Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention
Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention
Why is he making that face. lmfao
He interned in DreamWorks as a face model
More like nightmareworks.
Beat me to it.
Bonsoir, Don.
Idk why but I wanna slap him so bad. Like dude that brow smirk makes you look like a moron
Mmmmmuh'lady
Don't sully Dr.Evils name.
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.
Or someone he can easily control.
Hahahahahhhahhahah
We're all going to die
what a joke of an administration
As an administration, it's a joke. As an exercise in evil, it's right on track.
gardening and grocery store experience? overqualified for this administration for sure
Hey, he at least has experience with grocery shoppers, which can be awful people to deal with, just like terrorists!
if you can handle customers you can definitely deal with a bunch of terrorists. terrorists usually have better justifications for their actions
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Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to
Lead U.S. Terror Preventionscape goat.
FTFY
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
We really do our best to be equal opportunity here. But none of that DEI shit.
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.
I'm 23 and just got promoted to head of the IT department and even I don't think I'm qualified to be here
Lucky you. Finding work for me (I am autistic) has been the greatest challenge of my life.
This is his actual professional portrait btw
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.
I feel like.. Were caveman smarter than us? Feel like they would of solved this long ago.
I feel that someone with a large, heavy club could solve a few of our issues. Caveman tactics still work!
Looks like a B movie or kids movie villain.
The state is run by kids movie villians doing ww2 movie crimes.
Mission failed: Just seeing his face makes me want to strap C4 around my chest and walk into the RNC.
Try it at home first to check if it works
The inexperienced 22-year-old reportedly tasked by Donald Trump with tackling U.S. extremism
so he's gonna impeach trump?
That fucking eyebrow
He seems like he's as incredulous about his position as the rest of us are. like "Really? Me? fucken really?"
It is a Trump bootlicker thing.
Does lemmy have punchablefaces yet?
Are you sure this guy didn't star in a Dreamworks movie? That eyebrow lmao
Star in, no. Was the clumsy villain, I think so.
That hairstyle! Though to be fair, I also did some stupid shit thinking it was cool when I was 22.
trump, like putin thrives on incompetance simply because they would be too disorganized to perform a "coup" against him.
these aren't secretaries and ministers of organized government
it's capos and yes men of organized crime.
Putin's agent?
It's Deuce Bigalow!
douche bigalow.
Haha first thing I thought of looking at this picture
Am I only one who thinks he looks like a MAD magazine cover?
...and now I can't unsee it.
Why didn't he just appoint a horse?
A horse would seduce his entire family
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).
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?
Were official portraits always this funny?
Stop using people’s work history at menial Jobs as way to attack them. Aoc was a bartender. All you’re doing is being an elitist.
His past work as a gardener or grocery store worker shouldn’t be the headline here. Looking down at the working class is a dick move no matter who you are.
I’m sure this guy has plenty of stupid and his leanings aren’t good. But don’t attack him for being working class
Context is key. Those jobs are his only qualifications.
I mean being 22 and having that work history is pretty relevant. How else are they going to make the case that he's nowhere near qualified enough for the position?
hes also a NEPO-baby, and with something like HF, i wouldnt call someone like that as having a work history.
I would not hire this person as a repair technician based on that resume. Am I discriminating? Yes, in the same sense that all hiring discriminates for skills and experience.
I would never hire someone like this for risk analysis, risk abatement, or political communications.
How is this not completely fucking obvious to everyone?
Kakistocracy
Unless that’s his entire CV because at 22 yo, because what could he have done to merit such a critical role in the government?
All work dignifies but not all work prepares you for nation impacting decisions.
If he were the assistant director, or anything that's not a key leadership role, that might be true. But an agency head should have an appropriate resume and experience.
Exactly. And if he's 22 now, 5 years ago he was 17. Lots of teenagers have menial jobs in high school to get some cash. There's nothing wrong with that.
That's a big task, preventing the US or one of their many proxies from doing terrorist attacks
iran? woops, too late.
They squeezed that in before this guy was in office.
Bcs from one look at him you can already tell nothing will get past him.
I can hear the MAGA crowd saying "but at least he's a white male"
Ehhhhh?
Well, he has as much experience in his field as his peers.
Even if this guy had served in military intelligence for 4 years he would still be too inexperienced for this role.
he's a yes man, that trump is gonna steamroll over at trump's earliest. THank you for your attention to this matter.
Also will probably be a strawman, and fired or jailed when Trump fucks up, blaming others as always.
Yup. How do these idiots not see that trump is gonna sell them out as soon as there is any hot water
Great, another face I want to punch.
So embarrassing to see.
Boot licker extraordinaire.
Coming this summer, Rob Schneider is derp pa der anti terror der
If you wanted more terrorist attacks on your soil in order to justify suspending the constitution, this is exactly how you’d go about it.
22 going on a dirty 45
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Got it, he wants US to burn.
Erybody, don't worry. He got dis.
Qualification includes that one time he asked a shoplifter to not shoplift and they left anyway.
Makes "badass" comments and does karate moves every time a vaguely brown person leaves the store. "Bro, I was waiting for him to pull out a bomb and I woulda been all like HWAH!!!"
Coming to a 'Concentration Camp Overseer' position near you.
Top. Men. Lol.
Fall guy. Somehow the blame for his obvious incompetence will not be imputed up the command chain.
Did he have a stroke?
It's Bag Boy's time to shine.
seems reasonabl
Nut coddler face
If these weren’t traitor lunatics, this would be based and progressive.
How bizzare...
Looks just like his dad Johnny, who did not hit Lisa, despite her tearing him apart.
The veges can wait. It's hero time! (Its hard finding good help these days. Maybe reaching outside the box is your best option?)
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Does having working experience as a gardener and as a grocery store assistant somehow, disqualify you from doing a , may I say, very straightforward job?
I am pretty sure he won't do all of that by himself, what would be the issue then? No enough experience?
Please, complain more later in other threads about how young people can't get a job because they are inexperienced
It's official, Lemmy is filled to the brim with conservative boomers larping as collectivists LMAO
Yup. That's the take. You're so 100% correct. No difference between the typical grievance about needing 15 year experience for a 10 year old system and a guy who had 2 part time entry level jobs running a department of a (for now) global super power.
I'm so glad you were so smart you could show how hypocritical it is. Cause they're the EXACT SAME situations.
Should this kid be able to get a job somewhere in that agency? Sure, maybe. Should they be leading a major government department with zero experience? Absolutely not.
Just like an alcoholic talking head shouldn’t be leading our defense department. Or a fucking WWE wife being anywhere near leading education for the country. This isn’t about qualifications. It’s about nepotism and grifting.
lololol k
They cry and cry and cry because you g kids aren't doing enough and then when one finally lands a great job they complain "NOOoO not like that!?"
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.
his experience at Four Seasons Total Landscaping also helped
The Nazi Foundation positions another pawn.
wonder what kind of internship, doesnt look like his major/degree is anything useful, certainly not a lawyer to be judge material for the foundation.