US EditionTrump Appoints 22-Year-Old to Lead Terror Prevention
- As of 2025, 22-year-old Thomas Fulgate, a recent college graduate, leads a Department of Homeland Security office responsible for combating domestic terrorism and violence prevention initiatives.
- His appointment follows drastic staff reductions and a shift in DHS priorities toward immigration, causing alarm amid a spring surge in extremist violence across the U.S.
- Fulgate has no apparent national security experience, having interned at the Heritage Foundation and worked on the Trump campaign, while CP3 oversees an $18 million grant program to combat violent extremism.
- Critics call the hire "putting the intern in charge" and warn, "We're entering very dangerous territory," citing recent attacks including shootings of Israeli embassy staff and a car bombing in California.
- This appointment and DHS's deprioritization of terrorism prevention suggest growing risks as experts warn that continued attacks may expose cracks in the nation’s counterterrorism efforts.
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Donald Trump's new anti-terror chief is a former gardener born after 9/11
Thomas Fugate pictured at a Republican rally during Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign Meet Thomas Fugate, former gardener, supermarket assistant and now, the man reportedly tasked by Donald Trump with tackling US extremism. At the mere age of 22, Fugate was born after the 9/11 Al-Qaeda attacks – but he has just been handed one of the most complex jobs in American national security. It is the kind of a career jump that raises an eyebrow e…
Trump names 22-year-old to lead major terrorism prevention centre
Thomas Fugate, a 22-year-old recent college graduate with no counterterrorism or leadership experience, has been appointed to lead the DHS’s Centre for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3). This has sparked concerns given its critical role in domestic terrorism prevention.
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