 12 months ago.”

Trump says Pulte will keep his other positions even as he fills in for Gabbard, who resigned last month after revealing her husband’s cancer diagnosis. If formally nominated, Pulte would need to be confirmed by the Senate to hold the position full time. Pulte’s current role involves ensuring the soundness of the mortgage market, but he morphed into a megaphone who has gone after the Republican president’s perceived political foes. Pulte has mainly trained his sights on Trump’s domestic rivals, going after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting the central bank’s benchmark interest rates as aggressively as the president wanted. It’s unclear what national security expertise Pulte has, but he has been a frequent guest on Air Force One as Trump has traveled to Mar-a-Lago. He has no experience in intelligence, notes CNBC.

Pulte does not sound like someone that should be in charge of the DNI…..why?

The Director of National Intelligence serves as the head of the Intelligence Community, overseeing and directing the implementation of the National Intelligence Program budget and serving as the principal advisor to the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to national security.

Working together with the Principal Deputy DNI and with the assistance of Mission Managers and Deputy Directors, the Office of the DNI’s goal is to effectively integrate foreign, military and domestic intelligence in defense of the homeland and of United States interests abroad.

Pulte sounds more like an attack dog for Donny’s many opponents….and national security, real national security, will take a backseat to revenge.

I am not alone in questioning the new ‘hire’…..

Republican senators spent Tuesday puzzling over President Trump’s surprise move to tap Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence—and few were rushing to his defense. Pulte, who currently runs the Federal Housing Finance Agency and is heir to the Pulte Homes fortune, has no evident background in intelligence or national security, several GOP senators said, even as he’s poised to oversee agencies including the CIA and NSA during heightened tensions with Iran. “I see no evidence of any qualifications for that job,” said Sen. John Cornyn, a senior member of the Intelligence Committee. “The best I can tell you is he’s not qualified, but I don’t know anything about him other than that,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy.

Republicans stressed they can’t block an acting appointment but suggested Pulte would face a steep climb if Trump seeks to install him permanently, the Hill reports. Senate Majority Leader. John Thune warned that the director’s post must not be “weaponized,” a concern stemming from Pulte’s recent efforts combing mortgage records for possible fraud by Trump critics such as New York Attorney General Letitia James, Sen. Adam Schiff, and Fed governor Lisa Cook. Sen. Thom Tillis said he had “a real issue” with that work. Tillis also questioned Pulte’s experience. “When we looked at his background for the current confirmation, I thought most of his experience was in the building industry,” Tillis said. “I didn’t know he had any national security experience.”

Donny never fails when hiring idiots.

Everyone hates this slug.

https://newrepublic.com/article/211289/trump-bill-pulte-director-national-intelligence

Where was this concern for experience when they were confirming the rest of his cabinet?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”