On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”—normally used by SWAT and hostage-rescue teams to quickly gain entry into buildings—was made last year because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors, according to multiple people familiar with the request.

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    I bet that dude hasn’t slept without blacking out in a year.

    Went from outspoken podcaster jackass to terrified looking shithead overnight.

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    The thumbnail made him look like a chad, but when you see the large pic, there is desperation in his eyes and pursed lips. The madness of a trapped animal.

    He’s been like that ever since that famous press conference at which it was obvious he’d just seen the reality of the Epstein Files, and realised what his boss actually was, and that he now knew too much for Trump to be comfortable. The fear, the pale shaking terror. It never left him.

    Now he’s just drowning the memories in booze, trying to forget the faces of the dead girls, living it up before the regime falls and he faces charges, or Trump decides to silence him, or his own liver takes pity on him. The fear is his master.

    It’s ironic, because the actual likely outcome is no consequences will fall on him. Nobody gets punished these days. Even if the next admin somehow miraculously decides to actually punish the guilty, he’s far down the list, and silence will protect him.

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    Creative writing tells me that he’s realizing that the shit barge he lashed himself to is sinking and the daft cunt has no idea what to do, so he’s just drinking himself to oblivion while waiting to see how it all shakes down.

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      Oh, the irony… All of us are drinking ourselves silly for very similar reasons, all while opposing and hating people like this.

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      I’m legitimately wondering if he truly believed trump wasn’t in the Epstein files and saw some shit that rocked his world. Even if not that, isn’t there a saying “never meet your heroes?” I legitimately wonder if kash spent enough time with trump and realized that them damn libs were not, in fact, full of shit and screeching about nothing.

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    My guess is that the stress of manoeuvring himself into a position he is woefully unqualified for and incapable of handling is finally getting to him. The crushing reality of your own inadequacy would be too much for anyone but the most hardened psychopaths. What can he do? He knows it’s just a matter of time until the jig is up, and there’s no way he’s getting any more suitable for the role. Drinking yourself silly keeps the nasty thoughts of self-recrimination at bay, and gives an elusive moment of reprieve.

    But you know your time is up, Kash. You know you’re a charlatan, a clown, who has no tools to fix the situation you built for yourself in your hubris. Do the right thing: Resign. For yourself, for your family, for your fucking country, for the world. Go home. No more trying to please the unpleasable man who turns on a dime.

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    If you’re not going to have somebody competent in the role, a missing or incapacitated figurehead might be the next best thing. It’s why I’m not as bothered by Trump’s golf trips anymore.

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      Tens of millions of dollars spent on golf is a bargain compared to the billions he steals from his office.

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    I’m just amazed that he seems to have no private life whatsoever and relies on security to wake him up.

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    The coolest FBI Director by FAR! 😎 People hate seeing a king with a beautiful first girlfriend living it up!

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      The coolest FBI Director by FAR! 😎 People hate seeing a king with a beautiful first girlfriend living it up!

      first girlfriend

      I don’t know what this means, but I can’t stop laughing. First girlfriend as in first legal girlfriend? First ever girlfriend? First non-paid girlfriend? First girlfriend that wasn’t shouting get away from me you freak I don’t know you and dialing 911? First girlfriend that he actually remembered the name of the next day? First girlfriend whose next date with him isn’t in front of a criminal court judge?

      There are more, but I have my standards. Some things I just won’t admit to knowing. (I might have that in common with women who have been called girlfriends by Krash.)

      I’m not sure what you were getting at, but at best it seems none too complimentary for your, uh, king.