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Eugene

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Sun Jun 15, 2025, 07:20 PM Jun 15

Fox News Lackey Ariel Abergel, 25, Is Running Trump's 79th Birthday Parade (and America250) [View all]

Source: The Daily Beast

Fox News Lackey, 25, Is Running Trump’s 79th Birthday Parade

Farrah Tomazin
Fri, June 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM EDT4 min read

A 25-year-old former Fox & Friends producer has been tasked with overseeing President Donald Trump’s lavish military parade and putting on an even bigger bash next year: America’s 250th birthday.

Ariel Abergel graduated from college in 2021, briefly worked at the White House during Trump’s first term, and cut his teeth as a young producer on the popular morning show that catapulted the career of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

In an Instagram post marking his departure from Fox earlier this year, Steve Doocy reminisced about a trip they had taken through snowy Iowa, affectionately referring to him as “Ari the driver” and “an actual friend and wonderful producer.”

Now, he’s the executive director of America250, an initiative that was set up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4 next year.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-lackey-25-running-013109100.html

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