{"id":126897,"date":"2026-06-03T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=126897"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:08:08","slug":"trump-names-inexperienced-ally-as-intelligence-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/126897\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump names inexperienced ally as intelligence director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON(National Times)-  President Donald Trump appointed a loyalist with no national security experience as head of US intelligence on Tuesday \u2014 and said he would also retain his existing jobs overseeing federal housing and mortgage policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte \u2014 who is known for publicly attacking Trump\u2019s political enemies \u2014 was named as the acting director of national intelligence (DNI), replacing Tulsi Gabbard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabbard, herself a controversial pick for the job,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2002427\">resigned<\/a>&nbsp;in late May, ending a tenure that saw her appear to be at odds with Trump over his war on Iran. The DNI \u2014 who heads the US intelligence community and serves as the president\u2019s main advisor on intelligence issues \u2014 is legally required to have \u201cextensive national security expertise\u201d, which Pulte lacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump hailed Pulte in a social media post announcing the appointment, saying he \u201chas deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president added that Pulte, who also leads mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, will continue to serve in his housing-related roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pulte, 38, has been described by some US media as the president\u2019s \u201cattack dog.\u201d Pulte has accused Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James of falsifying documents on mortgage applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>&nbsp;reported that, according to an internal complaint at Fannie Mae, Pulte had improperly accessed the mortgage records of James and other Democratic officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal grand jury indicted James in October, but the case was dismissed without prejudice \u2014 which leaves open the possibility of the charges being filed again \u2014 a month later by a federal judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Political retribution\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pulte has also championed a mortgage fraud case against US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, based on which Trump attempted to fire the monetary policy maker. 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Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte \u2014 who is known for publicly attacking Trump\u2019s political enemies \u2014 was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump names inexperienced ally as intelligence director - Nation<\/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:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/126897\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump names inexperienced ally as intelligence director - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON(National Times)- President Donald Trump appointed a loyalist with no national security experience as head of US intelligence on Tuesday \u2014 and said he would also retain his existing jobs overseeing federal housing and mortgage policies. 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