{"id":2184,"date":"2026-06-05T11:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/trump-says-he-wants-his-new-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-to-cut-the-office\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:32:51","slug":"trump-says-he-wants-his-new-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-to-cut-the-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/trump-says-he-wants-his-new-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-to-cut-the-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div>\n<p>ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump said Friday that he wants Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/san-diego-made-sidewalk-repairs-cheaper-for-property-owners-now-the-program-is-ending-but-theres-still-time-to-join\/\">San Diego made sidewalk repairs cheaper for property owners. Now the program is ending \u2014 but there\u2019s still time to join.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump noted that the size of the office as been \u201cway too high for way too long,\u201d and that \u201cif he cut, I wouldn\u2019t mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill Pulte is very good, he\u2019s very talented,\u201d Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he traveled to Wisconsin. The president said in an earlier interview with the Wall Street Journal that he has asked Pulte to start the process of firing employees.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Republican president says he has already conveyed his view to\u00a0Bill Pulte, the incoming acting DNI, who has served as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency but apparently has no national security expertise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to see it smaller. I think there are a lot of people in there that shouldn\u2019t be there,\u201d Trump said, which the Journal said was in reference to intelligence community officials who had served in the Democratic administrations of Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE \u2013 Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill...\" class=\"wp-image-2179\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/207067d00503ae39d172274d31a2a6b0-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/207067d00503ae39d172274d31a2a6b0-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/207067d00503ae39d172274d31a2a6b0-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/207067d00503ae39d172274d31a2a6b0-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/207067d00503ae39d172274d31a2a6b0-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/207067d00503ae39d172274d31a2a6b0-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/207067d00503ae39d172274d31a2a6b0.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>FILE \u2013 Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein, File)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One,...\" class=\"wp-image-2180\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/52aba46573354327c1ca94b85a1f4567-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/52aba46573354327c1ca94b85a1f4567-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/52aba46573354327c1ca94b85a1f4567-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/52aba46573354327c1ca94b85a1f4567-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/52aba46573354327c1ca94b85a1f4567-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/52aba46573354327c1ca94b85a1f4567-820x545.webp 820w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/52aba46573354327c1ca94b85a1f4567-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/52aba46573354327c1ca94b85a1f4567.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Friday, June 5, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks at an event about coal, Thursday,...\" class=\"wp-image-2181\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b917d49077b6856cee97e3de5cef2146-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b917d49077b6856cee97e3de5cef2146-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b917d49077b6856cee97e3de5cef2146-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b917d49077b6856cee97e3de5cef2146-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b917d49077b6856cee97e3de5cef2146-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b917d49077b6856cee97e3de5cef2146-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b917d49077b6856cee97e3de5cef2146.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>President Donald Trump speaks at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump listens at an event about coal, Thursday,...\" class=\"wp-image-2182\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2268c4d3533af39def85f1aae4c869aa-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2268c4d3533af39def85f1aae4c869aa-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2268c4d3533af39def85f1aae4c869aa-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2268c4d3533af39def85f1aae4c869aa-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2268c4d3533af39def85f1aae4c869aa-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2268c4d3533af39def85f1aae4c869aa-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2268c4d3533af39def85f1aae4c869aa.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>President Donald Trump listens at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE \u2013 Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill...\" class=\"wp-image-2183\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a6201e9513605859ce1dc2613034de34-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a6201e9513605859ce1dc2613034de34-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a6201e9513605859ce1dc2613034de34-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a6201e9513605859ce1dc2613034de34-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a6201e9513605859ce1dc2613034de34-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a6201e9513605859ce1dc2613034de34-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a6201e9513605859ce1dc2613034de34.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>FILE \u2013 Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte, speaks to reporters at the White House, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Trump told the Journal that he wants Pulte to \u201cstart the process\u201d of firing personnel and that the eventual permanent director of national intelligence should continue it. The president has indicated that he\u00a0would not formally nominate Pulte\u00a0for the position.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/a-federal-judge-strikes-down-trump-administration-immigration-policy-affecting-39-countries\/\">A federal judge strikes down Trump administration immigration policy affecting 39 countries<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankly, it might be good for him to shake it up before people come,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBecause, if he (Pulte) reduced the size, in conjunction with me \u2026 and in conjunction with possibly the person coming in \u2026 he can do a lot of the hard work and we wouldn\u2019t have to saddle somebody that goes in.\u201d<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pulte was tapped by the president earlier this week in a surprising move that has been met with bipartisan resistance in the Senate, which confirms presidential nominations. The temporary appointment has now snarled the renewal of\u00a0a critical national security surveillance program\u00a0on Capitol Hill, with Democrats key to the vote pointing out that they did not trust Pulte \u2014 whose office oversees 18 intelligence agencies \u2014 to help administer the surveillance program.<\/p>\n<p>Under Pulte\u2019s successor, Tulsi Gabbard, the DNI office had already taken steps to\u00a0scale back its size. In August, the Trump administration said that the office\u2019s budget would be cut by more than $700 million per year, while slashing the size of its workforce.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Gabbard said the office had become \u201cbloated and inefficient\u201d while she announced the roughly 40% workforce reduction.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/ice-will-no-longer-report-deaths-of-detainees-who-have-recently-been-released-from-custody\/\">ICE will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from custody<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gabbard\u00a0resigned last month\u00a0after revealing her husband\u2019s cancer diagnosis.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Kim reported from Washington.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to start firing national security officials. The Republican president says in an interview with The Wall Street Journal he wants the intelligence community to be \u201csmaller.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office - Los Angeles Moving Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/trump-says-he-wants-his-new-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-to-cut-the-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office - Los Angeles Moving Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to start firing national security officials. 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