Mora Namdar, whose parents are Iranian immigrants, was sworn as the State Department’s new assistant secretary for the Bureau of Consular Affairs
Donald Trump has promoted Mora Namdar — an attorney, part-time salon owner and former Project 2025 author — in a senior role that oversees visa approvals, issuing passports, and is responsible for the welfare of U.S. citizens overseas.
Namdar, of Texas, whose parents are Iranian immigrants, was sworn in this week as the State Department’s new assistant secretary for the Bureau of Consular Affairs after working on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa within the agency.
The 38-year-old’s new role could see her deciding the fates of migrants applying for visas who have been critical of the Trump administration, according to testimony she gave before a Senate committee in October.
I don’t understand how people don’t get this. The incompetence is the point. Bannon openly said it early on. They want it all to break. They are TRYING for this. Her being bangable to the MAGA crowd is just a nice perk.
So, you consider an author of Project 2025, a lawyer, former diplomatic consul, and owner of a salon chain to be incompetent? The whole salon chain thing is brought in as she isn’t serious, when she’s running a business as well as being a fully employed lawyer. This is just as disingenuous as referring to AOC as a former bartender.
I don’t question her competence, just like I don’t question her malice.
What makes you think being a good salon owner will translate into being good in this role? That’s why it’s brought up. That’s what she has experience in. Even the best basketball player of all time sucked ass at baseball, and those are both sports even!
I didn’t say she was a good choice, I said she was generally competent. And her being a salon owner has no bearing one way or another, just like AOC having been a bartender has no bearing on her qualifications to be in Congress. AOC’s degree in international relations and economics is what gives her credibility in her role. Likewise, Namdar’s law degree, having practiced law, and having been acting Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs are what gives her credibility in this role.
If you want to bring up whether she will have enough time on her day to perform her government role well while running a business, that’s a great argument. But if that was the argument being made, they wouldn’t have diminished her role. She isn’t merely a part-time salon owner. She is a full-time government employee who is also the owner of a chain of salons. One makes her look unsuited to the role, the other makes her look like she may have too much on her plate. So, do you think it was an accident they cast her in the light they did? And even if they did try to portray her as too busy to do the job justice, how is that any different from Elon and DOGE, or the President?
Again, if you’re questioning her competence, you are being led by the nose down what is likely a false path. This doesn’t diminish what she can accomplish given her likely malice, seeing as how she has decided to, once again, work for Trump in this role.
Let me guess - it’s because Taco considers her bang-able? Right?
She’s not white so no, it’s because she’s part of project 2025.
my dad (overseas) has a reprieve in his medical situation and I want my family to come visit for the first time in a decade and he’s worried that because he doesn’t have a social media profile (he’s in his mid 70s) he’ll get turned away at the border.
So goddamn aggravating.
I think the most important detail here is she’s a project 2025 co-author.
She touched that lil cheeto
I’m absolutely certain her looks had no impact on the decision making process.
Not sure why this song sprang to mind.
This would also be appropriate.
It’s extra funny when you realize how filtered this picture is towards that Mar-a-Lago look. She’s definitely pretty, but she doesn’t look like this
