Trump weighing the ouster of Kash Patel, according to sources

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Source: MS NOW/MSNBC News

Nov. 25, 2025, 1:53 PM EST


President Donald Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity in order to speak freely.

Patel has come under scrutiny for his stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet, and for his squabbles with other Trump loyalists. Trump and White House aides have confided to allies that the president is eyeing removing Patel and is considering top FBI official Andrew Bailey as the bureau’s new director, according to the three people.

Patel is described as being on thin ice and his ouster appears closer than ever, with Bailey as the logical replacement, two of the sources with knowledge of the situation said, though Trump could change his mind in the weeks to come. 

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson responded to MS NOW, saying, “President Trump has assembled the most talented and impressive Administration in history and they are doing an excellent job carrying out the President’s agenda. FBI Director Patel is a critical member of the President’s team and he is working tirelessly to restore integrity to the FBI.” 

Read more: https://www.ms.now/news/trump-kash-patel-replacing-fbi-director-planes-girlfriend

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. Pedonald is denying it,

so you know it's going to happen, the sooner, the better, although he'll nominate someone even more incompetent, if that's possible.

[msongs]

2. gosssip nt

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

8. I hear Steven Segal was a "real" cop for a while ...

... and he played an FBI agent in one of his movies. Would also be a new backchannel to Putin as he's now a Russian citizen (I think).

Who else would be worse than Patel that might enter the Old Man's sights?

[DrFunkenstein]

3. Kash has the look of a man who knows his time is short

Just in general.

[2na fisherman]

4. "Normalize Indian Hate"

Marko Elez is the DOGE creep who said this and he still works for the Trump regime. So I guess Kash Patel is the target of such bigoted remarks too and he will just grin and bear it. Even Vice President Vance's wife, Usha, may not stand this any longer since her husband disrespected her and their children by defending Elez, among other things. How can any POC or any person deemed not Caucasian or deemed to be a member of a disfavored ethnic group work for this regime and not expect to be denigrated daily by all their bigoted coworkers? "Then they came for me..."

[MIButterfly]

5. "President Trump has assembled the most talented and impressive Administration

in history and they are doing an excellent job carrying out the President's agenda..."



Whew! That's a good one. Who ever said this administration doesn't have a sense of humor?!

[cstanleytech]

6. Ya, I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that one.

[Justice matters.]

7. They all want a piece of money and power from pedonold.

Completely delusional, but they take a chance like if he was a lottery ticket... so they lie for him.