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Darren Beattie + Gavin Wax: new white nationalist tag team at State Department
Darren Beattie has been at State since the beginning of the Trump Administration. He is a disgusting bigot and conspiracy theorist. You can read more about him in this Bulwark article.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-once-fired-him-for-palling-around-white-nationalists-darren-beattie
What's new is that Gavin Wax has quietly been made Beattie's Chief of Staff.
Wax is, well, also a disgusting bigot and conspiracy theorist. We've written a little about him, but you can also just Google his name and find plenty on how awful he is.
https://ktb2025.substack.com/p/the-fellas-at-the-freakin-fcc
Sure great that these are the guys in charge of U.S. "public diplomacy," i.e. shaping how the world sees America.