Just recently, Carl Higbie, the ex-Navy SEAL, and a top appointee of Donald Trump resigned from the white house. Who is he and what’s his net worth?
About Carl Higbie, The Former Navy SEAL
Carl Higbie is a former US Navy SEAL who was born on the 23rd of April, 1983 in the US city of Greenwich, Connecticut. Carl Higbie had a challenge with his education and could not see it through in college but dropped out in 2005 to join the military. Eventually, Carl Higbie fell in Love with the Navy and later joined the Navy SEALS. Carl Higbie had an eventful career as a member of the Navy SEAL but not without some hiccups. He attained the rank of Petty Officer First Class (E-6 grade) having being involved in the capture of Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi in 2009. When the SEALs was alleged to have physically abused Ahmad in the process leading to his capture, it was Carl Higbie that supplied character information which saw the SEALs acquitted from a court-martial. You can’t take it from him, Carl Higbie is a veteran. He has held some very important positions in the US polity and the next five facts will do justice to that. Here are five hot facts about Carl Higbie.
1. Carl Higbie Resigned For His Bigoted Comments
Carl Higbie was until recently President Trump’s Chief of External Communications for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). The CNCS has a lot of mandates some of which include coming up with plans to combat poverty; helping to improve education and the environment, and several other unmet needs of the people. Being the head of the External Communications for this body, Carl Higbie was not only its public image but that of the Trump’s administration also at least to a length. Unfortunately, prior to Carl Higbie joining politics and administration, he had made several bigoted comments on an internet show, “Sound of Freedom” which he ran then about Muslims, immigrants, women, and race. Carl Higbie did not hide his disgust for these groups and was particularly quoted as saying “Hey, everybody with a gun if you want to go (and) shoot people coming across our border illegally, you can do it for free.” That’s not all. Carl Higbie was also quoted saying “I just don’t like Muslim people because their ideology sucks.” These and many more sexist and racist comments were unearthed by CNN’s investigation team (Kfile) and made available to the public. What would Carl Higbie do seeing that his past has been uncovered? Of course, he resigned honorably. Talk about Karma! However, Carl Higbie later came out to apologize stating that these comments do not represent in the true sense what he stands for.
2. Carl Higbie Was President Trump’s Spokesperson Surrogate During Election Campaign
There seems to be a very cordial relationship between the US President, Donald Trump, and this former Navy SEAL, Carl Higbie. When the US Presidential campaigns were on and hot in 2016, Carl Higbie was pivotal in selling the Trump’s ideology to the American people. Carl Higbie worked then as the spokesperson for Great America PAC, which was a political action committee group concerned with selling Trump’s candidacy then. Often, while acting in this capacity, Carl Higbie would speak as President Donald Trump himself.
3. Carl Higbie Is The Author Of Two Books
When a military man decides to put pen to paper, you can be sure it will be loaded. Carl Higbie has two books to his credit and they are “Battle on The Home Front: A Navy SEAL’s Mission to Save the American Dream” which was published in 2012 and “Enemies, Foreign and Domestic: A SEAL’s Story” which came out from the press in 2016. “Battle on The Home Front: A Navy SEAL’s Mission to Save the American Dream” was Carl Higbie’s recount of his military exploits and experience. The book reveals Carl Higbie’s allegiance and love for the United States and he called on everyone to defend the constitution always. Not very many people seem to know the real story of the SEAL capturing Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi, the renowned “Butcher of Fallujah” and the role Carl Higbie played in that mission. “Enemies, Foreign and Domestic: A SEAL’s Story,” tells the true story behind the operation without leaving behind the controversy that surrounded it also. The book equally sheds light on how Carl Higbie was accused of abusing the captured suspect and how he (Carl Higbie) was stripped of his honor before being able to regain it.
4. Carl Higbie Once Ran For The US Congress
Yes, that was in 2014, although it needs to be clarified that Carl Higbie did not eventually win his party’s ticket to run for Connecticut’s 4th congressional district congress election. There were two other contestants in Carl Higbie’s Republican Party that were also eyeing the seat with him. These ones had by far enough money to get the support needed than Carl Higbie and in the long run, Dan Debicella, who was a state senator, won the party’s ticket but eventually lost to Democrat Jim Himes.
5. Carl Higbie’s Net Worth?
Unfortunately, that information is not available. Carl Higbie’s net worth has not been put forward by any of the net worth estimating bodies. However, judging by the offices that Carl Higbie has held and his work at the US Navy, we can infer even without having his official net worth that Carl Higbie’s account is not in red and probably may never be.
Closing Thoughts
Recent events in Carl Higbie’s life reveal to us just how one’s past can catch up with one’s present. Carl Higbie made those derogatory statements perhaps without the thought that it could later boomerang against him in the future. Everyone can certainly learn something from that.
