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highplainsdem

(60,610 posts)
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 10:41 AM Jun 2025

Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin [View all]

Source: Telegraph via Yahoo

A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin, The Telegraph can reveal.

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He has been noted for his focus on destroying the agency tasked with tackling Kremlin propaganda.

Mr Beattie, the acting under-secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, is married to a woman whose uncle has taken several roles in Russian politics and once received a personal “thank you” message from Vladimir Putin.

In the years before joining the government, Mr Beattie wrote social media posts suggesting Western institutions should be “infiltrated” by Putin, while he also attacked what he described as the “globalist American empire”.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-official-shut-down-russia-095504636.html



He said that having non-woke China and anti-woke Russia competing with America is "not a bad thing."

He also posted on social media that the US shouldn't support Taiwan, according to the article.

I did some googling and quickly found this.

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2025/02/05/2003831373

Beattie was terminated as a speech writer for Trump after the Washington Post in 2018 reported that he had spoken at a conference attended by well-known white nationalists.

Posts by Beattie on X have advocated for white men being in charge and questioned US policy toward Taiwan.

In a post in October last year, Beattie wrote that the US' national ideology is based on "coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men," and that "competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work."

He questioned US policy toward Taiwan, saying that the nation was "inevitably" going to belong to China, and that it was "not worth expending any capital to prevent."


Oh, and this bigot has also called for sterilization of what he calls "low-IQ trash":
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/darren-beattie-trump-state-department-b2696297.html
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No vetting. Bayard Jun 2025 #1
Likely hired because of ruskie allegiance SheltieLover Jun 2025 #4
That sort of vetting. Harker Jun 2025 #17
Yup SheltieLover Jun 2025 #18
This racist bum brakester Jun 2025 #20
Yup! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #21
Should have never have been hired, but he was certainly vetted. They were counting on not drawing any attention ... marble falls Jun 2025 #5
I'm sure he was highly recommended. 70sEraVet Jun 2025 #13
What a surprise. Ocelot II Jun 2025 #2
Shocking SheltieLover Jun 2025 #3
Even If He Didn't Instinctively Gravitate Towards the Bottom of the Barrel Labelled "Scum" The Roux Comes First Jun 2025 #6
Real competent white men aren't afraid of women and minorities and aren't demoralized because of them. chowder66 Jun 2025 #7
Every 80-100 years Iamscrewed Jun 2025 #8
MAGA traitors! Martin68 Jun 2025 #9
But he doesn't have the to connection to Russia republianmushroom Jun 2025 #10
Who could've guessed? sakabatou Jun 2025 #11
2016 GOP: Don't you fucking dare question our ties to Russia! Initech Jun 2025 #12
Clearly a Man among MAGAts. flashman13 Jun 2025 #14
Sucks to have a govt run by a bunch of treasonous assholes mdbl Jun 2025 #15
No words Hekate Jun 2025 #16
Yeah, that one was so obvious I knew they'd eventually figure it out Warpy Jun 2025 #19
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Jun 2025 #22
Did he or has he been brought in to answer some questions in the Intelligence committees so he can turbinetree Jun 2025 #23
No surprise. Baitball Blogger Jun 2025 #24
Darren Beattie calimary Jun 2025 #25
All roads lead to the Kremlin. Some have been bombed out though. twodogsbarking Jun 2025 #26
Entire GOP may as well raise the Russian flag above the white House. Torchlight Jun 2025 #27
Oh, for fuck's sake! n/t SpankMe Jun 2025 #28
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