• Absaroka@lemmy.world
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    10 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.”

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      10 months ago

      He interned at the Heritage Foundation.

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

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        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.”

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    10 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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      10 months ago

      i doubt many of the country bumpkins are aware of HF, let alone thier policies, or thier low info voters.

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      10 months ago

      Like it’s a medical condition right? That wasn’t a choice… right?

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      10 months ago

      This guy looks like he failed the screening for whatever character Michael Gandolfini played in the newest season of Daredevil.

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      10 months ago

      Nah, he adorable. What a cute widdle face, trying to look like all grown up and stuff. He’s got a suit and everything!

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    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.

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      10 months ago

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

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      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.

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      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.

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    "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."

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      10 months ago

      THEY MEAN they cant find anyone “qualified” enough to fellate to trump, so they find the most unqualifed person to fellate to trump.

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    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.

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    Only the best of the best of the best.

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

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