Baby-faced assassin: the 29-year old at the heart of Trump's 'deep state' purge

[Judi Lynn]

Johnny McEntee, an ex-college quarterback, heads a sweeping White House effort to purge the civil service and install loyalists

Tom McCarthy in New York

@TeeMcSee Email
Wed 26 Feb 2020 04.00 EST

Johnny McEntee may never surpass the fame he garnered in 2011 as a college football quarterback starring in a viral trick shot video of him throwing footballs great distances into trash cans that racked up more than 7m views.

Now, as the recently named White House director for presidential personnel, McEntee, 29, has been put in charge by Donald Trump of canning federal employees – not footballs – suspected of harboring secret anti-Trump sentiments.

McEntee summoned cabinet liaisons to the White House last week to tell them to root out Trump critics in their ranks, according to reporting by Axios. McEntee has also put a freeze on political appointments and told colleagues that the White House would be selecting cabinet deputies from now on, according to the New York Times.

The sudden conferral on the young McEntee, a former close personal aide to the president and reported favorite of the first lady, of such broad power over thousands of civil service careers is highly unusual in the history of US government, according to public administration experts.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/26/johnny-mcentee-trump-purge-civil-service-deep-state

[lapfog_1]

1. I am so f'ing happy that I no longer work for the federal government

I think I'd be losing it right now if someone was checking my social media posts or attempting to find out if I was a loyal trumper or not.

[underpants]

2. Pretty impressive football video

That's about it

[3Hotdogs]

3. Do civil service regulations protect any of them?

O.T.O.H., the federal budget personnel payroll will substantially decline. If he does his job, there will be no one left to be paid.

I doubt any federal employees support the orange asshole.