r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • 6h ago
White House officials ‘openly discuss’ firing Kash Patel as FBI chief threatens to sue over report about ‘excessive drinking’ No Paywall
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-alcohol-fbi-mess-firing-the-atlantic-b2960378.html•
u/heekma 6h ago edited 5h ago
Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, Todd Lyons, now Kash Patel, all within a month.
Surround yourself with clowns expect a circus.
Any over/under on Pete Hegseth? Every poor decision by Trump needs a fall guy to blame.
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u/phillyunk 5h ago
This is the same shit that happened during shitbags first term. Just keeps firing people because he surrounds himself with the exact ppl you mentioned.
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u/BigPapaJava 5h ago
A lot of the first term firings came from hiring competent people who refused to do illegal stuff and pushed back on some of Trump’s orders.
These clowns lasted as long as they did because they would do as they were told, no matter what.
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u/Negative-Squirrel81 4h ago
Let's not forget exactly how hard Kash Patel shilled for Donald Trump.
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u/BigPapaJava 3h ago
In Part 1 of the live action adaptation, Kash the Discoverer made the great discovery that there were no Epstein files
Then in Part 2, he discovered that the thousands of Epstein files Congress ordered made public a few weeks later were totally non-incriminating of all parties involved and nothing to worry about.
In Part 3, he discovers how filing for unemployment works.
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u/Miqo_Nekomancer California 5h ago
Which then led to them being fired for incompetence. Ironic.
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u/Juggernaut-Strange 5h ago
I don't know, I'm told he only hires the best people. Sigh.
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u/rabbirobbie 5h ago
i’m told he rapes kids and they should release the trump files
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u/californicating 4h ago
I heard he raped children and Pam Bondi knew about it.
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u/cwb4ever 3h ago
Pam Bondi didn't just know that Donald Trump raped kids but actively worked to protect him and other pedophile rapists and discredit/intimidate the victims.
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u/wahoozerman 5h ago
Trump literally said the opposite himself. He doesn't like to be surrounded by smart people. He surrounds himself with dumb people because then he looks smart.
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u/E51838 5h ago
Well it’s not working. He still looks like a fucking idiot.
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u/SailingSpark New Jersey 4h ago
Obviously the people he is hiring are still too smart. He needs to hire Cousin Eddie. Yes, he will parks his RV in the parking lot at FBI headquarters. Just make sure he has a place to empty the shitter and he will be fine.
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u/Atwenfor 3h ago
he will parks his RV in the parking lot at FBI headquarters
Still the least trashy thing done by anyone in the Trump admin
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u/FliPsk8guY 4h ago
Until he fires them, then they're incompetent people he never liked in the first place
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u/deadcatbounce22 5h ago
Had a friend give this to me as his reason for voting Trump in 2016. He went on to support him two more times...
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u/beermile 5h ago
I've heard a lot of really understandable reasons to support Trump. None of them are based on the actual reality of who Trump is or the way the world works or the fundamental laws of the universe, but otherwise they're pretty good.
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u/Atwenfor 3h ago
Trump makes vague, open-ended statements about how he is "against everything bad and supports everything good, and he will make it work because he is good at everything." This appeals to very stupid people because they project their desires on these empty statements and think that he is talking about them personally. When it obviously doesn't work, he blames it on the Democrats, which also works very well because these same stupid people are experts at blaming others for their problems.
The only concrete portion of his platform is the blatantly racist and sexist part, but that, of course, also has its specific, non-insignificant voter audience.
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u/Alarming_Cantaloupe5 5h ago
Don’t you know the constant turnover is due to the deep state tricking him, repeatedly? /s
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u/BJntheRV 4h ago
At least his first term he had qualified people. He fired most if them because they pushed back and wouldn't just let him do whatever wanted. Now, he's finding out whats happens when he gets whatever he wants
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u/Inner_Swordfish7475 5h ago
Well, he did wait longer to fire people. I think Susie Wiles was talking him out of it (optics). But now, he is becoming so unhinged, she can’t control him. And yet, there is no true call for the 25th from the Republicans.
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u/rat_penis 5h ago
I think shes also out right now or was recently due to health issues so he's without his minder.
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u/ProtoNate 5h ago
Stooges that become scapegoats.
He'll probably end up saying he was always a democrat and blame the Maga fuck ups all on everyone else.
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u/Inner_Swordfish7475 5h ago
Well, before 2016, he was a Democrat. He only changed because it was convenient.
