Donald Trump has picked housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, angering Democrats and baffling some Republicans by installing an ally with no known national security experience to the post.
Pulte will take over from Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned from the role last month. A former Democratic Party member, Gabbard had been a controversial pick to lead the nation’s spy agencies. She was also a longtime critic of US interventions in overseas conflicts.
Trump’s move to tap Pulte as acting director failed to reassure lawmakers in both parties that the president would appoint a more conventional official to oversee America’s intelligence agencies.
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