Trump's 22-Year-Old DHS Director Has 'One Foot in the Grave' as Past Trouble Resurfaces
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Thomas Fugate's appointment to a top DHS counterterrorism role is drawing fierce backlash amid revelations about his lack of experience and past misconduct.

The recent college grad previously prompted a complaint after allegedly sending threatening messages over a girl

A 22-year-old loyalist to Donald Trump with no counterterrorism experience is now leading the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) top terrorism prevention office, drawing scrutiny over his past conduct and the administration’s alleged sidelining of national security.

Thomas Fugate, a recent college graduate and former Trump campaign volunteer, was appointed earlier this year to run the DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), which oversees an $18 million grant program meant to combat extremist violence, ProPublica reported in June.

Scrutiny around Fugate intensified this week after The Daily Beast revealed he was investigated in 2020 for reportedly sending threatening messages to someone he was competing with for the affections of a girl.

  • paultimate14@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I don’t believe for one second they are actually letting this guy do anything. He’s a fall guy. He’s going to get fired when something bad happens and they need someone to fire.

    So either someone else is running it behind-the-scenes (like how Musk wasn’t technically the head of DOGE) or the department ceased functioning (they could be inviting a terrorist attack as an excuse- go to war, declare emergency powers, cancel elections, etc).

    Or they just actually gave this guy this job. But that just seems so incredibly unlikely.