Key facts
- President Trump suggested his nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, should reduce staff.
- Trump indicated that employees who previously worked for Democratic presidents should be fired.
President Donald Trump has suggested that his nominee for Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, should reduce the number of employees within the agency. Trump specifically indicated that staff members who previously worked for Democratic presidents should be among those terminated. This statement follows previous reports that Pulte himself lacked a security clearance at the time of his nomination.