US President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Bill Pulte as the acting Director of National Intelligence (Acting DNI).
Pulte is currently the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 38-year-old actor will continue in that role while also playing the role of acting DNI.
Pulte will replace Tulsi Gabbard, a former Hawaii congresswoman and skeptic of foreign wars, who resigned from the job following her husband’s cancer diagnosis.
Who is Bill Pulte?
The Director or National Intelligence role is involved in important security matters as the US continues its war with Iran.
It’s unclear what exact experience Pulte brings to the acting DNI role. In a post by Trump on Truth Social, the president cited Pulte’s “deep experience in America’s most sensitive matters, protecting the safety and soundness of the markets and managing over $10 trillion in Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, a substantial increase from just 12 months ago.”
During his role as FHFA director, Pulte has pursued Trump’s political enemies, accusing people such as Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James of mortgage fraud.
Pulte is originally from the southern American state of Florida. His grandfather, William J. Pulte was the founder of PulteGroup residential homebuilding company, one of the largest homebuilding companies in the country.
Edited by: Wesley Rahn