Trump promised to end Washington corruption, but his first move was installing Bill Pulte—a loyal ally with zero intelligence experience—to run America’s most sensitive spy operations. Only after massive backlash did Trump swap Pulte for Jay Clayton, proving his governance runs on personal loyalty, not competence or national security. He needed to be publicly humiliated…
Trump spent years screaming about weaponized intelligence agencies and promised to install qualified professionals, not political appointees. Instead he’s handing the nation’s top intelligence job to Bill Pulte, a housing finance heir with zero intelligence experience whose main qualification is using his government position to prosecute Trump’s enemies. Same swamp, new paint job. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/trump-bill-pulte-director-national-intelligence
The man who built his presidency on attacking government corruption just handed a massive no-bid contract to his own golf course contractor—using taxpayer money to enrich his personal business connections. This isn’t competitive bidding or fiscal responsibility; it’s textbook cronyism, the exact swamp behavior he swore to eliminate. He didn’t drain it. He just made…