his experience at Four Seasons Total Landscaping also helped

He interned in DreamWorks as a face model

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Looks like Pete Campbell from Mad Men.

We really do our best to be equal opportunity here. But none of that DEI shit.

No, he's a poly-sci graduate: moldable lump of clay setup by the Heritage Foundation to sink or swim. Seems like he hasn't screwed up badly enough to be coat-hooked offstage just yet.

He seems like he's as incredulous about his position as the rest of us are. like "Really? Me? fucken really?"

It is a Trump bootlicker thing.

There's a reason that the minimum age to run for president is 35. But rules and regulations don't matter anymore.

This guy looks like he’s about to play his best Yugioh card

Not necessarily a nepo hire, but they are scraping the barrel.

Project 2025's playbook was to fire all the existing people in the federal government and replace them with Trump loyalists. To that end, they created a list of pre-vetted replacements.

Problem is, those people are vetted for loyalty first, and competence a distant second. Also, a lot of them likely have jobs already that are more lucrative than a federal position. In other cases, their circumstances change in the months in between vetting and the offer becoming concrete. So even though they may have a few thousand people on the list, a big chunk of them aren't going to accept when the time comes. Those that do aren't necessarily going to be qualified in any way.

What may be surprising here is that they're scraping the bottom so quickly. You'd think out of several thousand possibilities, they could find someone more qualified than this guy.

This tends to be destructive in the short term, because incompetent people are making important decisions. In the long term, it's one of the self-defeating factors of fascism. A system just can't work this way, but it can destroy the rest of society before it implodes on itself.

Context is key. Those jobs are his only qualifications.

I mean being 22 and having that work history is pretty relevant. How else are they going to make the case that he's nowhere near qualified enough for the position?

I would not hire this person as a repair technician based on that resume. Am I discriminating? Yes, in the same sense that all hiring discriminates for skills and experience.

I would never hire someone like this for risk analysis, risk abatement, or political communications.

How is this not completely fucking obvious to everyone?

Kakistocracy

Unless that’s his entire CV because at 22 yo, because what could he have done to merit such a critical role in the government?

All work dignifies but not all work prepares you for nation impacting decisions.

Listing previous work is pretty standard when getting a job, also shows his prior qualifications which I think we're entitled to know.