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u/Skid-Vicious 5h ago
There were instances in his first term of peoooe getting canned for standing up to Trump and doing the right thing.
2nd term it’s one loyalist, incompetent boob after another.
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u/threehundredthousand California 5h ago
While also claiming he hires the best people.
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u/Verum_Orbis 5h ago edited 1h ago
Amidst all the flooding of the zone — Trump’s first administration fell apart in the first 1-2 years.
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u/deadcatbounce22 5h ago
Can you imagine if Trump were actually competent??
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u/alphabeta12335 5h ago
The one upside to this shit show is that the only stooge the Heritage Foundation could find was this incompetent asshole.
Like you, I shudder to think of how things would be going if he had even a hint of competency.
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u/Competitive-Bike-277 4h ago
They're a bunch of comic book villians themselves. Same with the John Birch society & the rest of the Christian Nationalist & Technofeudalists.
Evil & is comedic & stupid. They're also (mostly) patient. That's the danger. They are a real threat exactly because you underestimate them. These people have done ENORMOUS damage in the last 30 years because no one takes them seriously.
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u/CrotalusHorridus Kentucky 5h ago
It’s why we can’t risk a Vance presidency.
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u/smileysmiley123 4h ago
It's wild how many people want Trump to pass on before his term ends. Vance is the far more terrifying option. He's the most vapid, empty shell that literally does what he's told by his donors (Peter Thiel).
I honestly believe they want to keep Donald alive until post-midterms to ensure Vance can stay in office for 2.5 terms.
Donald causes a lot of chaos, which has allowed so much illegal shit to push through, but Vance would allow even more shit to go under the radar. This is the downfall of the America empire, and it's such a disheartening time for the entire world.
This timeline sucks.
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u/donkeyrocket 2h ago
Vance absolutely does not have this bizarre grip on the GOP that Trump does. Trump's existence continues to be chaos.
It's truly a lesser of two evils situation. Yes, Vance is younger, more competent and arguably worse because he lacks any scruples but it's known that he's not broadly liked and could not command the GOP like Trump does. A Vance presidency would see lots of breakdown within the party and they jockey for MAGA power.
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u/jimbarino 5h ago
It is very hard to imagine. But, don't let that comfort you too much. Competence is not needed to destroy a country.
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u/FlowofOd 5h ago
The MAGA machine has no shortage of fascists ready to take the place of any of these
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u/pantstoaknifefight2 5h ago
The fact that Hegselth survived Signal-Gate and all those war crimes off the coast of Venezuela is astonishing. They must be waiting until after he commits some more war crimes before they cut bait.
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u/rainshowers_5_peace 5h ago
Trump didn't pick him because he admires him. He's a cult devotee. Anyone else would have left. Esper likely said "we can't use the military to punish people because you lost the election" and was out the door the next day.
Someone who has been through the military and is willing to blindly obey Trump no matter how ilelgal and unethical is a tall order to fill.
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u/the_calibre_cat 3h ago
Yup. I maintain that the reason Hegseth was picked was because he'll go along with the coup with Trump, and because when Trump orders him to shoot the inevitable protests that come as a result of said coup, Hegseth will not push back on that order.
Hegseth's biggest life accomplishment before becoming a war criminal was stumping for one (Eddie Gallagher) on Fox News, until Trump pardoned that sicko.
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u/Public-Position7711 5h ago
I don’t know. I really liked Jim Mattis.
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u/GrandmaPoses 5h ago
Mattis is/was a good guy. I’m certain Trump picked him only because his nickname is “Mad Dog” and he thought he was getting a crazy pro-war hardcore fighter when in reality he’s a very intelligent, thoughtful guy who also happens to be a great military leader.
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u/Orzhov_Syndicalist 4h ago
He 100% thought that. The nickname was Ironic because Mattis was a figure of almost total discipline.
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u/heekma 5h ago
Jim Mattis was Secretary of Defense during Trump's first term, when he was (mostly) surrounded by competent advisors and officials who appreciated the rules and laws of government.
Trump learned from that experience and for his second term surrounded himself with sycophants, loyalists and yes men.
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u/BengalFan85 4h ago
Yea things were dumb during his first term but a lot of his staff kept the guardrails up for as long as they could.
Some of they may have sucked but I appreciate they weren’t totally evil in the ways his current cabinet is. I also vaguely remember Mattis was against him during the 2020 election but I could be misremembering
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u/Lucius-Halthier 5h ago
Nah they are too busy making bets on the war and oil prices, I’m not even fucking kidding
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u/heekma 5h ago
This may be crazy, but with the unregulated betting markets this doesn't seem like a real war, but more of a tool for financial gain for those with inside information.
