President Donald Trump said Friday that he wants his new acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, to cut the office, which has already been significantly scaled back during his second term.

President Donald Trump says his acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, will not be in the role permanently.

Trump's comment came two days after he tapped Bill Pulte, who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting DNI to replace Tulsi Gabbard.

Trump repeated that Pulte would only serve as DNI in an "acting position" capacity and that he is "not going to be permanent."

Trump said the office size has been ‘way too high for way too long’