Article Summary

Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, a former SEC chairman, to be the new Director of National Intelligence, after facing backlash over appointing Bill Pulte, a political loyalist with no national security experience. The article suggests Pulte's appointment hurt efforts to renew a key surveillance law, and presents Clayton as a respected, stabilizing choice to fix the damage. It frames the situation as a political misstep corrected too late, using Trump’s own praise to highlight Clayton’s credibility.