Trump Taps

• The Trump administration has appointed Matthew M. Wielicki to oversee the National Climate Assessment, a major federal report on global warming. • Dr. Wielicki has previously criticized the scientific consensus on climate change, labeling current perspectives as "alarmist." • Despite the high-profile appointment, Wielicki lacks a background in climate science, having previously published peer-reviewed research on craters and the geological history of the Himalayas.

• President Trump has appointed Matthew Wielicki, a known climate skeptic and PragerU contributor, to lead the U.S. government’s flagship climate report. • Wielicki has a history of publicly criticizing established climate science, raising concerns about the objectivity of the government's environmental assessments. • This move follows previous efforts by the Trump administration to gut the Global Change Research program, prompting the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union to step in.

Bill Pulte, who does not have any national intelligence experience, is nicknamed ‘Little Trump’ among some Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Bill Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence has set off alarm bells in Washington, as a staunch Trump loyalist with little government experience who has shown an eagerness to retaliate against the president’s political rivals will now sit atop the US intelligence apparatus.Pulte, whose grandfather started PulteGroup, a major residential homebuilder, had no government experience before Trump appointed him to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), an under-the-radar regulator that oversees the government lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Shortly after arriving at the agency, he began to gut it, firing sizable chunks of the boards of both and appointing himself as chair. Pulte had no government experience before being appointed to the role and does not have national intelligence experience. Continue reading...

US president says head of Federal Housing Finance Agency will serve as acting director days after Gabbard exits roleDonald Trump has tapped a close ally to serve as the country’s top intelligence official, days after Tulsi Gabbard announced her exit from the role.The US president said that Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and heir to a home construction company fortune, will serve as acting director of national intelligence. Continue reading...