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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Hey baby. Wanna see my Funko Pop collection?"
I wish this was a joke.
It's not.
Link to tweet
Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowskis
22 year old Trump campaign worker Thomas Fugate, who has been appointed by Trump to lead a DHS counter-terrorism unit.
8:46 AM · Jun 5, 2025 10.8K View
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"Hey baby. Wanna see my Funko Pop collection?" (Original Post)
Tommy Carcetti
Jun 2025
OP
From dailybeast: neighborhood gardener just five years ago and in a grocery store as recently as August 2023,
Demovictory9
Jun 2025
#1
He seems like a jackass just from his photo. He'll get the unqualified bureaucrat fragging from his true believer ...
marble falls
Jun 2025
#6
Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)1. From dailybeast: neighborhood gardener just five years ago and in a grocery store as recently as August 2023,
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.
harumph
(3,115 posts)2. Ah, Thomas Ferkakte
GoCubsGo
(34,674 posts)3. Taking this job will be the biggest mistake this little prick
ever made in his life. I doubt he's smart enough to realize it. No trying to imitate Dear Leader in his "official" photo is going to help him in the end.
marble falls
(71,104 posts)6. He seems like a jackass just from his photo. He'll get the unqualified bureaucrat fragging from his true believer ...
... MAGA minions soon enough. I hope they arm him so he can shoot his toe off in front of his bros at a party.
GoCubsGo
(34,674 posts)7. That's if the fragging doesn't come from the career civil servants
who are stuck working under him first, figuratively, of course.
marble falls
(71,104 posts)10. I just mentioned the lower hanging fruit, I think they'll act quicker than the those who honestly labor for the people.
He'll be on Fox in 10 years, making high six-figures.
LeftinOH
(5,619 posts)4. If you zoom out to see the full headshot, you'll see that he's qualified:
He's wearing a flag pin. They don't give those out to just anybody.
/S
Torchlight
(6,320 posts)5. Youthful and energetic, for certain
Everything else not so much.
Polybius
(21,521 posts)8. Hey, I've got a few Funko Pop's myelf!
Vinca
(53,365 posts)11. That's insane. The guy doesn't look bright enough to cook a microwave meal let alone lead a DHS unit.