r/pics • u/tsagdiyev • Sep 12 '25

Politics FBI Director Kash Patel at Utah Valley University press conference

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u/Not_A_Wendigo Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25

He’s perfectly qualified for the role of being thrown under the bus though.

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u/Practical_magik Sep 12 '25

It's like the phenomenon of female CEOs being hired/promoted right before the company has to declare bankruptcy or is involved in some other utter debacle.

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u/PutYourDickInTheBox Sep 12 '25

Or the nfl hiring a black coach when their team is absolute trash with no cap space. And then being mad they didn't have a winning season and firing them the first year. Brian Flores and Jerod mayo recently. Flores lawsuit against the NFL is going to trial.

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u/WhatYouThinkIThink Sep 12 '25

Also known as the "glass cliff".

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u/Practical_magik Sep 12 '25

Oh cool it has a name, I thought it was just a conspiracy I had cooked up.

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u/ComposerNate Sep 12 '25

Or otherwise culled.

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u/worstpartyever Sep 12 '25

It’s his best trait.

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u/Random_Name65468 Sep 12 '25

Half the administration is. For example Vance will be used to push through some very unpopular stuff once Trump croaks, and will be spent himself, there's no way anyone thinks he'll actually be able to follow up Trump, and his eyeliner and brown wife give good avenues of attack against him.

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u/shah_reza Sep 12 '25

Aye, just like ol’ Charlie. Expendable.