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During an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump was asked if he would fire Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray if Trump's choice of nominee Kash Patel is confirmed.
Trump was blunt - and for good reason.
“Well, I can’t say I’m thrilled with him," Trump said of Wray. "He invaded my home — I’m suing the country over it. He invaded Mar-a-Lago.”
He was referring to the FBI raid at his Mar-a-Lago home on August 8, 2022, to find allegedly mishandled classified documents.
This case was later dismissed over the legality of special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment.
Trump continued his criticism of Wray, “I’m very unhappy with the things he’s done and crime is at an all-time high. Migrants are pouring into the country that are from prisons and mental institutions, as we’ve discussed."
“I can’t say I’m thrilled. I don’t want to say — again,” Trump continued. “I don’t want to be Joe Biden and give you an answer and then go the exact opposite.”
The President-elect was mocking Joe Biden promising many times that he would not pardon his son, only to do exactly that as his presidency winds down.
But Trump wasn't done with Wray yet.
He cited the FBI director's reaction to the assassination attempt on Trump's life in Butler, Pennsylvania in July.
“You take a look at what’s happened. And then when I was shot in the ear, he said, ‘Oh, maybe it was shrapnel.’ Where’s the shrapnel coming from?” Trump asked. “Is it coming from heaven? I don’t think so.”
The interviewer, NBC News Kristen Welker, then asked Trump if he would fire Wray to make way for Patel.
“It would sort of seem pretty obvious that if Kash gets in he’s going to be taking somebody’s place, right? The somebody is the man you are talking about,” Trump replied.
Of course if Kash Patel gets in, you remove the guy in his spot. A no brainer.
Particularly an FBI head who oversaw a raid on the ex-president's home.
The interview came across as overly aggressive at times, but Donald Trump, not surprisingly, held his own. It was certainly not the way establishment media figures would have interviewed Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, pitching them softball after softball.
The double standard is glaring.
But we already know this, and should expect plenty more of it between now and January 20 and then for the next four years.
It just comes with the territory if you're Donald Trump.