▲ 117 ▼ Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention (www.thedailybeast.com) submitted 1 year ago by PortoPeople@lemm.ee [M] to c/trump_watch@lemm.ee 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (1 child) If anyone wants a more thorough rundown of how useless this college grad will be in this position here is the Propublica article. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago So they cut the staffing of the agency - which deals with countering domestic terrorism - by 75% (down to just 20 people), and appointed a know-nothing to run it. Either they’re just going to use him as a useful idiot so he can target political enemies and let him be a fall guy later on, or this is an example of letting the agency falter until it fails, so there isn’t a handle on domestic terrorists. Probably both. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago So they cut the staffing of the agency - which deals with countering domestic terrorism - by 75% (down to just 20 people), and appointed a know-nothing to run it. Either they’re just going to use him as a useful idiot so he can target political enemies and let him be a fall guy later on, or this is an example of letting the agency falter until it fails, so there isn’t a handle on domestic terrorists. Probably both. permalink fedilink source parent