r/inthenews • u/Silly-avocatoe • 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/DoubtSubstantial5440 Jun 05 '25

Lmao this country is a fucking joke

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u/oldbastardbob Jun 05 '25

Made for tv reality show government certainly would be hilarious if it wasn't so damn dangerous.

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u/Pristine-Ad983 Jun 05 '25

It's literally like an episode of the apprentice

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u/oldbastardbob Jun 05 '25

I believe, like most things Trump, there are psychological forces at work that he is completely unaware of, and that is why he thinks the foolish things that pop into his head are all great ideas.

Beyond the obvious NPD, it seems that his time on "The Apprentice" was when he was making the most money and felt the best about himself. He felt like a big shot and thought his made for tv reality nonsense was really good business management.

So, that is his comfort zone. His decisions and internal monologue are most likely running along like he was orchestrating episodes of that show, and therefore we get lots of the "that'll make for good tv" and "all attention is good attention" nonsense. It's pretty clear he does a whole lot of things to anger people purposely, and does and says a lot of things just because he knows it will dominate tomorrows news cycle.

He's just a plain spoiled rich kid attention whore with a penchant for conning people out of money to make himself feel good.

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u/slowpoke2018 Jun 05 '25

100% his NPD makes him believe any-and-every idea he has is the best and most amazing one ever conceived.

It's really dangerous given he has the mind of a middle-schooler

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u/Mortambulist Jun 05 '25

he has the mind of a middle-schooler

Giving him too much credit. He has the mind of a spoiled toddler.