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BREAKING: Trump's unqualified new acting spy chief showed up a DAY EARLY, demanding a list of everyone to fire — and asked to take top-secret intel HOME.

Bill Pulte, Trump’s loyalist pick for Acting Director of National Intelligence, isn't even legally qualified to run America's intelligence community. That hasn't stopped him from showing up a DAY EARLY, demanding a list of every employee so he can fire HUNDREDS of them, and asking if he can take the nation's most classified secrets to his house.

According to CNN, Pulte — Trump's acting Director of National Intelligence — stunned ODNI staff by arriving Thursday, a day before Trump said he'd start. He'd already asked for a roster of every single employee so he could "assess whether to fire them," with sources saying he's eyeing CUTS OF HUNDREDS of jobs.

This is a man with ZERO intelligence experience who, before being tapped for the job, didn't even have a security clearance — long considered the bare-minimum prerequisite.

The red flags are everywhere. In his only prior ODNI briefing, Pulte asked if he could bring the President's Daily Brief — among the most highly classified documents in the U.S. government — to his HOUSE. He asked what level of security clearance he had. And he seemed weirdly fixated on whether he gets his own GOVERNMENT PLANE to shuttle between DC, Florida, and Chicago. He even requested a protective security detail before starting the job.

"That was a bit odd," one source noted, with stunning understatement.

So, what actually qualified Pulte in Trump's eyes? Loyalty. As head of the housing finance agency, Pulte sent the DOJ criminal referrals against Democrats who investigated Trump. "President Trump wanted someone who is a true loyalist, who will do what he wants," a source said.

Now Trump has handed him a mandate to gut the intelligence community AND chase his debunked 2020 election fraud lies — a dangerous blurring of the line between foreign and domestic spying that's been forbidden since Watergate.

Even Republicans are alarmed. Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton issued a rare rebuke. One GOP aide complained about Trump's "consistent curve balls out of left field."

A man fixated on planes and security details, who wants to take secrets home and fire hundreds of professionals, now oversees 18 intelligence agencies.

What could possibly go wrong?

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BREAKING: Trump unveils $400 million Qatar jet as taxpayers cover the bill

The Air Force formally unveiled the new Air Force One on Friday, giving the public its first look at the Boeing 747-8 the United States accepted last year as a gift from the government of Qatar. The aircraft, valued at roughly $400 million, is now stationed at Joint Base Andrews and set to begin commissioning flights before entering active presidential service.

The Air Force says the jet has received its new red, white and blue paint job along with final modifications meant to provide secure continuity for the commander in chief. Officials prioritized operational readiness over aesthetics, which means the leather seating and polished wood interior from the plane's previous life as a luxury aircraft are staying largely intact.

Getting there wasn't free, even if the plane technically was. The Air Force leased a separate 747-8 just so pilots and maintenance crews could train on the new model, and taxpayers funded a full three dimensional mock-up of the jet's interior so staff could rehearse before the real aircraft ever arrived.

Trump has brushed off concerns that accepting a luxury jet from a foreign government raises conflict of interest or security questions. He's framed it instead as a win for taxpayers, since the country technically didn't pay full price for the plane itself.

Here's the thing people are catching onto fast: a free gift with hundreds of millions in setup costs isn't actually free, and Americans are noticing exactly who ends up holding the bill.

The outgoing aircraft, a military grade 747 that carried presidents for more than three decades, is being retired from presidential duty and folded into the broader fleet used by other senior officials, a quiet end to a plane that did its job without anyone needing to gift wrap it.

BREAKING: France's domestic spy agency has terminated its contract with Palantir.

The news couldn't come at a worse time for Palantir. France is the second country in as many weeks to cancel its work with the creepy surveillance company led by CEO Alex Karp. Several European nations are expected to follow France's foosteps in the coming weeks and also cancel all existing contracts with Palantir.

Here's the problem: Palantir's spy software has been installed in many critical systems across the US, including dozens of hospitals and healthcare groups. US states need to take a page from Europe's book and terminate all contracts with Palantir: tell your elected officials we don't want this creep to have our most sensitive personal data!