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If anyone is wondering the connection:
This guy had internships at the Heritage Foundation and did some service as a special assistant in a DHS immigration office.
Heritage foundation strikes again with installing young puppets.
Don't sully Dr.Evils name.
Why is he making that face. lmfao
it's inspiring that in the states you can be a convicted felon, and/or just a totally unqualified moron with no experience in any sort of political office (see: POTUS) and get a high profile position in the federal government. america truly is the land of opportunity
That one of the DOGE-cunts?
No, he's a poly-sci graduate: moldable lump of clay setup by the Heritage Foundation to sink or swim. Seems like he hasn't screwed up badly enough to be coat-hooked offstage just yet.
Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to ~~Lead U.S. Terror Prevention~~ scape goat.
FTFY
22-Year-Old
Obvious lack of experience and not qualified for the position.
Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant
Completely irrelevant, and not something to criticize. God forbid people get a shit starter job when they're joining the work force.
Listing previous work is pretty standard when getting a job, also shows his prior qualifications which I think we're entitled to know.
The lack of experience is worthy of criticism; but the "Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant" is presented as not worthy of respect. Which is bullshit.
It has the same air as some trumpanzee dipshit trying to insult AOC by calling her a 'bartender', as though having been a bartender makes her unqualified for her current position, which is similarly bullshit.
Gardeners, store assistants, and bartenders all contribute to our society and shouldn't be looked down on for their role; nor should that role be held against them when they decide to move on to something else.
...I guess my point is that gardening and entry-level-grocery are completely fine and expected experience for a 22 year old; but that no 22 year old could have the experience to do well as a leader in terror prevention. So, there's a distinction between criticizing the absence of experience (justified), vs criticizing someone for having actual experience in an unrelated field (bullshit).
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The rise from starter job to top government official usually includes things like gaining experience, having some success, being a noteworthy professional in some way....
Not... Nothing?
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And the US just officially warned Iran “not to retaliate”. I think we know what’s coming, lads.
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That fucking eyebrow
It is a Trump bootlicker thing.
Does lemmy have punchablefaces yet?
I remember being 22... yeah... no... just... ugh... no!
There's a reason that the minimum age to run for president is 35. But rules and regulations don't matter anymore.
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gardening and grocery store experience? overqualified for this administration for sure
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Mission failed: Just seeing his face makes me want to strap C4 around my chest and walk into the RNC.
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This guy looks like he’s about to play his best Yugioh card
The card would likely be older than him
I can't get over how a kid who did high school over zoom during COVID is now in charge of terror prevention for the US
like what the fuck
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Idk why but I wanna slap him so bad. Like dude that brow smirk makes you look like a moron
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More concerned with the 22 then what he was doing at 17. I'm not against younger blood in leadership roles but you got to have done the job at least somewhat. If the guy was 35 or so and had been at it for a decade, that'd be a different beast. This feels like a nepo hire
Not necessarily a nepo hire, but they are scraping the barrel.
Project 2025's playbook was to fire all the existing people in the federal government and replace them with Trump loyalists. To that end, they created a list of pre-vetted replacements.
Problem is, those people are vetted for loyalty first, and competence a distant second. Also, a lot of them likely have jobs already that are more lucrative than a federal position. In other cases, their circumstances change in the months in between vetting and the offer becoming concrete. So even though they may have a few thousand people on the list, a big chunk of them aren't going to accept when the time comes. Those that do aren't necessarily going to be qualified in any way.
What may be surprising here is that they're scraping the bottom so quickly. You'd think out of several thousand possibilities, they could find someone more qualified than this guy.
This tends to be destructive in the short term, because incompetent people are making important decisions. In the long term, it's one of the self-defeating factors of fascism. A system just can't work this way, but it can destroy the rest of society before it implodes on itself.
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Were official portraits always this funny?
Hahahahahhhahhahah
We're all going to die
trump, like putin thrives on incompetance simply because they would be too disorganized to perform a "coup" against him.
Boot licker extraordinaire.
Are you sure this guy didn't star in a Dreamworks movie? That eyebrow lmao
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The inexperienced 22-year-old reportedly tasked by Donald Trump with tackling U.S. extremism
so he's gonna impeach trump?
22 going on a dirty 45
Erybody, don't worry. He got dis.
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