Trump’s Dangerous New Spy Boss
What A Day
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he's appointing the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, as acting Director of National Intelligence. The news comes after Tulsi Gabbard announced she was resigning from the position amid her husband's battle with cancer. So who is Bill Pulte? From what we know, Pulte is another Trump-henchman type whose only qualification for the high-stakes position seems to be the ability to do just about anything Trump wants him to do. And that's raised red flags among many people, including our guest, Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly. He serves on the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees.
And in headlines, Russia launches a massive attack against Ukraine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies on Capitol Hill, and whac-a-mole? More like whac-a-manhole! Videos of people popping out of New York City sewers are popping up online.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, June 3rd. I'm Aaron Ryan in for Jane Koston, and this is What a Day, |
| 0:07.3 | the show with no skin in the game when the Knicks-Spers NBA Finals matchup tips off tonight, |
| 0:13.1 | but is enjoying the good-natured Texas New York rivalry nonetheless. |
| 0:20.2 | On today's show, Russia's attacks on Ukraine intensify and Secretary of State |
| 0:24.2 | Marco Rubio argues semantics with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He wasn't partying at a |
| 0:29.5 | UFC fight in Miami while other members of the administration were in Pakistan for Iran negotiations. |
| 0:35.2 | No, he was co-located with the president so that he could immediately |
| 0:39.4 | inform him about events occurring halfway around the world. In addition to having served as |
| 0:44.2 | Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, Acting U.S. archivist, and Acting Head of the U.S. |
| 0:49.7 | Agency for International Development, Marco Rubio is also President Trump's human telephone. |
| 0:55.4 | But before we get to those stories, today President Donald Trump announced that he's appointing |
| 0:59.4 | Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence. The post recently vacated by Tulsi |
| 1:05.1 | Gabbard after she either left willingly or was forced out by the Trump administration. |
| 1:09.5 | Pulte is another Trump henchman type, |
| 1:11.6 | whose only qualification for the position, seems to be an ability to do just about anything Trump |
| 1:16.9 | wants him to do. This has raised some red flags among people in the know, including today's guest, |
| 1:21.7 | Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, who serves as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee |
| 1:26.1 | and Senate Armed Services Committee. |
| 1:28.7 | Senator Kelly, welcome back to What a Day. |
| 1:31.7 | Good to be here. Thank you. |
| 1:33.5 | All right. On Tuesday, President Trump announced he's appointing the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, |
| 1:40.2 | as acting director of national intelligence following Tulsi Gabbard's resignation. |
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