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Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention (www.thedailybeast.com)

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[-] Absaroka@lemmy.world 143 points 4 months ago

I have one very simple question:

Who … are … his … parents?

Based on his LinkedIn, and what appeared in the story, I’m not sure what sets him apart from thousands of other wannabe MAGA assholes.

Which triggers my spideysense. Well that and the arrogant fucking faces he’s putting out into the interwebs like he’s Don Juan De La Nooch.

My guess is he’s probably a nepo-baby and his folks are either influential or made a ‘donation’ to get him appointed.

To quote Ocean’s Eleven:

“Never heard of him.” “That’s why I don’t doubt it.”

[-] athairmor@lemmy.world 82 points 4 months ago

He interned at the Heritage Foundation.

I wouldn’t rule out “favors” being exchanged.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 37 points 4 months ago

People ask me what to invest in and I always say. You can never go wrong with kneepads.

[-] blattrules@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

He’s got the most nepo baby face I’ve seen.

[-] Absaroka@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

100%

Now if this guy was some kind of prodigy, that would explain the face. But the stories I've seen paint him as your typical dipshit, 20-something MAGAt.

Minus that, there's a level of entitlement oozing from his face that screams "I think I'm somebody important because my dad/uncle/mom/lover thinks I am."

[-] Enkrod@feddit.org 98 points 4 months ago

"Oh my god! She's so unqualified! She's a bartender!"

[-] P1k1e@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Hahahah yea....yea

[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 85 points 4 months ago

A 22 Year Old from the Republican Heritage Foundation, a Private Organization that Wrote Trump's Policy, being put in CHARGE of UNITED STATES COUNTER TERRORISM is Proof that DEMOCRATS are the Deep State!

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[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 59 points 4 months ago

Fuck that eyebrow raise....

[-] DoGeeseSeeGod 13 points 4 months ago

Like it's a medical condition right? That wasn't a choice.... right?

[-] shplane@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

He just reeeally wants to be clear how punchable his face is

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

trying to look like the rock, who is equally a douche.

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 45 points 4 months ago

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 35 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Did he find him at the Four Seasons?

Thing is though, headline means nothing; I used to run a landscaping business and work in retail back in college, so I’d probably fit that description too. All it means is the guy knows how to actually work.

Although at 22, there isn’t really enough passage of time for useful management experience.

[-] bisby@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago

That is his entire resume though. It's not a "back in college" thing when you are fresh out of college.

[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

Yeah, the focus the landscaping part is weird. It seems more relevant to me that 5 years ago, he was in high school, rather than that he did landscaping.

[-] alaphic@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Yeah, the headline means plenty... It means that he's breathtakingly unqualified to hold the position he's been given, just like you would have been as well. Though it sounds like you might actually have the sense to recognize that and (hopefully) wouldn't have taken such a position, thereby endangering the population at large.

[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

He’s 22 so the recent work experience being unrelated to running counter terror is relevant

[-] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 months ago

At 22, he didn't even live through 9/11.

[-] mongooseofrevenge@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

"Since leaving college, Fugate has had a meteoric rise in the political world, having served as an “advance team member” on President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, according to his LinkedIn page.

An avowed Republican, he also interned at the Heritage Foundation...

Fugate was reportedly hired as a “special assistant” in an immigration office at the DHS in February, according to ProPublica. He then took over CP3 after its previous director quit."

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 months ago

The Heritage Foundation tells us everything, he's a POS.

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[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

Now more than ever, I am convinced that the Trump administration is praying for a terrorist attack as soon as possible. They want to enact their own version of the patriot act and scrape away any and all constitutional protections we all take for granted. I'm also positive they are hoping one will occur before the 2026 election cycle which could replace a vast majority of Republican congressmen due to negative perception of Republicans at the moment.

[-] hohoho@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

This guy is a plant

[-] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 months ago

I'd still take a misanthropic ficus over a conservative.

[-] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Screenshot_20250606-001541_WEBTOON
(its a suicidal plant)

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[-] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago

Canada, now is your chance to invade

[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

I've never seen a more Lunchables face. Brown put your eyebrow down

[-] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

You know he's been practising that for hours in front of the mirror.

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[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 13 points 4 months ago

[-] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 6 points 4 months ago

Given time, we will see more weird hairstyles from the Regime...

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Nailed it. I knew it looked familiar :)

The other side is almost normal looking.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Only the best of the best of the best.

His sole qualification is probably winning The Official Trump Bootlicking Contest.

[-] plyth@feddit.org 12 points 4 months ago

Are there other headlines right now that receive less airtime while this appointment is discussed?

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[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

Loyalty is the primary qualification

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

LOL lookit this fucking guy

[-] TheDeadlySquid@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

DHS will eat him alive. He is in way over his head and will eventually become a scapegoat. Can’t wait!

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Almost like this administration is a horrifying turd circus of chaos and evildoing which COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED but was not because - reasons

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Democrats: sorry, if you're under 70 you're too young for us.

Republicans: give me all your children!!!

[-] Australis13@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago

Gardening is one of my hobbies but I don't have much retail experience... Guess that's me ruled out then.

[-] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Absolutely no favoritism with this hire.

[-] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Now if only we find out he sexually assaulted a child and owns at least three Nazi paraphernalia, he'd be the perfect GOP candidate

[-] SSNs4evr@leminal.space 4 points 4 months ago

Why do I think he'd look more the part, if he were wearing a t-shirt that said "I'm voting for Pedro?"

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Talk about a promotion!

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