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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,213 posts)
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:26 AM Dec 2025

Kash Patel's meltdown over a jacket

The damaging new dossier, obtained by the New York Post's Miranda Devine, detailed an embarrassing tantrum Patel allegedly threw after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Patel reportedly flew into Provo, Utah, on September 11, the day after the assassination, and refused to 'disembark from the plane without an FBI raid jacket.'
He did not have his own, and was so concerned about the optics that he pulled Salt Lake City FBI field agents from the investigation and ordered them to find him a medium-sized jacket.

They eventually tracked down one he could wear but embarrassingly, it belonged to a female agent.

Patel was reportedly fuming when he received the jacket and erupted when he noticed 'two areas on the upper sleeves did not have Velcro patches attached', and still refused to step off the plane.

Ultimately, 'members of an FBI SWAT Team took patches off their uniforms and ran those patches over' to stop Patel's outburst.
Only then did he disembark the plane, the report claims. 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15340879/kash-patel-FBI-explosive-report-dan-bongino.html

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Kash Patel's meltdown over a jacket (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 OP
LOL 😂 Emile Dec 2025 #1
It's all about the self-important optics. Costumes, and scripted speeches/talking points. Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #2
Exactly roscoeroscoe Dec 2025 #44
that describes the entire Trump administration DBoon Dec 2025 #51
Most likely, he gave popsdenver Dec 2025 #62
Second airplane carries her costumes, hair extensions, botox injections, stylist, beautician, Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #64
She truly was getting to be popsdenver Dec 2025 #68
I always wonder what these gals had to do to in their job interview with Trump. Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #70
Like I've always said popsdenver Dec 2025 #71
Like I always said Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #72
This is the LilElf70 Dec 2025 #3
Dems should do what Repubs do, and use their full names as a negative: Kashyap Pramod Patel TheBlackAdder Dec 2025 #69
Did Der orange Fuhrer teach him the CRY BABY antics? KS Toronado Dec 2025 #4
Who's Charlie Kirk? Gimpyknee Dec 2025 #5
Just Days After He Was Killed... ProfessorGAC Dec 2025 #29
Charlie Kirk? I think he was EriKKKa Vance's first husband... GopherGal Dec 2025 #73
Still never heard of him... Smackdown2019 Dec 2025 #74
Interesting that this is being reported in a Rupert Murdoch paper. Scrivener7 Dec 2025 #6
Feels like Kash, Pete, and Bondi won't make it to season 2 newdeal2 Dec 2025 #13
R.upert must have received the word, dirty Patel's image. dem4decades Dec 2025 #28
boy, they sure like to play dress up. Javaman Dec 2025 #7
The thing is.... SergeStorms Dec 2025 #76
Optics... 2naSalit Dec 2025 #8
Such infantile behavior... GiqueCee Dec 2025 #9
For 'the clothes' to 'make the man', 70sEraVet Dec 2025 #10
'Petty Kash' is almost as insecure as the Felon who gave him an important job to fail miserably at attempting Attilatheblond Dec 2025 #19
Well considering we first heard of him as vanlassie Dec 2025 #55
What a total ass. Vinca Dec 2025 #11
Waaaaaaah, I want my binkey. twodogsbarking Dec 2025 #12
Miranda Devine is a MAGA propagandist. speak easy Dec 2025 #14
Given J Edgar Hoover's "leanings" it is appropriate that yellowcanine Dec 2025 #15
As much as I hate(d) Hoover, the cross-dressing thing was invented by Truman Capote. But Hoover was a closeted gay and Dave Bowman Dec 2025 #37
I guess he is scared of a rapid deportation IbogaProject Dec 2025 #16
The Cosplay element of this entire administration is mind boggling. NoMoreRepugs Dec 2025 #17
A ten dollar man in a hundred dollar coat is still a ten dollar man. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 2025 #18
Both Patel and Noem are cosplayers ... and they're trying to out do one another FakeNoose Dec 2025 #20
Keystone Kash. Cosplaying as always. Queso Delicioso Dec 2025 #21
He's a Larper Renew Deal Dec 2025 #22
I still want to know mgardener Dec 2025 #23
Stefanik is pissed that Danascot Dec 2025 #45
My god, the boss from hell PatSeg Dec 2025 #24
they don't think or say anything that they might set off the polygraph. rampartd Dec 2025 #46
Good point PatSeg Dec 2025 #65
Instead of running around, looking for a jacket and patches, they should have told him 3Hotdogs Dec 2025 #25
We. Are. Doomed. czarjak Dec 2025 #26
Just give Baby Kash one of these, pat him on his bony little ass, and send him out to play. NBachers Dec 2025 #27
Our wonderful government Timewas Dec 2025 #30
So kash literally wears an empty suit BOSSHOG Dec 2025 #31
It's hilarious that Patel thinks anyone is looking at anything other than his crazy eyes. dem4decades Dec 2025 #32
Did he remember to bring his tiny chair? Kid Berwyn Dec 2025 #33
My guess is if the jacket kairos12 Dec 2025 #34
"I am not an illegal Indian immigrant. I AM DIRECTOR OF THE FBI!!!" dalton99a Dec 2025 #35
Aww he just wanted to play dress up. How old is he? 10? Dave Bowman Dec 2025 #36
Gotta love that ID badge. Norrrm Dec 2025 #38
Patel is a baby LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 #39
Oh my god MustLoveBeagles Dec 2025 #40
The fact that this story got out shows that at least one person in the FBI does not like him. John1956PA Dec 2025 #41
Here it is... Prairie Gates Dec 2025 #42
When optics are more important than performance... Wounded Bear Dec 2025 #43
That's a nice jacket Boo1 Dec 2025 #47
LOL! Bayard Dec 2025 #60
LMAO! Every single one of the Felon's choices is so damaged. Buddyzbuddy Dec 2025 #48
ITA. Felon47 has the highest turnover rate of Ilsa Dec 2025 #75
Kashyap Pramod Patel... have you heard of him? Blue Owl Dec 2025 #49
Patal, just another Trump loving weirdo. BradBo Dec 2025 #50
Would anyone here really expect Manson Eyes to behave normally? SheltieLover Dec 2025 #52
Lol MustLoveBeagles Dec 2025 #53
What the hell Traildogbob Dec 2025 #54
One wardrobe malfunction and suddenly these cosplayers act as if Torchlight Dec 2025 #56
Poor baby Cherokee100 Dec 2025 #57
I can't wait for his humiliation after being fired. Wipe that arrogant smug look right off his face. Marie Marie Dec 2025 #58
That bug-eyed shithead is trying to outdo Kristi Noem in the cosplay department. LudwigPastorius Dec 2025 #59
Pathetic JoseBalow Dec 2025 #61
Remember when Gingrich threw a tantrum on AF One...? Grins Dec 2025 #63
This effing child is in charge of the FBI? bluescribbler Dec 2025 #66
So all of our major security agencies are being run by little divas. Crunchy Frog Dec 2025 #67

