New book reveals how Trump compared himself to Mao, Stalin, Attila the Hun

Donald Trump's recently appointed acting Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, is poised to initiate significant staff reductions within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Pulte, a housing regulator with no prior intelligence experience, was tapped for the temporary role following Tulsi Gabbard's departure, with Trump expressing a desire to shrink the agency and remove personnel he claims are holdovers from previous Democratic administrations. This directive also includes a call for Pulte to review classified documents related to the 2020 election.

Meanwhile, a new book titled "Regime Change" by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, reveals controversial self-comparisons made by Trump. The book details how Trump presented the authors with a document asserting his power surpassed that of historical strongmen, including Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler. The purported "historian" who provided this document was later identified as golfer Gary Player's long-time caddy.