Natalie Andrews

Donald Trump named him as an acting director meaning they're not going to go through the Senate confirmation process.

He can serve for 210 days as acting director so this appointment does come with an expiration date.

Pulte does not have national security experience especially at this level.

This is

Fair to say out of left field.

People sometimes refer to Pulte as little Trump.

Democrats have almost universally criticized this appointment.

John Thune, who is the top Republican in the Senate, was critical of it.

He said he didn't want a weaponized DNI.

Pulte has accused a lot of Trump's foes with wrongdoing on mortgage fraud, such as Lisa Cook, who is on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Senator Adam Schiff, who prosecuted Donald Trump during his first term.

None of them have been formally prosecuted for any sort of wrongdoing, and the charges have resulted in some blowback for Pulte himself.

Mike Johnson has one of the narrowest House majorities in the history of the House of Representatives.

No one is envious of his job and what he has to do in order to get things passed on partisan lines.

And the tricky part of that is the House of Representatives is a group that is not young.

They are not all healthy.

You have one person go down with a cold and you're in a risky spot.

Democrats want things like they don't want ICE officers to wear masks.

They'd like ICE officers to have their name on their uniform, like other members of law enforcement, right?

A local police force, if you will.

They want them to be marked.