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White House official locks account, deletes posts after an ill-advised criticism of Iran mission

June 25, 2025 | | Print Article

Talk of the “Deep State” may have put a White House official in deep trouble as his social media was quickly scrubbed following comments on a supposedly “pointless” action from the president.

The unifying promises of mass deportations and DOGE cuts appeared to be countered by the divided response among GOP figures on President Donald Trump’s strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. While some talk was tempered by the announcement of a ceasefire, Andrew Kloster, general counsel for the Office of Personnel Management, wound up locking his account and deleting posts after seemingly suggesting the commander-in-chief had been swayed by conspiratorial forces.

“I apologize and will never again doubt the power of the deep state,” wrote the attorney who served in Trump’s first term, as well as for then-Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s congressional office from Feb. 2023 until his Nov. 2024 resignation.

The New York Post detailed that the remark had been posted within a half-hour of Trump publicly revealing the success of the B-2 bomber mission on Iran’s nuclear facilities, which ultimately proved key in bringing about a ceasefire between the Islamist regime and Israel.

Elsewhere, an X user responded to The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis’ question, “Is America safer?” by posting, “If striking Iran runs the risk of WWIII or terrorism by Iran, then Iran’s nuclear sites being crushed seems a long-term benefit for the US.”

Kloster opined on the latter by asserting, “No I think it was just kind of pointless.”

The member of The Federalist Society, which the president slammed in May over “bad advice” when it came to recommending judicial nominations, also reshared a post from the former spokesperson for prison-bound former New York Rep. George Santos (R), Vish Burra who wrote, “Can we please ignore this god-forsaken region of Earth and their tribal squabbles?”

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Opinions from the OPM attorney came as billionaire Elon Musk recently expressed his own distaste for the White House Presidential Personnel Office Director, Sergio Gor, referring to the man as a “snake” who “deliberately lied about where he was born on Federal forms” before going as far as to suggest the official may be a Russian spy.

Meanwhile, in April, the president reminded the public of Day One action taken to clean up the executive branch by posting to Truth Social that “the highest standards of conduct and performance” were to be upheld by career employees.

“If these government workers refuse to advance the policy interests of the President, or are engaging in corrupt behavior, they should no longer have a job,” said Trump. “This is common sense, and will allow the federal government to finally be ‘run like a business.’ We must root out corruption and implement accountability in our Federal Workforce!”

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Word of Kloster’s posts and his decision to switch his account to private set off alarms for many who suggested, “It is unacceptable to keep individuals like that on the White House payroll, unless, of course, the whole point of these people being there is sabotage.”

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