Not that it matters to a lot of you, but a number of years ago when we were looking at a new homes we looked at Pulte. Found them to be cheap and not well constructed. Didn't think much of their corporation with their product.

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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There are several posters on this very site if blind allegiance and bootlicking is the only qualification (which of course is true)

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"Bootlicker" again….. Apparently that is the latest leftist "insult" to anyone who agrees with President on anything, especially when it comes to respecting and obeying government laws and regulations. The cartel lovers seem to hurl that at ICE supporters quite often.

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WTF are you talking about lol.

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torrid said:

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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There are several posters on this very site if blind allegiance and bootlicking is the only qualification (which of course is true)

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"Bootlicker" again….. Apparently that is the latest leftist "insult" to anyone who agrees with President on anything, especially when it comes to respecting and obeying government laws and regulations. The cartel lovers seem to hurl that at ICE supporters quite often.

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WTF are you talking about lol.

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If anyone licks boots, it's this clown...and the boots were stolen from a baggage claim conveyor.

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flown-the-coop said:

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Also, Pulte has not spent the last 20 years boozing it up at college. Perhaps look at his experience a bit ...

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How would you, or any of us, know this?

As to his experience, it seems questionable in regards to running an intelligence network. At least minimally.

You can still be a supporter of Trump without automatically poopooing any critiques of his choices. Especially when it's obviously a weird choice, looking at the job description in question.

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i happen to know people who know the Pulte family quite well.

He's not running an intelligence network. He gathers and assimilates it for POTUS consumption.

Windy City Ag said:

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Sigh . . .Tommy Callahan graduated from Marquette University in seven years.

And per several lawsuits, Tommy Boy Pulte was indeed the only beneficiary of Big Bill Pulte's Estate. Do some reading coop.

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Tommy was able to mend fences with Big Tom's right hand man and bring the Callahan auto empire back from the brink, all while fighting off a weird step parent/step brother thing that was trying to sell the company to an auto parts king. It took him a little more time to get through school than most, but at least he finished. He persevered through college just like he did through a sink or swim approach to sales training.

I think a little respect is due from this board.

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Sigh . . .Tommy Callahan graduated from Marquette University in seven years.

And per several lawsuits, Tommy Boy Pulte was indeed the only beneficiary of Big Bill Pulte's Estate. Do some reading coop.

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I don't need to. I know all about them.

See first comment when I said he was an odd pick.

I am traveling today but will get the read on this. My guy who knows them was not all that excited about him leading the FHA, I imagine a similar comment.

But your choppiness on Tommy Boy is ill placed along with many of your takes.

How about knowing people vs reading the national enquirer and comparing to comedic characters. Gnomsayin?

Edit to add: as expected the friend is perplexed by the pick. He may be serving a specific purpose. Just saw a blurb the DOJ has found MORE burn bags related to Jack Smith. It very well may be Trump continues to circle the wagons.

Believe Rubio still has like 10 jobs. He may be taking those he trusts the most and eliminating decidedly needed "cabinet" positions.

Call Trump and ask him. But the knee jerk that it's just old school cronyism seems dumb given neither of them are long term politicians.

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torrid said:

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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There are several posters on this very site if blind allegiance and bootlicking is the only qualification (which of course is true)

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"Bootlicker" again….. Apparently that is the latest leftist "insult" to anyone who agrees with President on anything, especially when it comes to respecting and obeying government laws and regulations. The cartel lovers seem to hurl that at ICE supporters quite often.

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WTF are you talking about lol.

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If anyone licks boots, it's this clown...and the boots were stolen from a baggage claim conveyor.

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Some old Ags might like the bootlicking from the thing above. Oh well, different strokes for different folks.

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Maybe the plan is to build tract housing with a 50-year mortgage in Iran once the war is over.

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The documentary Arrested Development showed that this was already done in Iraq. And, George Bluth may have committed some light treason.

Pulte is extremely loyal to Trump and he just proved in his current job he can absolutely cut spending and reduce workforce.

