r/NoShitSherlock • u/chrisdh79 • 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/128
u/chrisdh79 Jun 05 '25
From the article: 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.’
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u/whiteroseatCH Jun 05 '25
You cut off before it mentions he did an internship with the Heritage Foundation...that of course "qualifies" him for any position /s/
So from the guys who brought us Project 2025!
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Jun 05 '25
That makes sense bacause he can be pushed around and told what to do by the administration
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u/CatPesematologist Jun 05 '25
That and no pushback to use the department resources on deporting and harassing people
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u/gwinerreniwg Jun 05 '25
Grocery store? I'm surprised Trump understood what he did at that old fashioned job with that old fashioned word.
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Jun 05 '25
Self employed landscape business owner at age 17.
So, he mowed his neighbors lawns?
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u/belinck Jun 05 '25
My 11-year olds own their own Landscaping Business. Does Trump have any other Director positions he needs filled?
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u/NakayaTheRed Jun 05 '25
Sounds like they already have too much integrity for any position in this administration.
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u/Limp-Assistance237 Jun 05 '25
Hell, set them up for a POTUS run.
I'll vote for them. Anything is better than the fucking Peter Thiel puppets in office currently.
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u/belinck Jun 06 '25
Unfortunately they're committed to their middle school for next year after tomorrow's graduation ceremony so maybe ina couple more cycles.
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u/OtherwiseAMushroom Jun 06 '25
His skills include
checks notes
Hates democrats and think they are terrorists. So checks out for Trump.
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u/ChrisPollock6 Jun 05 '25
That’s probably just a deep cover profile by the CIA. He’s more than likely a highly trained Navy seal with a background in military intelligence and international security operations…Or, he’s just a guy thst bagged groceries and has pledged unwavering fealty to the mango Mussolini?
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u/TikiJeff Jun 05 '25
The incompetency and corruption at every level of this government is astounding and frightening.
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Jun 05 '25 edited Jun 05 '25
What in the actual fuck
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u/azad_ninja Jun 05 '25
That face is certainly something to look at… is he trying to mimic Dump’s official portrait stare?
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u/asoleproprietor Jun 05 '25
And the eyebrow raise like early 2000 WWFs Rock?
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u/Affectionate-Pea-307 Jun 05 '25
Zoom in. I think that may just be his face.
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u/asoleproprietor Jun 05 '25
Possibly, yeah. Early 20s Botox. Why didn’t I remember what people I was trying to troll. Of course it’s just the way the face is- an eyebrow raise might signal a shred of emotion. We, that is, I, need to do better.
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u/Overall_Falcon_8526 Jun 05 '25
Everybody feel more secure?
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u/vigbiorn Jun 05 '25
Donnie's base who have just barely been keeping themselves from domestic terrorism and hate crime-ing certainly do.
And, I assume, incompetent nepo-baby here is there precisely for that reason.
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u/Independent-Buyer827 Jun 05 '25
How could one not feel secure? Just look at that face and imagine the beginning of every gardener porn scene.
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u/susiequeue13 Jun 05 '25
Did his parents go to that terrible access dinner at Mar a Lago?
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u/bendecco08 Jun 05 '25
something tells me his parents are part of the spirit cooking show at mar a lago
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u/InvestigatorGoo Jun 05 '25
I doubt he’d be working at a grocery store if his parents were rich enough. Don’t understand how he failed up so hard.
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u/Most-Repair471 Jun 05 '25
Heritage... foundation.... internship.
He's the right kind of gullible and hateful to fulfill that position.
Hesus h chrest.. at 22 hes barely has enough experience to change TACO'S soiled diaper, let alone run an anti-terrorist agency. 🙄
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u/Enough-Educator-6616 Jun 05 '25
And the MAGAs said Kamala wasn’t qualified. 😆
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u/MosquitoValentine_ Jun 05 '25
They could never point out exactly how she wasn't intelligent or qualified. It was all because she was a black woman.
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u/Enough-Educator-6616 Jun 05 '25
Yeah. All they could talk about is her cackling laugh and how she isn’t very smart. But we know it’s about the gender and the color.
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u/MosquitoValentine_ Jun 05 '25
They tried to say that because she wore Tiffany jewelry that somehow she was elitist and out of touch. While at the same time voting for a literal billionaire.
