Trump says he ‘wouldn’t mind’ cutting ODNI jobs Donald Trump said that he “wouldn’t mind” cutting the number of people working at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
“I wouldn’t mind. [The size of the office has been] way too high for way too long,” the president said, reiterating what he told the Wall Street Journal earlier today. “Yeah, I wouldn’t mind.”
The WSJ reported that Trump said he wants Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence with no national intelligence experience, to cut the size of the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term.
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Trump jokes that he is keeping gold medal won by speed skater Jordan Stolz Donald Trump finally ceded the floor after more than 45 minutes of opening remarks at his roundtable on agriculture in Wisconsin, after introducing Jordan Stolz, the gold-medal winning speed skater from the state, who is participating for some reason.
Stolz had both of his Olympic gold medals with him, and, when Trump invited him to shake hands, put one around the president’s neck. Trump then joked that he was keeping the medal, and has continued to wear it as the roundtable continues.
“I’m keeping it, Jordan. I’m not giving it back. I’m a very good guy for keeping gold”, Trump said. “I’m never giving this back. Congratulations. I forgot to touch his leg. I didn’t want to do that. But I can tell you one thing: his leg is like a rock.”