Ray From Cleveland
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I am always pro Trump but I'm not so partisan that I can't call out the stupid shit he does.
What stupid shit did he do? I don't know this guy, so I dug into his past. Here is what I found:
McAleenan practiced law in the private sector from 1998 until 2001, when terrorist attacks that September motivated him to apply to work for the FBI. He was recruited to help start up the new CBP Office of Antiterrorism, eventually becoming its executive director.[1]
In 2006, he became CBP's area director of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).[9] During his time as the port director of LAX, he was responsible for the security operations for that airport as well as 17 other airport facilities.[8] After two years in private consulting, McAleenan returned to CBP in 2010, leading field operations. In 2011 McAleenan became the assistant commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations.[8] [10] In this position he was in charge of airport operations and was responsible for securing the US border while ensuring lawful trade and travel at 329 ports of entry in the United States of America, as well as 70 international locations in more than 40 countries.[8]
McAleenan served as deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection from 2014 to 2017.
So I don't know how you can say Trump did stupid shit by hiring a guy like this. It seems to me he was not political, and 911 inspired him to serve his government.
Unless somebody can show me a reliable source that this guy couldn't be trusted, or had a bias, I can only say that Trump made a good choice by hiring him.
Trump is the President, not a fortune teller.