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The inexperienced 22-year-old reportedly tasked by Donald Trump with tackling U.S. extremism was working as a neighborhood gardener just five years ago and in a grocery store as recently as August 2023, the Daily Beast can reveal.
Thomas Fugate, who graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio just 12 months ago, is currently heading up the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships at the DHS, as first reported by ProPublica Tuesday.
The center, also known as CP3, plays a vital role supporting nationwide efforts to combat terrorism and hate-fueled violence.
But according to the youngsters LinkedIn page, Fugate has almost no experience in this fieldand in 2020 was working as a self-employed Landscape Business Owner.
There isnt much else on his resumé to suggest Fugate has the requisite skills to weed out terrorists. Prior to his work as a gardenerwhile studying for a degree in politics and lawFugate worked at an H-E-B supermarket in Austin, Texas, as a Cross Functional Team Member.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-appoints-22-y-o-ex-gardener-grocery-store-assistant-as-us-homeland-department-terrorist-chief/
Looks like his main experience is as a "hater".
brush
(61,033 posts)with absolutely no experience in the field.
Ocelot II
(128,806 posts)They just keep scraping and finding new bottoms.
Biophilic
(6,379 posts)Yup, it's near the bottom of the barrel. I know better than to say he is the bottom of the barrel, but he is pretty damn close. Good gravy what an sad, sad day this is.
PikaBlue
(411 posts)mowing the White House lawn.
dalton99a
(91,816 posts)
SKKY
(12,738 posts)...but this guy has a very punchable face.
muriel_volestrangler
(105,488 posts)
KTB2025
(73 posts)The pic of him in a cowboy hat, bright red shirt, and Richard Nixon button, giving a thumbs up alongside Matt Gaetz, says it all...
JHB
(37,898 posts)chowder66
(11,758 posts)Hell she had experience, period!
newdeal2
(4,689 posts)They serve no other purpose. Hes no worse than the rest of them (RFK, wrestling lady etc)