{"id":1616,"date":"2026-06-03T22:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:06:53","slug":"is-bill-pulte-trumps-least-experienced-cabinet-pick-hes-got-lots-of-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1616","title":{"rendered":"Is Bill Pulte Trump\u2019s least-experienced Cabinet pick? He\u2019s got lots of competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Pulte&#8217;s selection as acting director of national intelligence has drawn criticism from even Republicans over his lack of relevant experience.<\/li>\n<li>But it&#8217;s not necessarily an unusual choice for Trump, who values loyalty over expertise.<\/li>\n<li>See how Pulte stacks up against some of Trump&#8217;s other picks with questionable qualifications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            President Donald Trump appears to have chosen one of his diciest Cabinet picks yet, with the elevation of 38-year-old Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte to the job of acting director of national intelligence.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1600\">Rubio says Americans who test positive for Ebola at Kenya facility could end up being treated in US<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Even many Republicans have questioned or criticized the selection, often pointing to his lack of any discernible intelligence experience.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said he had \u201cno evidence\u201d that Pulte was qualified. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said she was perplexed by Pulte\u2019s selection. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana cited Pulte\u2019s \u201cabsence of apparent qualifications.\u201d Senate Majority Leader John Thune more subtly cited how, in the role of DNI, \u201cwe need professionals there.\u201d And both Thune and Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Tom Cotton on Tuesday declined to vouch for Pulte\u2019s level of experience.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            This is somewhat par for the course for Trump, who emphasizes loyalty over expertise and often seems to have little regard for experts. He\u2019s regularly picked people without the traditional types of experience expected in a Cabinet position or other high-profile job.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Still, Pulte\u2019s striking lack of experience stands out, even among Trump picks.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            So how does he compare? Here\u2019s a ranking of some of the competition, factoring in both the officials\u2019 level of experience and the level of experience someone in the job has typically had \u2014 in descending order.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        7. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy\n<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy discusses the impact of the government shutdown on air safety workers and travel at Philadelphia International Airport on October 24, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-1609\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3faf103643538e711fc5f75ac4034892.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3faf103643538e711fc5f75ac4034892.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3faf103643538e711fc5f75ac4034892-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy discusses the impact of the government shutdown on air safety workers and travel at Philadelphia International Airport on October 24, 2025.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Rachel Wisniewski\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            When Duffy, a former Wisconsin congressman, was tapped for the position in late 2024, Roll Call reported that his \u201cexperience does not include much in the way of transportation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            His legislating on the issue was generally limited to projects that were specific to his home state. After leaving Congress in 2019, he became a host on Fox Business Network.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s not unheard of for transportation secretaries to have limited relevant experience. When Joe Biden tapped Pete Buttigieg for that job in 2020, it was noted that Buttigieg\u2019s transportation experience mostly involved overseeing local travel issues as mayor of mid-sized South Bend, Indiana.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            (Despite that low profile, Buttigieg had recently won the 2020 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses and finished second in the New Hampshire primary.)\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        6. Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer\n<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-1610\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2817fd47f81eb6b6dc3601b35b62e2db.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2817fd47f81eb6b6dc3601b35b62e2db.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2817fd47f81eb6b6dc3601b35b62e2db-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2025.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            When Chavez-DeRemer was selected in late 2024, her chief asset for the job seemed to be that she was one of few Republicans in Congress who had supported legislation that certain influential unions liked.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            She did deal somewhat with labor policy as a member of the House Education and Workforce Committee. But she lost reelection after serving only one term, and before that she was mayor of an Oregon town of about 25,000 people.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        5. Education Secretary Linda McMahon\n<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Education Secretary Linda McMahon testifies at a House committee hearing on May 14.\" class=\"wp-image-1611\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/394ec6082805514e46c1c4a7c0e5960a.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/394ec6082805514e46c1c4a7c0e5960a.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/394ec6082805514e46c1c4a7c0e5960a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Education Secretary Linda McMahon testifies at a House committee hearing on May 14.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Kent Nishimura\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            McMahon had government experience from the first Trump administration as head of the Small Business Administration.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But she\u2019s otherwise mostly known as a professional wrestling executive. And she had limited education experience, compared to virtually every other recent education secretary \u2013 who often worked as teachers, school administrators or otherwise in the education field.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            McMahon served on the board of trustees at Sacred Heart University, and she served a year as an appointee on the Connecticut Board of Education before launching her political career with a 2010 run for US Senate.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            While undergoing vetting for the education board position, McMahon falsely claimed she had earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in education, when in fact it was in French, according to a 2010 Hartford Courant report. While the program was designed to prepare teachers, it wasn\u2019t a degree in education. (McMahon has said she wrote to the Connecticut governor at the time to correct the record.)