Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS
Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, adores the proud, violent misogynist Andrew Tate. He calls the alleged child rapist “the embodiment of the ancient ideal of excellence.”
Rachel Cauley, the communications director for the Office of Management and Budget, served on the board of the Patriot Freedom Project, which has on its syllabus The White Nationalist Manifesto.
Ed Martin at the Justice Department lavished praise on the Neo-Nazi Timothy Hale-Cusanelli in August, 2024, calling him an “extraordinary man” and “extraordinary leader.” He also gave Hale-Cusanelli an award for his work promoting “God, family and country.”
And of course Trump’s federal government is shot through with men accused of sexually abusing women and girls, including Elon Musk, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as well as Linda McMahon, a woman alleged to have enabled such abuse.
So there are now multiple avowed white nationalists, white supremacists, and virulent antisemites serving as officials in Trump’s administration. As it happens, many of the government officials, including Trump, are also sexual predators. How did we get here? This development tracks with the rise of the Internet.
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