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Trump considering firing Kash Patel, report says (www.mediaite.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/politics@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39313461

Donald Trump is weighing whether or not to fire Kash Patel as the FBI director in the “coming months,’ reported MS NOW on Tuesday. The report cited “three people with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity in order to speak freely.”

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[–] 48 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He looks so surprised

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    • [–] 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    “President Trump has assembled the most talented and impressive Administration in history..."

    Why do they have to talk like this? Why make an absurd claim instead of any of the more plausible positive things she could say? Are they trying to out-compete each other for the dictator's favor?

    Also, why do they all capitalize like Trump? Hold on, did Trump write this statement?

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago

    They talk like this because it's what Trump wants to hear.

    He may have written her statement directly, but it's equally likely that if someone doesn't include shit like that in a public statement, the President will personally berate them.

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    • [–] 75 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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    • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    One by one all the "house" minority pawns will be pushed out.

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    • [–] 16 points 11 months ago

    Oh please let it be a Futurama-style firing

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    [–] 15 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Yes please.

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    • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    Is it something to do with not editing the Epstein files? I'd be surprised that Patel wouldn't...

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    wellwerewaiting.gif

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Perhaps he found someone even more incompetent.

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I honestly don't give a fuck. My only hope is he whistle blows and brings down as much as shit as possible when he is fired

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    He won’t, because he lacks the spine and willpower to stand up for himself. He’s aware he’s a token hire who doesn’t want to be deported from the country he’s aiding in a grift, so he’s willing to eat crow.

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    • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    He should try writing another children's book about Trump being king and see if that helps.

    If I know anything about this president its that he loves getting his dick sucked.

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    He's so bad at investigating, he will likely be surprised when it happens!

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    [–] 56 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Lol. If he's worried about 'unflattering headlines' he should be looking at firing more than just that dude.

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  • [–] 30 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    And ofc it begs the question of which podcaster/Foxnews host/grifter will be next

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    • [–] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Every photo I see of this man he looks bewildered. Just utterly bamboozled, perplexed, flummoxed, and discombobulated.

    Maybe his second career can be as a comedic actor

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  • [–] 22 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Kash Patel looks like he’s constantly, just now, finding out that he’s gotten way too high and accidentally joined up with the Nazis and just remembered he’s a dark skinned minority named Kash Patel.

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    • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    Oh that's gonna end with Patel leaking the unredacted Epstein-Trump files.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    As if these people had the backbone required for that.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    and while i'm dreaming i'd like a pony

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    As if anyone has the backbone for that. People seem very weak and comfortable and unwilling to do anything. I've always wondered how X could have happened when looking at history. Now I know apathy.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Hey any one of us could step up and make the decision to sacrifice everything for a shot at the king in some way. I don't see anyone joining the FBI just to leak this info and spring years in prison, or advocating even more extreme actions. Anyone casting stones risks adding hypocrisy to apathy.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    No but people in the military could start refusing orders. People in power could be actually held accountable. The maximum evil could be conservative democrats but instead morons worship Trump as the country rapidly decends further(it’s already there) into fascism.

    The easiest one, especially in a recession, is that people could stop buying so much garbage from corporations. Like, do people really need to drink so much fucking bottled water from Nestle? Do they need all this crap from Amazon? Can they not wait a couple days to get something with slower shipping? Do they need to pay for Youtube Premium after the company gave tens of millions worth of aid to Israel’s propaganda machine(I cancelled mine immediately)? I straight up gave up buying most cookies and started making my own more often simply because the ones from Canada that I liked started coming plastic packages for some fucking reason.

    I’m not demanding anyone assassinate Trump but for crying out loud could ya put in the smallest amount of effort to deal with being slightly inconvenienced because you can’t get prime shipping or slam 2L bottles of cola? And if the US can’t handle those basic things then they clearly don’t want things to actually be better, or at least they aren’t willing to be even a small part of the solution. Not everyone needs to be an action hero but fucking do something.

    Also, because some smart-ass will bring it up, I’m not talking about stuff that unfortunately lacks reliable alternatives. It’s hard to get away from smartphone companies, Linux is easier every day but still has a strong reputation for being tricky, and I tried to get non-US mandolin strings but I really found the other options to lack the necessary basic level of quality(and at least their company seems to be run decently).

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    • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Part of me hopes it backfires, and Kash does something crazy like releases all the files.

    Could he do that?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    According to Kash, the files are controlled by the director of the FBI. So yeah, I'm thinking he can and should do that now while he's still director of the FBI. But I'm betting he won't because he's too much of a yesman lackey coward pissboy. Prove me wrong, Kash.

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    • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Nah, he's totally fine. We don't want yet another crazy....not Greene, please not Greene!

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    There's no way it would be Greene. They've been at each other's throat lately.

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    • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    Seeing that he fully trusts the news, can they start reporting that he's thinking of getting rid of any one and maybe it'll happen?

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    [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    is this like how Hegseth has been about to be fired since March?

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    [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    Rudy 4 Director

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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    A week after being fired:

    A Plot Against The King 4: First Blood Part I

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Hell yeah, first he’s cutting ties with the HJ, now he’s cutting Kash Patel, when Trump shoots himself in the foot the country prospers

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    If Trump shoots himself it should not be in the foot.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Hitler is a role model of his.

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    • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Just imagine how big his eyes will bug out when that happens!

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