Trump Names 22 Year Old To Head Homeland Security Anti-Terrorism Section
This has got to be the re-payment of some sort of favor, or the result of a bribe. Our new protector has zero national security experience.
Maybe Karoline Leavitt can instruct him on how to act like an adult in the Trump administration.
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Trump Terrorism Hub: 22-Year-Old Leader – ProPublica - News Directory 3
Thomas Fugate, a recent college graduate, now oversees the Department of Homeland Security’s main hub for terrorism prevention. The appointment of fugate, a 22-year-old former Trump campaign worker, to the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) has sparked concern among counterterrorism experts.
CP3 leads nationwide efforts to prevent hate-fueled attacks,school shootings,and othre forms of targeted violence. Fugate’s background includes an internship at the Heritage Foundation and experience as secretary general of a model United Nations club, according to LinkedIn. He has no apparent national security expertise.
News of the appointment has alarmed counterterrorism researchers and nonprofit groups funded by CP3. One researcher, who has worked with CP3 officials for years, questioned Fugate’s qualifications, saying it was like ”putting the intern in charge.”
The trump administration’s decision to shift counterterrorism resources to immigration and appoint inexperienced individuals to violence-prevention roles has been described as “reckless” by current and former national security officials. One longtime U.S. counterterrorism official warned, ”We’re entering very dangerous territory.”
The fate of CP3 reflects broader cuts to public health and violence-prevention initiatives across federal agencies. The office, once staffed with around 80 employees, now has fewer than 20, according to former staffers. Its mission has shifted away from focusing on domestic extremism, notably far-right movements, to include drug cartels.
A senior DHS official stated that Fugate’s CP3 duties were added to his role as an aide in an Immigration & Border Security office due to his “success.”
The trump administration rejects claims of retreating from terrorism prevention. A spokesperson, Abigail Jackson, said, “the notion that this single office is responsible for preventing terrorism is not only incorrect, it’s ignorant.”
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The appointment and the changes at CP3 raise questions about the future of federal efforts to combat domestic extremism and prevent targeted violence. The shift in priorities could have significant implications for community-based prevention programs and the overall national security landscape.
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No shit ?
I agree. With the millions upon millions upon millions of illegals biden and harris let into the country it would have been better to choose a more experienced person for this role.
? Millions upon millions? Really? Please do show some actual evidence to back up your wild conservative opinion. If you can't, do we chalk it up to just be fast and loose with the truth? Or do we call it what it is which would be flat out blatant lies about the immigration situation in America all to win some fantasy partisan party points with your fellow conservatives?
According to every reputable source, we have about 12 million undocumented immigrants which is up from the 10.5 million Trump left us with in 2021 when Biden took office. So, we have at most an increase of about 1.5 million. That to me does not equate to "millions upon millions upon millions of illegals" but I suppose for the racist conservatives who are scared shitless of what they see as the 'browning of America' and have shitfit's every time they hear anyone daring to speak Spanish around them, partisan rhetoric is far more important than facts and reality.
Lol.
LOL is right. I show you PEW and CMS data and you reply with the Federation of Immigration Reform (a conservative non-profit) just throwing out numbers without a lick of evidence to back them up claiming there are supposedly 18 million undocumented immigrants, and the last one says their method of determining how many undocumented immigrants there are is to just "assign" that designation to survey respondents based on their social demographics. They literally claim "likely immigration status in the 2023 ACS can be assigned using demographic, social, and economic characteristics of respondents".
So basically, some fuck wad conservatives ran a survey and then "assigned" respondents "undocumented" status based on their where they lived and worked. And what's even funnier about your use of that link is that it says in the link:
As for the NYT link, I couldn't read it since it requires membership so I have no idea what they might be claiming, but it certainly wouldn't support your hilarious flawed claim that Biden let in "millions upon millions upon millions" of unvetted undocumented immigrants since no other data supports such a claim. Did undocumented immigrant entries increase under Biden? Yes. Was it really as bad as most conservatives make it seem? Not even close. But I get it, they're scared. They're like frightened little racist children seeing some tidal wave of brown people with a culture and language the frightened little racists do not understand. We know this is their real fear, because if it was just about legal status, they would work with Democrats on immigration reform where we could increase the number of legal immigrants accepted into the US and reduce the decades long wait time. If you have such a problem with them being "Illegal" then fix the pathway to citizenship. But they won't because they're chicken shit racists who are desperate to conserve some sort of white conservative Christian hegemony over our nation and millions of new legal Hispanic immigrants would completely undermine their base of white power.