Irish_Dem

(81,198 posts)
2. It's all about the self-important optics. Costumes, and scripted speeches/talking points.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:41 AM
Dec 2025

Nothing of substance.
No attempt to be a public servant and work for the people.

roscoeroscoe

(1,825 posts)
44. Exactly
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:51 AM
Dec 2025

It's all hat, no cattle... image, not substance... pantomime not reality.

"Where's my costume!"

popsdenver

(2,279 posts)
62. Most likely, he gave
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 05:37 PM
Dec 2025

Krusty Noem his for her notoriously famous cosplay wardrobe......and that is why she has two brand new multi million dollar personal jets!
One jet is to carry her adulteress boy toy around with her, ......and the other to follow close, with her Barbie Style "dress up" uniforms............
Some reporter should ask Noem's legal husband if he enjoys being her cuckhold for the last year or two.....or maybe longer with other boy toys even before that......

Irish_Dem

(81,198 posts)
64. Second airplane carries her costumes, hair extensions, botox injections, stylist, beautician,
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 05:51 PM
Dec 2025

massage therapist, speech writer, PR team, etc etc.

Oh and the drugs and booze.

popsdenver

(2,279 posts)
68. She truly was getting to be
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:39 PM
Dec 2025

a middle-aged worn out hag, like all of Trump's close held tramps. They all went out, got a ton of plastic surgery, long hair like Melania's, Lipo, and most importantly the pre-requist...... "Republican Rack" demanded by Trump........
All of them.....Kari Lake, Pam Bondi, Bang-Bang Boebert, Kristi Noem, Karoline Leavitt, etc, etc, etc......if you google their college photos, they are all flat chested. The sad thing is, that when they went into the surgeon, he gave them all the choice of BOOBS or BRAINS, and their choice was: BOOBS...........Brains would have turned off Trump.....

