Darren Beattie, a former Donald Trump speechwriter who was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by White nationalists, has been elevated to a top job at the State Department,

Beattie was fired from his role as a White House speechwriter in 2018 after it emerged that he had attended a white nationalist event in 2016. He had appeared on a panel with Brit

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."

Trump speechwriter Darren Beattie was fired in 2018 after speaking at a conference attended by white nationalists. Now, he's got a top State Department job.

President Trump has named his former speech writer Darren Beattie to a senior position at the State Department. Beattie was fired in 2018 after CNN reported he’d spoken at a conference attended by white nationalists.

Trump tapped Beattie to serve as the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. In his role, Beattie is responsible for “lead [ing] America’s public diplomacy outreach” related to counterterrorism and violent extremism, according to the State Department website. But here’s the kicker...

He seems to hate the American idea of freedom. He praises authoritarian regimes. And he’s in charge of our public diplomacy.