"A precarious day for the future of our country’s intelligence agencies"
6/19/202644 min
June 19th, 2026, 4pm: Nicolle Wallace on Donald Trump’s personal political attack dog Bill Pulte officially assuming the role of Acting Director of National Intelligence -- a job for which Pulte has zero qualifications except for unwavering loyalty to Trump.
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[upbeat music] [upbeat music] Hi there, everyone. It's 4:00 in the east. It is a precarious day for our country, for our national security, and for the future of our nation's intelligence agencies. With Donald Trump's personal political attack dog, Bill Pulte, officially assuming the role of acting director of National Intelligence today, it's a job for which Pulte has zero qualifications except for his unwavering loyalty to Donald Trump. Brand-new reporting reveals just how eager Pulte was to start the job and try to disrupt the office he is supposed to lead. According to CNN's reporting on this, quote, "Pulte showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee in the office so he could assess whether to fire them." That's according to two people familiar with the matter. CNN adds this reporting, quote,