I'm curious. When you decided to make a partisan ad hominem attack, did you have any idea what the Center for Migration Studies is? Hilarious.
But, of course, I provided you with numerous sources, including a summary from the New York Times which provided a list of the leading experts opinions, all of which put the number much higher than the 12 million you cite.
AI Overview
The government currently estimates that there are roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, representing about 3.3% of the country's total population. This figure has been relatively stable in recent years, with some estimates varying between 10.5 million and 12 million.
This overview was generated with the help of AI. It’s supported by info from across the web and Google’s Knowledge Graph, a collection of info about people, places, and things.
All of the most recent study's even one of those you sited, show the same thing, that there are roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants in the US. Nothing else you presented actually had any actual data and some were literally based on assumptions based on " demographic, social, and economic characteristics of respondents" and were NOT based on any actual government data. All of the most recent government data shows the same thing, about 12 million. Only scum sucking bottom feeding bigots so desperate to convince others of the supposed 'tsunami' of brown immigrants coming across our border believe bullshit like theres somewhere between 18 million and 50 million undocumented immigrants.
There simply are no other actual peer reviewed studies that can prove the claims made by conservatives, so it's pretty fucking clear their motives have nothing to do with reality, they are desperate to make undocumented immigrants appear dangerous and like some plague of locusts we need to stop out everywhere when the reality is nowhere close. Of course, the bigots see and hear Hispanic Americans in more and more places and more and more jobs and positions of power over white conservative Americans, some are their bosses or loan officers because we have a thriving community of 50+ million legal Hispanic Americans, my foster daughter who graduated high school this week is one of them.
This is what is scaring the white religious conservatives today, not the actual 11 million undocumented immigrants, nearly all of whom are keeping their heads down, obeying all the other laws (I get it, every conservative starts shouting about them breaking the law by being here at this point) and trying to make a better life for their kids. But all we hear from conservatives is pure fearmongering where rightwing media and conservative merchants are taking their target market suckers for everything they're worth. (Buy any gold coins for a lot more than the total gold weight value recently?) They lie to you, tell you there's a wave of 25 million Spanish speaking drug runners and rapists with calves like cantaloupes as Republican Steve King claimed. It's a scare tactic and clearly it worked and now there are millions of suckers buying their bullshit day in and day out. Very sad.
He may be in charge of making sure Trump doesnt get shot in the ear again.
He's obviously more qualified than Trump.
He's obviously more qualified than most of Biden's cabinet and handlers
Far more qualified than this thing
I that your mother?
Shouldn't the head of Anti-terrorism be someone who has CIA or FBI experience? What did this kid study in college?
I foresee terrible trouble
This coming from the alarmists on the left when their whole case for climate change/global warming was a little thirteen-year-old girl who is now, or was, in Gaza. You remember Miss "How Dare You," right?
So what elected position in the US government was she appointed to?
MAGA, and the art of the deal.
that's funny
I'll go wiki him
if he has a wiki page i bet it popped up yesterday
He doesn't. There's an entry for a Thomas Fugate who was a politician a 100 years ago.
I had to google and still got very little. Apparently he has a degree in political science. Fine. But I don't think a BA in poli sci is going to be very useful. He should have applied to the CIA or the FBI but then they like analysts (CIA) and lawyers (FBI)
He is almost certainly a far right MAGA fanatic. Other wise he wouldnt have caught trumps attention.
Here is his official photo. Fills you with confidence I bet.
sure does!?s
Hell he can't even grow a proper mustache. Does his mama know he's playing politics?
He looks like the one the cool kids bully in high school.
They haven't spoken since she wouldn't put out after his prom.
You're unkind.
His effort to look dignified is painfully apparent. Does that merit respect... or scorn?
Safer than this nut ...
Scary dude!!!
I was under the impression that only villains arch one eyebrow.
You mean like the Rock who has made a career out of that signature look?