Trump urges cuts at intelligence office under Bill Pulte (opens in new tab)

President Trump said Friday that he wants incoming acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to begin shrinking the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, saying its workforce has been “way too high for way too long” and that “if he cut, I wouldn’t mind that”. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal cited by several reports, Trump said he wanted Pulte to “start the process” of dismissing employees at the office, which coordinates intelligence sharing across 18 U.S. in...