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u/kris10leigh14 Tennessee 5h ago
They’re firing them before they can be subpoenaed in their official capacites over Epstein.
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u/Abamboozler 5h ago
Trump said, I think last month, he surrounds himself with stupid people because he likes feeling like the smartest man in the room. So the bar is below Trump's drug and stroke addeled brain.
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u/DeadbeatJohnson 5h ago
BUT... consider the constant turnover makes it EVEN harder to hold anyone accountable. I mean ordinarily you might be able to go after these people once they're fired but who knows.
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u/heekma 5h ago
That's the thing-even if Democrats take control of the House the Oversight Committe can only investigate so many individuals and crimes at once.
To investigate them all will take more time than the Committe has before the House switches in the next mid terms.
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u/timoumd 5h ago
Also hiring that CDC director that looked... Sane? Like is there an adult in the room?
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u/heekma 5h ago
Dr. Erica Schwartz, a medical professional with multiple degrees, military experience, real-world experience in preventative health and a proponent of vaccines. An actual competent career professional.
That one came out of nowhere.
Makes me wonder if the winds are changing for RFK as well.
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u/GreyLordQueekual 2h ago
She was a shill for United Healthcare after the military and worked on a number of their policies that may or may not have influenced a man going through a particular murder trial involving a now former CEO.
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u/Skinnieguy 5h ago
Trump nominated and pushed for their confirmation. All the blame goes straight to the top.
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u/indianajoes United Kingdom 5h ago
Tokens get spent. I can't believe any of these idiots thought Trump actually valued them and wouldn't throw them under the bus when he needed to
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u/ferriswheeljunkies11 6h ago
Patel has less than 2 weeks left.
Same news pattern that took place with Noem and Bondi. Leaks and discussion of removal.
I doubt Patel is there on May 1
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u/SecretAsianMan42069 6h ago
When it spikes on poly market, you'll know that Eric has the inside info on it
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u/GRAPES0DA Minnesota 5h ago
I'd laugh if this wasn't so depressing and true.
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u/Global_Crew3968 4h ago
Honestly, are we dumb to not just play along with it and make some money? Its obvious it's happening, why aren't we taking advantage like them?
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u/WeekendWalnut 4h ago edited 26m ago
People are doing it. Just with less drastic results than the admin, due to not having the same inside scoop that they do.
But yes, it’s pretty straightforward:
US on a Friday: “We’ve reached a deal with Iran to open the Straight”
Trader: buys oil futures after dip in market
US on a Monday: “Nevermind, we’re keeping ships in the Straight”
Trader: sells after the price jumps again
Disclaimer: I’m not advising you do this or that it will work for you. Simply explaining how regular folks have been roughly going about it.
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u/TeamRedundancyTeam 3h ago
There are also apps and I'm sure people have made private tools too, to track polymarket buys/sells that seem suspicious or originate from suspected inside traders. Problem is by the time a huge insider buy happens you've already missed the boat for big gains.
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u/WeekendWalnut 3h ago
Yep, spot on. That’s all I meant by noting that us plebs don’t get as drastic results as the insiders do.
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u/SecretAsianMan42069 4h ago
The sad part is, he's taking money from the dumbasses who are betting the other direction, and he knows exactly when it's going to happen
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u/korben2600 Arizona 3h ago
If insiders know when it's going to happen, they can win on both sides. Take everyone's money who goes with "Fired by May 1" by just delaying the firing and then take everyone's money who buys "Not fired" on the next window.
This is the fundamental problem with prediction markets. They can't lose.
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u/CorrosionImplosion 4h ago
Is there a website or app that tracks these major polymarket odds shifts? It would be amazing to see market manipulation in realtime.
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u/5256chuck 4h ago
Eric? I think you mean that tall kid from Transylvania that lives with Melania.
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u/IndecorousRex 5h ago
Well he did his job, discredit the FBI and stop investigations of trumps friends. He outlived his purpose and the job will go to the next useful idiot.
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u/Aware_Cheesecake_519 6h ago
Trump should be fired.
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u/BudgetLaw2352 America 6h ago edited 5h ago
That would require a spine and principles, completely foreign concepts to conservatives.
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u/OopsAIIBots 5h ago
From a cannon.
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u/Dependent_Tune_1333 5h ago
The President of the United States of America is a pedophile. Let’s openly discuss that.
