'Competent White Men Must Be in Charge,' High-Profile State Dept. Appointee Wrote Last Year [View all]

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Source: Rolling Stone

‘Competent White Men Must Be in Charge,’ High-Profile State Dept. Appointee Wrote Last Year

Nikki McCann Ramirez
Mon, February 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM EST·2 min read

Donald Trump’s return to the White House is not only a second opportunity for the president to fulfill his political wishlist, but a second chance for some of the most extreme figures in his first administration to climb the rungs of power.

Enter Darren Beattie, a former Trump staffer who was fired from the White House in 2016 after attending a white nationalist conference. Beattie has now been tapped to serve as the State Department’s acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, according to a report from Semafor. It’s a mouthful, but it’s a high-level office in the department.

Beattie is notorious for his affiliations with some of the most noxious corners of Trumpworld, and his appointment to the influential State Department role has revived scrutiny on his past writings and statements.

In October, for example, Beattie wrote on X: “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work. Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.”

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