U.S. State Department hire Darren Beattie wrote on X: "Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work. Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men."

On Monday, he started a new position as an under secretary in the State Department, joining the ranks of Trump’s “competent white men.” Beattie arrives just as Trump battles DEI and Elon Musk terrorizes federal employees with the assistance of his young engineers.

“Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work,” he wrote in an October post on X. “Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.”

If you thought that Marco Rubio would be a voice of reason within the larger Trump administration, you may want to reconsider your opinion. According to reporting by Semafor, the former Florida Senator will appoint Darren Beattie as acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy.