Summary
The Trump administration appointed 22-year-old Thomas Fugate, one year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, as interim head of DHS’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), raising alarm among experts.
CP3, once focused on preventing extremism and violence, has seen deep staff cuts and a shift in priorities toward immigration.
Fugate, a loyal Trump campaigner, replaces Army veteran Bill Braniff. Critics call his appointment symbolic of political cronyism and institutional erosion.
Amid rising extremist attacks, DHS proposes ending CP3’s $18M grant program, despite official claims prevention work continues.
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He has 15 total “experiences” (i.e. jobs/internships), all of which are either normal jobs a kid might have or interning in state government/working with trumps campaign for a couple months at a time, all of which you might expect of a kid who wants to get into law/politics. He started work 5 years ago mowing his neighbors’ lawns. Completely unremarkable. Education is a BA in “politics and law” from UT San Antonio and he did a summer “economics program” at George Mason.
Oh and his time working at the grocery store overlaps with his internships with politicians. So he either lied about the length of his employment, wasn’t doing full-time internships, or wasn’t working a significant number of part-time hours at the grocery store.
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