\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            McMahon\u2019s bio on the Education Department\u2019s website today cites how her \u201ccollege aspirations to become a schoolteacher reflect her lifelong interest in education.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Of course, Trump has shown little interest in the business of the Education Department; in fact, he\u2019s aimed to dismantle it.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1598\">House passes Iran war powers resolution in rebuke to Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\n        4. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\n<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during a press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-1612\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b9feab4a2eab95b7e091d40902a78aa6.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b9feab4a2eab95b7e091d40902a78aa6.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b9feab4a2eab95b7e091d40902a78aa6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during a press conference at HHS on April 16, 2025.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Elizabeth Frantz\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            When Kennedy was chosen, plenty noted that he wasn\u2019t a doctor or a scientist. But that\u2019s actually pretty normal for the HHS secretary.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Still, the job usually goes to someone with experience in government or running a large organization.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            And Kennedy\u2019s involvement in health and medical issues largely involved heterodox views on nutrition and healthy living \u2014 views that have significant appeal with many Americans \u2014 and, most notably, many years of debunked claims questioning the safety of vaccines.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        3. Matt Gaetz as attorney general (withdrawn)\n<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former US Rep. Matt Gaetz delivers remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)  in Grapevine, Texas, on March 26.\" class=\"wp-image-1613\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f79536ec1f7ca8df2d95dd0880a4098a.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f79536ec1f7ca8df2d95dd0880a4098a.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f79536ec1f7ca8df2d95dd0880a4098a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Former US Rep. Matt Gaetz delivers remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)  in Grapevine, Texas, on March 26.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Brandon Bell\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The former Florida congressman had many problems when Trump shocked Washington by briefly nominating him for attorney general in late 2024. But one of the big ones was his lack of experience actually practicing law.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Gaetz had never served as a prosecutor, and he spent only a few years in a low-profile job at a small law firm before entering politics three years after passing the bar exam.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            When asked if Gaetz had the necessary experience and character, Republican Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho reportedly responded: \u201cAre you sh***in\u2019 me, that you just asked that question? No! But hell, you\u2019ll print that and now I\u2019m going to be investigated.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        2. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\n<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Secretary of War Pete Hegseth looks on during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 5, in Arlington, Virginia.\" class=\"wp-image-1614\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a97adf935c66c304e943e7196671a3bb.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a97adf935c66c304e943e7196671a3bb.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a97adf935c66c304e943e7196671a3bb-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 5.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Hegseth is a military veteran who ran a pair of conservative veterans\u2019 groups before becoming a Fox weekend host.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But he had never served in a senior military role, never served in government and never ran anything larger than a small nonprofit.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It was a remarkably thin resume for someone taking on perhaps the second-biggest job in the federal government, overseeing 1.3 million active-duty troops and about 750,000 civilians.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The size of the job became even clearer when Trump launched a war against Iran, which Hegseth now oversees.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        1. Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte\n<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, on September 2, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-1615\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69d449e8a610f9bcc791879cb9ef4eca.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69d449e8a610f9bcc791879cb9ef4eca.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69d449e8a610f9bcc791879cb9ef4eca-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, on September 2, 2025.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Mark Schiefelbein\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Before joining the Trump administration last year, Pulte spent a career in the finance sector and various other pursuits, including an air conditioning company and a nonprofit that  cleared abandoned homes.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Some of that experience makes sense for his job at the FHFA, which regulates housing-related government entities like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But he has basically none of the experience of past DNIs, who, even if they didn\u2019t serve in the intelligence community, at least served in the military or worked on intelligence issues as a member of Congress.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pulte\u2019s predecessor, the soon-to-depart Tulsi Gabbard, was a somewhat unorthodox pick for the post. But the former Democratic congresswoman at least had military experience and served on House committees focused on the military and military intelligence.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pulte\u2019s lack of relevant experience is especially remarkable given the 2004 law establishing the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says that anyone \u201cnominated for appointment as Director of National Intelligence shall have\u202fextensive national security expertise.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            He clearly does not have that. But as CNN reported Tuesday, that\u2019s apparently not what Trump is looking for.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1596\">GOP lawmakers call homophobic X post from colleague\u2019s account \u2018disgusting\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump appears to have chosen one of his diciest Cabinet picks yet, with the elevation of 38-year-old Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte to the job of acting director of national intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Bill Pulte Trump\u2019s least-experienced Cabinet pick? 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