In The Middle Of A War, The Trump Administration Has Cut National Security Staffing In Halffrom the one-eyed-jack-asses deptThe on-again, off-again, new forever war we’ve been cursed with because Donald Trump felt people just weren’t paying attention to him enough is going to be headache for years to come. Since Trump doesn’t like to hear anything that might undermine his preconceptions, he’s been notoriously resistant to national security briefings since his first term in office. The president in early June tapped federal mortgage regulator Bill Pulte, a political ally with no prior national security experience, to be acting director of national intelligence. So, of course, this is the time to be escalating the dismissal of national intelligence personnel. Filed Under: bill pulte, donald trump, failure, iran war, jay clayton, national security, odni, trump administration, tulsi gabbard