{"id":372,"date":"2026-06-11T22:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=372"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:05:37","slug":"trump-still-has-a-spy-chief-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=372","title":{"rendered":"Trump (still) has a spy chief problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em>This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=370\">Disclosure Day pits aliens against religion. But faith leaders are ready to believe.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Welcome to The Logoff:<\/strong> Donald Trump has a new pick for director of national intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Who\u2019s the new guy?<\/strong> Jay Clayton, currently the US attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He is \u2014 at least by Trump standards \u2014 an uncontroversial selection: Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters Thursday that he has \u201cgreat respect\u201d for Clayton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the context?<\/strong> The director of national intelligence job is opening up because its current holder, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, announced last month that she would resign later in June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But Clayton\u2019s selection for the permanent director of national intelligence job comes after Trump made a more concerning pick last week: Pending Clayton\u2019s Senate confirmation, current Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte will take over as acting director of intelligence late next week, while remaining in his housing job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Pulte is utterly unqualified for the role, and Trump\u2019s decision to elevate him caused a bipartisan outcry. It also appears to have sunk, for now, a bill to reauthorize a foreign surveillance program that will expire tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=368\">The secrets you shouldn\u2019t keep from your doctor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Does Clayton\u2019s nomination fix everything?<\/strong> Not quite. The choice of Clayton as a permanent DNI satisfies one demand from lawmakers, but for now, Pulte is still set to take over until Clayton is confirmed by the full Senate (which won\u2019t happen before next Friday). On Thursday, Trump confirmed he plans to keep Pulte in the acting role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When Pulte does take over, his mandate appears to be to conduct \u201cextensive cuts\u201d to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, according to Reuters. There are also serious concerns about what else he could do with the job, even during a brief tenure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>At the housing agency he currently leads, he has taken it upon himself to play the role of self-appointed mortgage fraud czar and Trump attack dog, harassing the president\u2019s political enemies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>And with that, it\u2019s time to log off\u2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Hi readers, here\u2019s a great story about the wonder of the natural world (or, well, as natural as Brooklyn\u2019s Prospect Park gets). My colleague Benji Jones set out to discover a new species in the park \u2014 not as unlikely as it sounds, it turns out! \u2014 and he told Vox\u2019s <em>Unexplainable<\/em> podcast all about it. You can listen here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Plus, the first goal of the 2026 World Cup goes to host Mexico, playing at home in Mexico City\u2019s Estadio Azteca.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=366\">Why your kid is obsessed with squishy toys<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Have a great evening, and we\u2019ll see you back here tomorrow!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>See More<!-- -->:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donald Trump<\/li>\n<li>Politics<\/li>\n<li>The Logoff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeffBill Pulte is still coming, and lawmakers aren\u2019t happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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