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Jilly_in_VA

(13,775 posts)
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 08:57 AM Jun 2025

Trump's U.S. Terror Prevention Chief Is Ex-Gardener Aged 22

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 youngster’s LinkedIn page, Fugate has almost no experience in this field—and in 2020 was working as a self-employed ‘Landscape Business Owner.’

There isn’t much else on his resumé to suggest Fugate has the requisite skills to weed out terrorists. Prior to his work as a gardener—while studying for a degree in politics and law—Fugate 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".

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brush

(61,033 posts)
1. God! I mean, come on. They've reached the bottom of the barrel being scraped stage. An ex-garderer...
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 09:04 AM
Jun 2025

with absolutely no experience in the field.

Biophilic

(6,379 posts)
2. Just look at his photo, you know immediately that he is just barely 22 years old.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 09:10 AM
Jun 2025

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.

KTB2025

(73 posts)
8. Check out his Instagram
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 11:23 AM
Jun 2025

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...

chowder66

(11,758 posts)
13. Good luck to them! She had a lot more experience prior to becoming a bartender and more after.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:12 PM
Jun 2025

Hell she had experience, period!

newdeal2

(4,689 posts)
10. Loyal stooges to gum up the works
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 11:27 AM
Jun 2025

They serve no other purpose. He’s no worse than the rest of them (RFK, wrestling lady etc)

Pisces

(6,150 posts)
12. It's unbelievable, due to all the chaos and crazy news every minute!! This is not news with the Elon and Trump fight.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:00 PM
Jun 2025
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