Darren Beattie

Darren Beattie
Official portrait, 2025
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Acting
In office
February 4, 2025 – October 10, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byLee Satterfield (Acting)
Succeeded bySarah B. Rogers
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
Acting
Assumed office
February 4, 2025
Preceded byScott Weinhold (acting)
Personal details
PartyRepublican
Education

Darren Jeffrey Beattie is an American conservative author and diplomat working since October 2025 as a Senior Bureau Official at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He was previously acting Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs from February to October 2025.

Beattie was a visiting professor at Duke University and served as a speechwriter in the White House during the first Trump administration until 2018, when his participation in a 2016 conference featuring white nationalist speakers resurfaced. He was later appointed to the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. He is the founder of the news website Revolver News.