It just takes one quote to qualify Bill Pulte as DNI

"51 former intelligence officials have determined that the Hunter Biden laptop contains all the earmarks of Russian disinformation"

Those 51 former intelligence officials included every former DNI with the exception of Ratcliffe and numerous former directors of the CIA. That's all it takes to qualify someone from outside the intelligence community to oversee the swampy intelligence community

I think the DNI job is a lot less important than most people surmise. The CIA etc. do not report to DNI, nor does the office have overall budgetary authority. It's mainly a public leadership slot, useful for kicking stuff around politically but not for actually directing anything, imho.

I'm a Pulte fan but not real sure why this matters much. Sean Spicer this am pointed out that because Pulte was already confirmed as a cabinet member, he can now do this job for 210 days without any Senate action.

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Sean Spicer this am pointed out that because Pulte was already confirmed as a cabinet member, he can now do this job for 210 days without any Senate action.

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The real reason for his appointment.

Never pass up an opportunity to obstruct:

MORE: SCHUMER has also privately told senators that the Pulte appointment makes passing a FISA deal much more difficult, I’m told.

A dozen+ Dem votes are likely needed to pass the bipartisan FISA 702 reauthorization.

So Warner/Schumer have leverage here.

Deadline is next Fri

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) June 3, 2026

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Sean Spicer this am pointed out that because Pulte was already confirmed as a cabinet member, he can now do this job for 210 days without any Senate action

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the 210 day limitation applies even if he was not already confirmed for another post. (FHFA director is not in the cabinet)


and this 210 days will probably be longer, because if Trump nominates someone for the actual DNI post, then until thats acted on by senate the Acting stays in the job.


ETA: as a previously confirmed person, pulte can also be acting director and be the nominee for the full time job

I tend to agree with K2 that this job is mostly ceremonial and doesn't do anything. It was a knee jerk response to bureaucratic failure that simply created more bureaucracy.

Trump being a business guy likely sees this which is why the dude is still keeping his old job. Anyone else on here that has worked in corporate for a while has seen the exact same moves in their work life. I know I have. I can't tell you how many positions (and even entire departments) have been created out of thin air in response to a bad outcome where the position or department are pure virtue signaling moves to everyone else that is management saying, "See, we did something about it. Everyone back to work."

And I think anyone taking shots about Trump only hiring for loyalty is a dumbass. If you are POTUS, one of the requirements in any of your reports has to be loyalty. Especially considering the level of disloyalty and outright sabotage he faced during his first presidency. We have people in his admin from his first term who publicly crowed about sabotaging his presidency in any way they could. Never mind the 3 assassination attempts and constant violence and uprising preached by the Democrats.

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It just takes one quote to qualify Bill Pulte as DNI

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looking forward to the vintage photos of you and pulte

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Ag83 said:

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torrid said:

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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There are several posters on this very site if blind allegiance and bootlicking is the only qualification (which of course is true)

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"Bootlicker" again….. Apparently that is the latest leftist "insult" to anyone who agrees with President on anything, especially when it comes to respecting and obeying government laws and regulations. The cartel lovers seem to hurl that at ICE supporters quite often.

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Yeah, because no one here spastically regurgitates "TDS" at the slightest insult of Glorious Leader.

You'll be OK dealing with bootlicker, cupcake.

Me too counselor

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And I think anyone taking shots about Trump only hiring for loyalty is a dumbass. If you are POTUS, one of the requirements in any of your reports has to be loyalty. Especially considering the level of disloyalty and outright sabotage he faced during his first presidency. We have people in his admin from his first term who publicly crowed about sabotaging his presidency in any way they could. Never mind the 3 assassination attempts and constant violence and uprising preached by the Democrats.

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The intelligence community including the CIA/FBI have already tried to jail/impeach/assasinate Trump, imho, repeatedly. Russiagate is just one big lie, to say nothing of Hunter's laptop, perfect phone call, and all the shenanigans of buried burn bags etc.

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B-1 83 said:

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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There are several posters on this very site if blind allegiance and bootlicking is the only qualification (which of course is true)

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"Bootlicker" again….. Apparently that is the latest leftist "insult" to anyone who agrees with President on anything, especially when it comes to respecting and obeying government laws and regulations. The cartel lovers seem to hurl that at ICE supporters quite often.

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Yeah, because no one here spastically regurgitates "TDS" at the slightest insult of Glorious Leader.

You'll be OK dealing with bootlicker, cupcake.

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Yep…..exact.y the same. The cognitive disconnect of leftists never disappoints.

