The Destructive Incompetence of Trump 2.0
Velshi
MS NOW, Ali Velshi
4.7 • 793 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Saturday, December the 6th, in selecting people to staff his second administration at the highest |
| 0:13.7 | levels, Donald Trump prioritized fealty and showmanship over experience and skill, and that |
| 0:19.0 | is a decision that is not aging well. Since returning to office |
| 0:22.2 | 10 months ago, several top administration officials handpicked by Trump have caused the White House |
| 0:26.6 | a lot of headaches and a lot of embarrassment. They've been the source of one scandal after another, |
| 0:31.3 | ranging from petty problems to the downright dangerous, and they've raised questions about |
| 0:35.5 | their competence to do the jobs that they were hired to do. Case in point, FBI director Cash Patel. He's been under fire for weeks now for |
| 0:42.7 | allegedly misusing taxpayer-funded government resources for personal reasons in several instances. |
| 0:48.5 | Just yesterday, MS Now broke the story that Patel had ordered FBI agents to escort his girlfriend's allegedly drunk friend home |
| 0:56.6 | after a night of drinking in Nashville, according to three sources. We're not talking about personal |
| 1:01.4 | bodyguards hired out from a private firm. We're talking about trained FBI agents who are being |
| 1:06.7 | directed to act as Uber drivers for private citizens at the behest of the FBI director's girlfriend. |
| 1:12.8 | If it's allegedly, and by the way, it's allegedly happened at least twice. |
| 1:16.4 | The agents initially objected, but MS Now reports, quote, Patel insisted they do as Alexis Wilkins, |
| 1:21.5 | Patel's girlfriend, requested, and in one case called the leader of Wilkins' security detail and |
| 1:26.5 | yelled at him to do so, end quote. |
| 1:28.4 | An FBI spokesperson denies that claim telling MS now, quote, |
| 1:31.6 | this is made up and did not happen. |
| 1:33.8 | But if you're wondering why highly trained FBI agents are following Patel's girlfriend around in the first place, |
| 1:38.8 | it's because they've been assigned to be her personal security detail, which is a highly unusual arrangement. |
| 1:45.2 | Even the spouses of past FBI directors didn't receive regular security detail. Patel is also being scrutinized for his |
| 1:50.5 | use of the FBI jet for personal travel, including for a golfing getaway to Scotland with some |
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