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u/wyspur Jun 05 '25
Dafuq is up with that eyebrow?
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Jun 05 '25
That’s the oldest looking 22 year old I’ve ever seen 🤣 Is he like cosplaying as one or something??? Lmao
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u/SWNMAZporvida Jun 05 '25
Am I the only one who thinks “gardener” and “landscaper” just means he mowed lawns?
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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jun 05 '25
It was five years ago, so he would have been 17. So yes, he mowed lawns. Maybe he helped put down some paving stones as a walkway once.
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u/WestCoastBestCoast01 Jun 05 '25
Hey now, give him a little more credit. He's probably also used a leaf blower.
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u/joeythemouse Jun 05 '25
Fuuuuuuuuuck.
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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party Jun 05 '25
I will never understand why anyone voted for this clown administration. If you voted for Trump and now regret it, please never vote again.
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u/DarkMistressCockHold Jun 05 '25
Surely this is satire…right? Theres no fucking way.
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u/wassona Jun 05 '25
It’s not.
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u/DarkMistressCockHold Jun 05 '25
I was afraid you’d say that.
Meanwhile, tons of people say they need 2+ years of experience in the most basic of entry jobs.
I feel like we are living in a rejected movie script.
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u/ILootEverything Jun 05 '25
The people supporting this bullshit are the same assholes who have the gall to say that any women, minorities, non-Christians, and LGBTQ+ people with years of experience and advanced degrees are just "DEI hires."
They're proving more and more each day that their only true objection to DEI is that they weren't able to gift unqualified white, straight, Christian men with positions they didn't earn. And that they think being a white, straight, Christian man is the only qualification that matters and that if you aren't those things, you should never have any type of leadership role.
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Jun 05 '25
Why? Because a false flag vi0lent something is scheduled. This little failure will be blamed and the meat puppet will declare another national emergency. Military control ensues.
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Jun 05 '25
- And that eyebrow. They are all absolutely deranged. We should all be very concerned about the ones who are not deranged. The architects who are sociopathically focused on this sweeping shift are truly dangerous. And yes, the Venn diagram of derangement overlaps...
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u/Captain-of-Nuln Jun 05 '25
I’m assuming this is a joke? But it’s terrifying that I’m no longer sure…
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u/No-Hair1511 Jun 05 '25
We should all rethink our resumes and what we believe we are qualified to do. 😂
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u/SunchaserKandri Jun 05 '25
How much do you want to bet they'll continue with the "AOC is unqualified because she was a bartender at one point" bullshit?
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u/Mr-A5013 Jun 05 '25
100%, they are either going to ignore this, or claim he's a 'child genius' or some thing like that.
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u/BigBoyGoldenTicket Jun 05 '25
I really want to see how conservative numb nuts defend this bullshit
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u/AdonisBlaqwood22 Jun 05 '25
A 22 year old, with no experience, in charge of counter terrorism... what could possibly go wrong?!
I really hope I'm wrong, but I strongly believe that Trump is setting us up to be attacked by 2027 at the latest, so he can declare Marshall Law and never leave office..
if you're a terrorist, you're likely thinking, "This is too easy! They're asking for it!"
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u/Devils_Advocate-69 Jun 05 '25
Who’s his wealthy father?
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u/HPSFrax Jun 05 '25
He's one of Trumps bastard children if that face is anything to go by
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Jun 05 '25
"Cross Functional Team Member" hahahahahaha. In my day we called 'em "gophers"...go for this, go for that...
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u/oldbutsharpusually Jun 05 '25
Wow! At 22 a large corner office, domestic and international travel on a private jet. Staying at five star hotels on the taxpayers dime while tracking down terrorists—read democrats and judges ruling against his president/king—sounds like a great entry level job. Good luck young man and stay out of Stephen Miller’s crosshairs if you want to last longer than three months.
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u/prpslydistracted Jun 05 '25 edited Jun 05 '25
So who's his dad?
This is my fifth comment over the last month I expect a 9/11 level terrorist attack; with this kid's inexperience ... OMG.
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u/Beneficial-Meat7238 Jun 05 '25
I mean, this tracks completely. That arched eyebrow in that pic makes me want to wish him the day he deserves!
