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demmiblue

(39,558 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 06:09 PM 18 hrs ago

Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel he didn't like his Olympics hijinks

Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was disappointed in FBI Director Kash Patel’s behavior at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and conveyed his displeasure in a conversation with him, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Patel went viral for his locker-room celebration with the U.S. men’s hockey team after its win against Canada on Sunday — the first time the U.S. team took home gold since 1980. In a video that was first posted by ProPublica, Patel, an avid hockey fan, could be seen chugging a beer and banging on a table, while yelling in an exuberant display of celebration.

Trump — who does not drink — told Patel he was unhappy not only with that scene, but also with Patel’s use of government aircraft for the trip to Milan, Italy, according to the person familiar with the matter.

The FBI declined to comment on whether Trump was upset with Patel.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-fbi-director-kash-patel-olympics-hijinks-rcna260835

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Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel he didn't like his Olympics hijinks (Original Post) demmiblue 18 hrs ago OP
Did Orange Julius Caesar whack Patel's pee-pee? generalbetrayus 18 hrs ago #1
Fucking Nazis. Cha 17 hrs ago #2
I guess that means Patel had more fun than Trump. ananda 17 hrs ago #3
So why doesn't he fire him ? JI7 17 hrs ago #4
Kashyap has read the victim(s) interviews the FBI conducted naming Trump as a sex abuser/rapist/child molester. LudwigPastorius 11 hrs ago #9
Kash redeemed himself Mz Pip 17 hrs ago #5
Tsk, Tsk republianmushroom 16 hrs ago #6
fat orange imbecile insulting the Gold Medal Women's Hockey Team was way worse wolfie001 15 hrs ago #7
Trump only hates the blowback. And Trump's sexist joke was a big cause of that blowback. SunSeeker 13 hrs ago #8
Yeah, right dalton99a 10 hrs ago #10

LudwigPastorius

(14,493 posts)
9. Kashyap has read the victim(s) interviews the FBI conducted naming Trump as a sex abuser/rapist/child molester.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:09 AM
11 hrs ago

He's got job security (for now).

Mz Pip

(28,424 posts)
5. Kash redeemed himself
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 07:16 PM
17 hrs ago

He fired all the people who were assigned to investigate the Mar a Lago classified documents case.

I’m sure all is forgiven now.

wolfie001

(7,481 posts)
7. fat orange imbecile insulting the Gold Medal Women's Hockey Team was way worse
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:02 PM
15 hrs ago

What a creep. Both of them. This whole administration of christo-fascist creepers.

SunSeeker

(58,117 posts)
8. Trump only hates the blowback. And Trump's sexist joke was a big cause of that blowback.
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:24 PM
13 hrs ago

But I'm all for Kash Patel being thrown under the bus. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

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