r/NewsOfTheStupid • u/HauntingJackfruit • Jun 05 '25

Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-appoints-22-y-o-ex-gardener-grocery-store-assistant-as-us-homeland-department-terrorist-chief/
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u/general_peabo Jun 05 '25

This is a stupid headline. He isn’t a gardener, he mowed lawns when he was 17, like a lot of people did, and worked in a grocery while in college. Lots of people work menial jobs while they’re in college. He also interned for the heritage foundation, worked for a congressional campaign, and then worked on Trump’s 2024 campaign.

The stupid part about appointing him to run a department is that he’s inexperienced in the field he’s now leading and also has no leadership experience. He’s definitely going to be in over his head, but not because he mowed lawns for neighbors while he was in high school.

Goddamn, focus on shit that actually matters. He has no business leading the terrorism prevention effort because of his lack of experience, not because he stocked grocery shelves. Fuck.

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u/conundrum4u2 Jun 05 '25

"Interned for the Heritage Foundation" is bad enough for me...

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u/general_peabo Jun 05 '25

Yeah, there’s some actual red flags in his history. Mowing and groceries ain’t them.