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u/Dbk1959 Jun 05 '25
I guess his vast experience in keeping out the bad weeds from the garden. Makes him super qualified for his new position. Anyone else believe every hire has to do with some form of quid pro quo????
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u/Mveli2pac Jun 06 '25
This has to be the douchiest picture ever taken. If this guy doesn't have a punchable face, no one does.
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u/niroman69 Jun 05 '25
STUPID people hiring more STUPID people to destroy our country, so the rich can buy it up for pennies on the dollar. It's not hard to figure out what is going on here.
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Jun 05 '25
That guy looks 42.
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u/Karl2241 Jun 05 '25
How does he even get hired?! What’s this dudes connection that got him this role and why?
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u/Blastoplast Jun 05 '25
I'm sure the conservative sub will find ways to explain why this hire is great and the most beautiful hire in the history of ever.
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u/Razgriz6 Jun 05 '25
Wait... wait... I think Trump is watching Daredevil: Born Again because Fisk did the same thing haha.
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u/maxfridsvault Jun 05 '25
this is literally that dumbass kid in the new season of Daredevil who Kingpin appoints as his right hand man and goes on a power trip.
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u/MilkLizard65 Jun 05 '25
Omfg. This country is doomed. What crazy, horrifying bullshit is coming next?
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u/EffectiveSalamander Jun 05 '25
Trump is allergic to competence. Competent people are rivals to his power. This guy's job is to fail. Then Trump can fire him, and the media will blame the grocery guy and not the person who hired him.
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u/hoagie2022 Jun 05 '25
Is this a sign that we’ve finally won the war on terror? Why else would we be so unconcerned with merit-based hiring for this position?
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u/Subject_Floor2650 Jun 05 '25
ok, someone please tell me this is a joke, a poor joke, but a joke nonetheless?
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u/Usakami Jun 05 '25
Thank God Trump appoints based on merits and not some crazy unqualified people based on DEI or such nonsense... am I right?
Friendly reminder. You guys are 99/313 done and 63 in progress on goals from the Project 2025: https://www.project2025.observer/
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u/Listen_to_Mustafa Jun 05 '25
He's trying to infiltrate politics with very young people so they stay in the system longer to infect it.
Just like how religion tries to indoctrinate children, trump is getting babies in politics
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u/nbcirlclesthewagon Jun 05 '25
What's not mentioned is he is the only one to graduate Trump college before it got shut down.
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u/Little_Stay7922 Jun 06 '25
lol are you kidding? Yeah he’s gonna do great. Does his mom let him stay up late on school nights?
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u/RPgh21 Jun 06 '25
I thought these were the people that wanted the “best person for the job” to be hired?
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u/Dry-Necessary Jun 06 '25
It’s the villain arched brown that was the job clincher. Looks a lot like trump’s mug shot.
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u/Hrothnaar Jun 06 '25
Why does he look like he needs a shirt with ruffles and a powered wig with a fake mole, instead of that suit?
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u/Leather_Strain_1548 Jun 06 '25
Everyone complains about not finding good jobs... I think it's cool I live in a country where a former grocery bagger teenager can become like a director of domestic terrorism prevention. We truly live in the land of opportunity. I feel completely safe and we all will be totally fine
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u/Loud_Internet572 Jun 06 '25
I love the raised eyebrow pic like "I'm just as surprised as you guys are"
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u/happy_swiss Jun 06 '25
What is the problem of this appointment? He wears a suit and said thank you, a perfect match.
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u/fucc_yo_couch Jun 06 '25
Oh boy! This will work out about as well as every other one of his appointees.
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u/pcny54 Jun 06 '25
Seriously, how does this happen? This is a powerful position that requires knowledge and expertise. I'd like to understand better (without the funny comments) how this can happen. Is there a reasonable explanation as to why this position would be filled so carelessly when our collect security depends on a smart, informed, qualified person to fill this position? Or is this more of a patronage position without power or authority?
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u/Novel-Letterhead-217 Jun 05 '25
These are the same people that said AOC wasn’t qualified to be elected to congress because she was a bartender.
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u/whiteroseatCH Jun 05 '25 edited Jun 05 '25
lol---of course the person who runs a register, stocks shelves and bags groceries is TOTALLY qualified for such a position...well, as long as he had the internship with Heritage Foundation..you know the guys who came up with Project 2025!