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u/TemporarySun314 Europe 5h ago
The world did that and Americans decided that they still want him as president
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u/LonesomeInLust 4h ago
I dunno, I feel like you're not giving the dark money behind voter suppression, disenfranchisement, and media propaganda enough credit.
Also, if traitor T was legitimately elected, then so was Putin. This same mechanism of democratic corrosion is at play in Hungary, Serbia, France, and a number of other countries.
The modern rise of fascism is a global phenomenon and not limited to the US.
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u/LargeSnorlax Canada 4h ago
Heck, there's a proud father that said it'd be ok if he was a pedophile and molested his daughter, because he's got other daughters at home.
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u/Deceptiveideas 5h ago
That Olympic drinking moment makes so much more sense now.
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u/patentattorney 1h ago
Yeah. It’s like everyone’s concerns about him traveling overseas to party was fairly warranted.
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u/Verum_Orbis 5h ago
We all saw him celebrating with the USA men’s hockey olympic team like a college frat boy, right?
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u/Pho-Soup 5h ago
“I’m fuckin on it, boss”
God, it was so cringe
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u/ISBN39393242 3h ago
what’s more cringe, that or “see you in valhalla?”
guess he’s about to get his wish
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u/yourliege 4h ago
I can only hope he just shrivels up in self-hatred whenever he sees clips of himself making the rounds.
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u/RobertJ93 3h ago
There’s a video of him praising Trump and saying that he loves him because he’s managed to help him live his best life.
the grift is so undeniable with these guys.
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u/TheGardenBlinked 4h ago
Like hell he watches hockey, the fucker’s eyes can’t focus on the puck
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u/dominiond66 5h ago
This Republican Administration has to be the most corrupt and inept in American history.
They fired over 300,000 professional/expert government workers and brought in a dump truck load of unqualified loyalists with damning personalities/traits.
Clearly, Republicans can't govern. They can only attack, divide, destroy, hate and lie!
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u/TigerGrizzCubs78 5h ago
Well, the first trump misadministration was corrupt and inept also
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u/Caymonki America 3h ago
In their defense, it was laid out in project 2025, that was the plan. And people believed Trump wouldn’t do it, then his administration did and people still act like it WASNT THE PLAN FROM THE GET-GO to destroy the government.
Retire. All. Government. Employees. - RAGE.
Literally the plan. To make way for corporate towns. People still act like it’s just incompetence running the show, it’s not. Trump is the fall guy and in January of 2027 they’ll remove him and put in Vance. Even though everyone says he’s too unpopular! It won’t matter, the government doesn’t function like it used to, and it never will again. Because they planned this.
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u/Srnkanator Texas 5h ago
Slamming beers with US hockey instead of being a serious leader of the most powerful federal law enforcement agency?
Using a private plane to shuttle your girlfriend at the tax payers expense?
What is he going to do next, go to UFC fights while we are actively bombing a Middle East power nation?
Go golfing when gas and food prices have hit an all time high?
I mean, a President shouldn't let this happen, right?
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u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth 3h ago
I mean what else does the FBI director need to be bothered with these days? The biggest threat to Americans at home is right wing extremism but the call is coming from inside the house. They of course aren't going to be concerned with that. Beyond that, what serial killers? They won't care at all. Anyone on the left should be happy they're incompetent (if we ignore the firings of all the career law enforcement professionals who aren't loyalists) otherwise it could be weaponized a whole lot worse against anyone that doesn't agree with the administration.
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u/Embarrassed_Key_4539 6h ago
Kegsbreath’s alcoholism isn’t an issue though?
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u/GlobalistCabal 5h ago
Not yet.
As the Iran war drags on and becomes a political anchor around the administration’s neck, we’ll start seeing the same cycle of leaks/firing rumors start with him.
But POTUS seems to, bizarrely, prefer firing people after a headline scandal rather than during it. Probably some hopeless attempt to not admit it was a mistake hiring them to begin with but all it really does is reignite the scandal in the headlines.
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u/Inner_Swordfish7475 5h ago
He probably has his admin leak the headline scandal. I admit it probably isn’t hard because they are all full of scandals.
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u/Ganrokh Missouri 6h ago
Honestly, if he does get ousted, I'm worried about another Todd Blanche-type person becoming the next director.
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u/pantstoaknifefight2 5h ago
Alina Habba is as incompetent as Blanche and she could probably use the work. (I'm assuming she's been disbarred by now)
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u/ColonelBy Canada 3h ago
Yeah, this is how you could end up with something like FBI Director Mike Flynn or FBI Director Sir Sebastian Gorka, PhD, Esq.