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The intelligence community including the CIA/FBI have already tried to jail/impeach/assasinate Trump, imho, repeatedly. Russiagate is just one big lie, to say nothing of Hunter's laptop, perfect phone call, and all the shenanigans of buried burn bags etc.

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I have to admit something. If any of the above is true, our intelligence community is a bunch of embarrassing, malfunctioning bozos. I of course don't buy into the conspiracy thinking but it is damned depressing to think that if it was true our supposedly cutting edge law enforcement and global intelligence apparatus can only produce Ryan Routh, Matthew Crooks, and Cole Tomas Allen.

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The intelligence community including the CIA/FBI have already tried to jail/impeach/assasinate Trump, imho, repeatedly. Russiagate is just one big lie, to say nothing of Hunter's laptop, perfect phone call, and all the shenanigans of buried burn bags etc.

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I have to admit something. If any of the above is true, our intelligence community is a bunch of embarrassing, malfunctioning bozos. I of course don't buy into the conspiracy thinking...

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The intelligence 'community' is absolutely guilty of sabotaging Trump '45 and also participating in coup attempts against him.

There's not really a doubt in my mind about that and I don't care if anyone on the internet disagrees with me. It's not a 'conspiracy theory' it's a simple point of fact. The silverware disappearing from Thomas Crooks house may be a conspiracy, but it doesn't require explanation/dis-belief in the above to see it as 'incredibly suspicious.'

The wealthy zip codes around Langley in NoVA are not packed with Trump voters.

Pulte is a clown

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Pulte is a clown

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Like a scary one? Balloon animal making one? Rodeo? John Wayne Gacy?

I think, actually hope, what we are seeing is a continued tightening of the circle and having multiple cabinet and alike positions be consolidated.

Its easier this way and he does not need to rely on congress and specifically the senate confirmation process to get it done.

Something like "Tulsi is out now and I really do not need a DNI guy, I would give it to Marco but the memes are taking the spotlight from me. So let's go with Pulte and watch the libs 'reeee'".

How about D.R. Horton as Surgeon General?

Donnie Ray would be a great candidate for DOGE efforts.

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Pulte got a head start in life based on his last name but he seems to have developed a decent resume on his own.

It could be refreshing to have the DNI, by definition a purely administrative and coordination of information role, instead of a bureaucratic hack with a long list of biases from having worked in the intelligence community.

• Truth, I am a proponent of bringing in outsiders to examine the state of the bureaucracy.

There are NO experts in government. Anyone with knowledge left long ago or shows up occasionally as a political appointee.

The President needs honest answers from the IC and believes Pulte can get at those.

• IMHO trust who you know, not some lifelong bureaucrat who may have different and potentially dangerous bias.

But the TDS infused always jump to Trump wanting a "yes" man, which is not the case. Trump wants "yes I can" and "yes I will" men. But somehow with Orange Man thats a bad concept.

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Pulte is a clown

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Like a scary one? Balloon animal making one? Rodeo? John Wayne Gacy?

I think, actually hope, what we are seeing is a continued tightening of the circle and having multiple cabinet and alike positions be consolidated.

Its easier this way and he does not need to rely on congress and specifically the senate confirmation process to get it done.

Something like "Tulsi is out now and I really do not need a DNI guy, I would give it to Marco but the memes are taking the spotlight from me. So let's go with Pulte and watch the libs 'reeee'".

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I bet Trump will back off…Senate will tank FISA 702 if he's kept on.

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I bet Trump will back off…Senate will tank FISA 702 if he's kept on.

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What's the connection with Pulte and FISA 702?

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Maybe the plan is to build tract housing with a 50-year mortgage in Iran once the war is over.

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Are you referring to President Biden's brother and his suddenly appearing on the Board of Directors of a firm given the contract to rebuild Iraq.

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I bet Trump will back off…Senate will tank FISA 702 if he's kept on.

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You say that like its a bad thing....

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He's not looking for previous national intelligence work, he's looking for personal loyalty.

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How did James Clapper work out? That traitorous SOB had plenty of work in IC but actively worked to subvert a duly elected president along with others in the IC.

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Exactly, your post is short, to the point and correct. James Clapper would call your post the "kill shot"

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