Oh, sweetie, you are simply not going to believe the latest hullabaloo coming out of Washington! President Trump, bless his heart, has gone and picked the most unexpected person to decide who gets to waltz into our beloved United States and who gets the boot!

Can you guess who it is? Go on, try! Well, I never! It's a woman named Mora Namdar, and get this: she's a lawyer, yes, but her other big claim to fame is owning a chain of fancy beauty salons! Heavens to Betsy, from blowouts to border patrol, who would have thought?

Grandma’s Head-Shaking Reactions

Now, I’m not saying a woman can’t do anything she sets her mind to, but really? From making sure ladies have a "Parisian heaven in Dallas" for their hair to deciding on national security visas? My goodness, back in my day, you worked your way up the ladder for decades before they gave you such a weighty responsibility!

I just imagine her looking at a visa application, thinking, "Does this person's hair fit our national aesthetic?" Oh, sweetie, I'm just teasing! But honestly, it makes you wonder what kind of world we're living in when such a pivotal role goes to someone with, shall we say, such a unique résumé for a government post of this magnitude.

It's all very… modern, isn't it? Very "you can do anything you want," even if "anything" means deciding immigration policy with a background in hair extensions and lash bars!

What Actually Happened, According to My Teacup

So, here’s the skinny, straight from the grapevines of Washington. Mora Namdar has been promoted to Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs at the State Department. This means she's in charge of everything from passports to visa approvals and even revocations. That's a big, big job, dear.

She did hold this position on an interim basis back in 2020 during President Trump's first term, so she's not entirely new to the government, mind you. Before this, she was working on Middle East foreign policy. Her beauty salons, called Bam, are quite popular in Texas, offering everything from $45 blowouts to $325 hair extensions. She even had a one-woman law firm, which, wouldn't you know it, she closed on Christmas Day.

Now, here's a tidbit that raised an eyebrow or two: she was also a contributor to that "Project 2025" everyone's been whispering about. She wrote a section criticizing the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), accusing them of "espionage-related security risks" and "anti-U.S. talking points." She even suggested shutting them down!

So, she's clearly got strong opinions, that one.

During her Senate hearing, she made it very clear that visa decisions are critical for national security, agreeing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that consular officers absolutely have the power to revoke visas if someone "undermine[s] our foreign policy." Well, that's certainly a firm stance, isn't it?

Why Grandma "Just Can't Even" Today

Honestly, sweetie, sometimes I just want to sit down with a nice slice of pie and pretend the world isn't quite so... dramatic! Her interim leadership earlier this year apparently caused "internal concerns" about management and morale in the State Department. Oh, dear. That's never a good sign, is it?

And now, with her at the helm, the administration has already started banning citizens from various European countries! Can you believe it? President Trump and Secretary Rubio announced they're being barred for "egregious" censorship of "American viewpoints" on social media. Well, I never! It sounds like we're heading for some interesting times, doesn't it?

When someone from the State Department, Tommy Pigott, defended her, he called it "shameful, pathetic, and quite frankly sexist" to talk about her career like this. And while I certainly don't want to be sexist, darling, a grandma is just allowed to gossip a little, isn't she? After all, an accomplished lawyer, business owner, and government official deciding who gets into our country is quite a story!

It's enough to make a person spill their tea, honestly. The world certainly isn't getting any less complicated, that's for sure. I suppose we'll just have to watch and see what kind of "blowouts" this new appointment brings!