You are the brain (I mean in the small duo of “you and me”) and infinitely more knowledgeable, but my memory is telling me something about Trump being likely to dismantle the CIA and putting intel under one umbrella. Mil most likely. I know he has talked about the goal of merging and/or getting rid of some fed agencies, streamlining fed gov, with much fewer fed employees.
GOOD!!!
It is a somewhat mammoth undertaking like Hercules cleaning the Augean stables in a single day. For one thing, as I posted, what becomes of all those unemployed spooks when the CIA is dismantled? Can't just leave them wandering around seeking employment; many of them are in possession of highly sensitive information.
Intelligence is an instrument of diplomacy, one of its main functions. Military intel is part of the pattern but also important in military functions separately. Putting central intelligence in the hands of the military strikes me as awkward and could introduce a bias not necessarily helpful to diplomacy. Counterintelligence is not a perfect fit in the military's hands.
Then there is the dynamic of bureaucratic growth and the natural inclination to use information to gain power; information is power!
Not to say that bureaucratic shrinkage is not possible, desirable or necessary. Only to say that it may require a brilliant architect to redesign the existing overfed behemoth. An underfed overfed behemoth can be dangerous and, as stated, information is power.
Then the architect must bring in the Congress to provide budgetary financing - speaking of overfed behemoths. :)