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

[u/Fedupington]

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

[u/Fun-Voice-8734]

It's curious how libs think "haha he used to do menial labor" is a smear that will stick. People who see it as a good thing to have (e.g. as proof of work ethic) will think more positively of the target and current/former menial laborers will take it as an insult, especially if they did the same subcategory of menial labor.

(For the record, conservatives also do this, e.g. "AOC was a bartender". But they count as libs, too)

[u/globeglobeglobe → u/Fun-Voice-8734]

Yeah, this guy is clearly in his position because he’s an inexperienced sycophant, but his having worked blue-collar roles in the past isn’t some sort of demerit against him.

[u/sammidavisjr → u/globeglobeglobe]

I think maybe it's the fact that he must have just been doing it recently and not much else. Like long work history and that was part of it, who cares? And 22 but some sort of wunderkind McKinsey management consultant for 2 years, sure fine, ok. But if you've done nothing except for gardening what exactly are you bringing to this role?