Irish_Dem

(81,198 posts)
70. I always wonder what these gals had to do to in their job interview with Trump.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:47 PM
Dec 2025

After they mutilate themselves and turn into ugly barbie dolls, I guess they do
whatever Trump wants.

popsdenver

(2,279 posts)
71. Like I've always said
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:54 PM
Dec 2025

at least with crack whores, you know there are things THEY definitely WILL NOT DO, for ANY amount of money....

Irish_Dem

(81,198 posts)
72. Like I always said
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:17 PM
Dec 2025

Sex workers have more honesty and integrity than any of the Trump ho bags.

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
69. Dems should do what Repubs do, and use their full names as a negative: Kashyap Pramod Patel
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:42 PM
Dec 2025

Time for payback for all of those Barack Hussein Obama mentions used in a negative way.

ProfessorGAC

(76,676 posts)
29. Just Days After He Was Killed...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 10:05 AM
Dec 2025

...I posted a very similar sentiment and suggested that in a month he would be "Charlie Who?"
Now, I'm reading articles stating the the Rs did not the mileage from his assassination they thought they'd get.
This leads me back to a conclusion that all of this is a cult of personality for which there is no heir.

GopherGal

(2,904 posts)
73. Charlie Kirk? I think he was EriKKKa Vance's first husband...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:34 PM
Dec 2025

Gotta keep that in mind for future bar trivia games, though.

Smackdown2019

(1,356 posts)
74. Still never heard of him...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:36 PM
Dec 2025

Only hear how he is a martyr to the MAGA party... and his widow wife showing affection to the VICE-PRESIDENT. Wonder what the history books would print about this decade.... probably a chapter labeled "Bizarre"

As for that Kirk Fellow.... still never heard of him... but sounds to be a douchebag.

Which....is basically any MAGA Magot is.

Scrivener7

(59,499 posts)
6. Interesting that this is being reported in a Rupert Murdoch paper.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:23 AM
Dec 2025

Behold your Frankenstein, Rupert.

newdeal2

(5,399 posts)
13. Feels like Kash, Pete, and Bondi won't make it to season 2
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:13 AM
Dec 2025

Although I’m sure they’ll find someone even worse to replace them.

SergeStorms

(20,570 posts)
76. The thing is....
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 03:11 AM
Dec 2025

Kirk was shot in the neck, so Pete Hogsbreath's vest would have done absolutely NADA to stop a lethal shot had anyone cared to shoot him. Face it, Pete, no one gives a crap about you.

2naSalit

(102,736 posts)
8. Optics...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:45 AM
Dec 2025

A lot of their alleged importance has to do with optics.

And yeah, they sure do like to play dress up.

GiqueCee

(4,217 posts)
9. Such infantile behavior...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:46 AM
Dec 2025

... is certainly in line with this regime's modus operandi. It is poisonous, and infects those who kneel in abject obeisance before the Orange Hellbeast and worship his malice and mendacity.
Gee, I hope the infection's not fatal. Heh, heh, heh.


(For the terminally obtuse)

70sEraVet

(5,478 posts)
10. For 'the clothes' to 'make the man',
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 08:55 AM
Dec 2025

there has to be at least the germ of 'the man' to begin with.
It sounds like the jacket didn't really help --

Attilatheblond

(8,867 posts)
19. 'Petty Kash' is almost as insecure as the Felon who gave him an important job to fail miserably at attempting
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:42 AM
Dec 2025

It is a huge insult to the men and women of the FBI and professional law enforcement in general to put such incompetence at the helm of the nations premier investigative service.

edited for typo

vanlassie

(6,248 posts)
55. Well considering we first heard of him as
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:54 PM
Dec 2025

“An aide to Devin Nunes…” he rose fast and is gonna fall harder.

Dave Bowman

(7,146 posts)
37. As much as I hate(d) Hoover, the cross-dressing thing was invented by Truman Capote. But Hoover was a closeted gay and
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 10:37 AM
Dec 2025

a hypocrite. Going after gay people while being a closeted gay man is repulsive. Roy Cohn is another fine example.

