Meet Thomas Fugate, former gardener, supermarket assistant and now, the man reportedly tasked by Donald Trump with tackling US extremism.

At the mere age of 22, Fugate was born after the 9/11 Al-Qaeda attacks – but he has just been handed one of the most complex jobs in American national security.

It is the kind of a career jump that raises an eyebrow even under the shock-and-awe tactics within the Trump administration.

The recent graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio is currently heading up the Centre for Prevention Programmes and Partnerships at the Department for Homeland Security (DHS), as first reported by ProPublica.

He landed a position on the president’s campaign in 2024, and was later hired by DHS in February.

Also known as CP3, the division within DHS plays a vi

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