White male-supremacist, eugenicist, and ‘Proud Jew,’ to lead U.S. Institute of Peace

White male-supremacist, eugenicist, and ‘Proud Jew,’ to lead U.S. Institute of Peace


Politico reports:

An academic who has drawn criticism for inflammatory statements on race and praise of the Chinese government has been chosen by the Trump administration to lead the U.S. Institute of Peace.

The State Department said Friday that Darren Beattie would be acting president of the USIP, an independent, congressionally funded organization that the administration sought to eliminate earlier this year.

Beattie, who was fired from his job as a speechwriter during the first Trump administration for speaking at a conference attended by white nationalists, will keep his current role running the State Department’s worldwide public diplomacy efforts.

“We look forward to seeing him advance President Trump’s America First agenda in this new role,” the statement said. [Continue reading…]

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