For years, Trump screamed that intelligence agencies were politicized against him and promised to depoliticize them. Now he’s cramming an unqualified political ally into the top intelligence job, exposing his entire crusade as a power grab. His appointment is so brazenly partisan that it’s collapsing bipartisan support for basic surveillance tools—even Republicans won’t back it.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/trump-bill-pulte-intelligence-director