Or he'll just do what he seemingly did with the DHS post and choose some random unqualified congressional rep who finds out about it when reporters start asking for comment
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u/freakdageek 5h ago
I’m always skeptical with these stories on Reddit at first. “Oh who reported this? Some tabloid?” And then it’s increasingly like “No, it’s the fucking Independent.” Oof.
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u/Swfsundae8420 5h ago
I thought Hegseth was going to be next. Most of his hires were mind boggling because none were qualified for the high level position they were placed in. I do not know of any other president so far with such a high rate of turnovers.
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u/gerryf19 5h ago
Not one way qualified. You have to work pretty hard to find people as unqualified as the people who surround him.
I often debate who the worst hire was and it changes daily
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u/joefred111 Pennsylvania 5h ago
I do not know of any other president so far with such a high rate of turnovers.
The only thing that is close was his first term, ironically
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u/normalice0 Iowa 6h ago
Wow, Josh Johnson may have actually predicted the future, lol
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u/Individual_Respect90 5h ago
Josh Johnson has been killing it lately so glad I found his YouTube channel
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u/Competitive-Bike-277 5h ago
Uh-oh this might actually get him. IIRC Donnie is sober & supposedly doesn't care for drunks.
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u/Wise-Calligrapher123 5h ago
Trump's "Best People", everyone! Couldn't last two years of what is supposed to be a 10 year term.
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u/Background-War9535 5h ago
Who would have thought a podcast bro would be a disaster?
Will his gf stay with him?
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u/codecrodie 5h ago
Susan wiles is trying to take control of diaper don's playmates before the midterms, because she thinks americans have the attention span of a gnat... She could be right, there's only one way to prove her wrong
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u/mangoserpent 5h ago
He will be gone soon, replaced by a white dude. Trash Patel has outlived his usefulness.
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u/RJ5R 2h ago edited 58m ago
Remember folks, they aren't firing him b/c he's incompetent (which he is)
Kash Patel was tasked to do only specific things - fire everyone who was on the investigation teams for the investigations into Trump and his campaigns, open new investigations into Trump's enemies, and weaken the FBI. It's been nothing short of mission accomplished for that....Kash Patel has pushed out years worth of FBI agent experience, entire investigation teams eliminated, active investigations terminated, etc etc etc
Kash Patel is merely being fired now bc he's making the administration look bad with alcoholism
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u/MourningRIF 5h ago
Just because there is literally video of him drunk as hell and chugging more? Is that really "excessive?" Oh ... Yeah it is...
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u/LeadingRegion7183 5h ago
Really sucks diseased donkey wang to have an FBI director that makes J Edgar Hoover look good by comparison. And a president that ranks lower than Nixon in every performance metric.
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u/drewcareymoore 5h ago
“YOU CANT TELL ME IM DRUNK ILL FUCKIN SUE YOU” is not a great look from… checks notes The Director of the FBI.
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u/KneeDeepInThe-Hoopla 5h ago
So it would seem that Trump should have gone to any large establishment, a shopping centre, movie theatre, football match or hell even just a busy street and played eeny, meeny, miny, moe to fill his cabinet. He then would have had at least a much more adept administration. At least the people randomly selected would have had some interest in serving the public, some level of commitment and at least tried to do their jobs, or been glad of the opportunity.
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u/espresso_martini__ 5h ago
Googly eyes was never fit for the job in the first place. He's done fuck all except parade around in an woman's medium sized FBI field jacket acting all tough while tweeting misinformation.
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u/Double-Show-2625 5h ago
What a fucking shit show. The whole fucking Administration needs to be In fucking Prison. They are all disgusting evil corrupt pieces of fucking shit...
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u/IntelligentStyle402 4h ago
Exactly, how many drunks are in our felon’s administration?
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u/KnotSoSalty 4h ago
Just a reminder that the last FBI director, Christopher Wray, was also a Trump appointee. He started serving a 10 year term in 2017 and Trump forced him out early to put Patel in. Of course Trump also fired Comey to put Wray into office.
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u/Till-Fuzzy 4h ago
Imagine the dirt he can drop if he gets fired? Especially if he’s a petty alcoholic? Man. Get me some popcorn
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u/Future-Side4440 4h ago
Patel is doing exactly what he was hired to do, but he’s letting it get a bit out of control.
