ICE Paid Famous Motivational Speaker for ‘Leadership Training’
By Ken Klippenstein
At the same time that the Trump administration authorized its controversial border separation policy, morale at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have received a boost from an unlikely source: a famous motivational speaker with a history of criticizing President Trump.
ICE awarded a $98,000 no-bid contract for “customized Simon Sinek leadership training” to take place between April 26 and May 15, according to federal procurement records reviewed by TYT. It was on May 7 that the government officially began implementing its policy of separating undocumented immigrant families.
Sinek is a well-known motivational speaker, perhaps best known for his New York Times bestseller, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. To give you a sense of his fame, according to Sinek’s website, his first TED talk “rose to become the third most watched on TED.com, with over 37 million views and subtitled in 46 languages.” (TED’s website shows that Sinek’s talk has racked up over 39 million views.)
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At the same time that the Trump administration authorized its controversial border separation policy, morale at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have received a boost from an unlikely source: a famous motivational speaker with a history of criticizing President Trump.
ICE awarded a $98,000 no-bid contract for “customized Simon Sinek leadership training” to take place between April 26 and May 15, according to federal procurement records reviewed by TYT. It was on May 7 that the government officially began implementing its policy of separating undocumented immigrant families.
Sinek is a well-known motivational speaker, perhaps best known for his New York Times bestseller, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. To give you a sense of his fame, according to Sinek’s website, his first TED talk “rose to become the third most watched on TED.com, with over 37 million views and subtitled in 46 languages.” (TED’s website shows that Sinek’s talk has racked up over 39 million views.)
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