IbogaProject

(5,901 posts)
16. I guess he is scared of a rapid deportation
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:24 AM
Dec 2025

So lets cut our law enforcement chief some slack as due process is being ignored and he could very well be grabbed, dragged cross country and even deported to Africa within days.

FakeNoose

(41,594 posts)
20. Both Patel and Noem are cosplayers ... and they're trying to out do one another
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:43 AM
Dec 2025

.. and .of course the American media plays along.

mgardener

(2,354 posts)
23. I still want to know
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:51 AM
Dec 2025

What Patel, Stefanik & Kevin McCarthy discussed with Trump in the Oval office on Jan 4th.

Patel and Stefanik were rewarded while McCarthy went home to California.


Danascot

(5,230 posts)
45. Stefanik is pissed that
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 12:06 PM
Dec 2025

trump pulled her nomination to be ambassador to the UN. After ass-kissing for years that's what she gets.

PatSeg

(53,211 posts)
24. My god, the boss from hell
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:52 AM
Dec 2025

Just imagine what the FBI agents he commands think and say about him behind closed doors.

PatSeg

(53,211 posts)
65. Good point
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:00 PM
Dec 2025

Though I don't think they can help but think it. It must be hell having him in charge.

3Hotdogs

(15,356 posts)
25. Instead of running around, looking for a jacket and patches, they should have told him
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:55 AM
Dec 2025

they are flying one in from his office in D.C. --- see if he sits on the plane for 4 hours or whines and gets off the plane.

dalton99a

(94,101 posts)
35. "I am not an illegal Indian immigrant. I AM DIRECTOR OF THE FBI!!!"
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 10:19 AM
Dec 2025

Last edited Mon Dec 1, 2025, 12:03 PM - Edit history (1)



Prairie Gates

(8,115 posts)
42. Here it is...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:40 AM
Dec 2025
?

This is the dipshit upon his arrival in Utah. A medium? I think it's time for Mr. Patel to be more honest with himself!



The patch on his right shoulder indeed is "FBI SWAT Salt Lake City Division * Idaho Montana Utah," so that tracks.

The other patch is also FBI SWAT, Salt Lake City Division (different than the right arm, though):

Wounded Bear

(64,309 posts)
43. When optics are more important than performance...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:43 AM
Dec 2025

that's what you get, a bunch of pampered brats.

Kinda defines the trump era.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,595 posts)
48. LMAO! Every single one of the Felon's choices is so damaged.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:31 PM
Dec 2025

The Felon has put together a collection of misfits damaged beyond repair. I can't wait for the hearings.

The criminality of their actions won't be the only thing exposed but I'm sure we'll be somewhat befuddled and amused by their stupidity on display. Unfortunately at the expense of America. I'm surprised the Felon with his fragile ego doesn't realize how much of a reflection these choices are about him and his inability to "pick the best people".

Ilsa

(64,356 posts)
75. ITA. Felon47 has the highest turnover rate of
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 12:59 AM
Dec 2025

any administration, ever. He fires people. People get run out from embarrassment of being huge fuckups. Others leave because they don't want to lose their license or end up in prison.

He's afraid to hire genuinely qualified people because he thinks they'll make him look dumb. (Actually, they don't play a part in that.)

Traildogbob

(13,016 posts)
54. What the hell
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:52 PM
Dec 2025

Is the Budget for his and Noems outfit needs? Somewhere around the defense budgets levels?
Yet kids are not eating, and sick need to die.
As Jebus demanded. Look it up, in the Trump auto penned BuyBull.
Merry Christmas to the Jewish refugee family.
Wait, if Mary was Jewish and Joseph as well, but did not partake, what exactly is God’s ethnicity?
The cult needs to know. White American?????
If God is supreme AND white, well, there ya go.
Megan has an argument.

Torchlight

(6,792 posts)
56. One wardrobe malfunction and suddenly these cosplayers act as if
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 02:55 PM
Dec 2025

the entire universe just personally insulted them .I wish I were naive enough to believe a jacket could hide my own glaring flaws and colossal failures.

Marie Marie

(11,284 posts)
58. I can't wait for his humiliation after being fired. Wipe that arrogant smug look right off his face.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 04:49 PM
Dec 2025

Grins

(9,446 posts)
63. Remember when Gingrich threw a tantrum on AF One...?
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 05:47 PM
Dec 2025

Made all the papers. This is just as bad.

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