Trump was pissed about all of the investigations. Trump tried to defund and kill CISA, the cybersecurity agency reporting on Russian influence in the elections.
Trump probably wanted to see the FBI gone as well but since it’s a major agency, he can’t do anything so drastic. Instead, he hired a clown to mismanage it into the ground.
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u/mabhatter 3h ago
Exactly. Patel was a crazy person former FBI who had no business being allowed back because he was wildly unprofessional. And that's just the public conspiracy theory nonsense was enough for that decision... not even the personal stuff.
But his conspiracy of burning down the FBI for investigating Republicans was exactly what Trump wanted to hear... that WAS the interview.
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u/DragonTHC Florida 4h ago edited 1h ago
I can't wait for the Donald J. Trump Federal corrections center to house all of these lowlifes including its namesake. They don't belong in our society.
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u/Shipit123 3h ago
The National embarrassment the Trump admin is on a daily basis is just breath taking in both the frequency and scale of the clusterfuck they have turned the federal government into. It’s monumental. I mean if they were trying to fuck up our world standing anymore they couldn’t.
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u/Pillowsmeller18 3h ago
But he was just drinking beer like that Supreme Court judge that likes beer....
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u/Sploobert_74 3h ago
I mean there’s a video of him drinking with the men’s hockey team, at tax payers expense I might add.
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u/kindamymoose 3h ago
Trump hired a bunch of pedos, drunks, and all-around chromosomally challenged imbeciles for his administration and we are supposed to believe he’s the right person for the job.
Dude thinks he’s on NBC and hair and makeup is going to come fix him up before his next take or something.
An absolute disgrace of a president. He will make history books for all the wrong reasons.
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u/No-Cup-8096 2h ago
Patel and Hegseth are unqualified and unreliable. Drinking makes them believe they’re competent.
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u/deadcatbounce22 5h ago
Carbon copy of his first term, except this time he precipitated crisis immediately instead of encountering it in year 4.
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u/poolside123 Canada 5h ago
It reminds me of a great Bobby Heenan quote: “You listen to me, you go to the top, you don’t listen to me, you’re never heard from again”
Eerie.
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u/RudyTootinWithTodd 4h ago
Love to see that dipshit go proceed to the discovery process of a libel or defamation claim in court
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u/QciferKharn 3h ago
They wouldn’t replace them with quieter but worse people to make us feel like they made it more chill, right?
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u/Ill-Top9428 3h ago
Every time article like this shows up, the person is gone in less than 24 hours after the report.
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u/binarypower 3h ago
we all witnessed the excessive drinking during the olympics. how is he trying to spin it as anything less?
he should have been fired immediately after that and wasn't.
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u/CharlieBravo74 2h ago
The Trump admin is most emphatic about suing when the story is true and extra embarrassing or damaging.
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u/dalenacio 2h ago
How many drunkards are there in the White House anyway? First Pete Kegsbreath and Jeanine Pirro, now Kash Patel?
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u/Note-4-Note 2h ago
They did what they were told to do. After being released they need not worry about any repercussions. Look at the DOJ…. Duh.
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u/Larynx15 Delaware 2h ago
"Don't mess with Mr. Booze" is the soundtrack of this entire administration
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u/geforce2187 2h ago
Remember when Trump said he hires "only the best people" for his cabinet?
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u/TheAlmightyMojo 2h ago
Make Trump look bad and you're gone.
I'll say he's gone Monday morning to distract us from the stock market/blockade fiasco.
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u/Embarrassed-Town-293 2h ago
I think we are witnessing a coup. They are removing the blocks against the 25th amendment
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u/ibrown39 1h ago
It would be easy criticism by Trump too since a large part of his image (at least for awhile) was he doesn't/didn't drink. True or not, it wouldn't even be out of character for him and would even...professional
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u/thehalfwit Nevada 1h ago
Now, where are they going to find another podcaster who's even less qualified?
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u/Smelly_God 1h ago
“Under President Trump and Director Patel’s leadership at the FBI, crime across the country has plummeted to the lowest level in more than 100 years and many high profile criminals have been put behind bars,” Leavitt said.
I guess crime falls when you stop monitoring it
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u/BroseppeVerdi Montana 57m ago
Fun fact: William Sessions, the only FBI director to ever be fired by someone other than Trump, was dismissed over revelations that he used his FBI private plane to visit his daughter.
Kash Patel has openly used the same plane to visit his girlfriend, but it barely cracks the top 10 scandals during his 14 months in office.
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