{"id":2628223,"date":"2026-07-10T21:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-backs-patel-after-reported-frustration-over-his-social-media\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:15:00","slug":"white-house-backs-patel-after-reported-frustration-over-his-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-backs-patel-after-reported-frustration-over-his-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"White House backs Patel after reported frustration over\u00a0his social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-backs-patel-after-reported-frustration-over-his-social-media%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2628223&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>White House officials have publicly defended FBI Director Kash Patel amid reports criticizing his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social media activity<\/a> and travel habits. Communications Director Steven Cheung dismissed claims of frustration over Patel, including a report that he canceled a trip to Chicago allegedly due to management discontent over a mocking tweet.Cheung emphasized that there was no frustration and that many officials supported Patel\u2019s posts. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there were reports that Patel was reprimanded by White House officials for making a satirical comment about an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conan-obrien-gives-anti-trump-comedians-a-tough-reality-check-youre-being-co-opted\/\" title=\"Conan O&#039;Brien Gives Anti-Trump Comedians a Tough Reality Check: &#039;You&#039;re Being Co-Opted&#039;\">opinion article criticizing<\/a> his lifestyle, though Patel confirmed he was at the White House but disputed the report&#8217;s implications. He also responded dismissively to allegations from MS NOW regarding his behaviour, asserting that the onyl confirmed fact was his presence at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Patel was expected to visit Chicago over the weekend but canceled his trip shortly before departure. His girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, filed a lawsuit against MS NOW over a 2025 report claiming Patel made requests related to her security detail, wich the FBI denied. The controversy continues as questions about Patel&#8217;s activities and travel are publicly scrutinized.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\">White House<\/a> officials jumped to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"516\">FBI<\/a> Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11691\">Kash Patel<\/a>\u2018s defense after reports surfaced that administration officials were frustrated with his social media activity and alleged globe-trotting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House communications director Steven Cheung <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StevenCheung47\/status\/2075719641599541289?s=20\">defended<\/a> Patel against MS NOW reports that suggested he canceled a trip to see his girlfriend in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"808\">Chicago<\/a> due to frustration from administration personnel over a post Patel made mocking the outlet\u2019s reporting.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4644670\/white-house-permanent-fence-lafayette-park\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House considers plan to build permanent fencing around Lafayette Park<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4643851\/trump-instruction-bomb-assassination-iran\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump wrote instructions for massive bombing campaign if he\u2019s assassinated by Iran<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4643686\/vance-family-lease-property-middleburg-virginia-second-home\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>The Vances look to lease property in Virginia for second family home: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCompletely false,\u201d Cheung said. \u201cThere has been no frustration over his tweet this morning. I reposted his tweet. Other White House officials reposted his tweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheung backed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-dir-nominee-u-s-must-prevent-iran-from-developing-nuclear-weapons\/\" title=\"CIA Dir. Nominee: U.S. must prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons\">agency director<\/a> following a report from MS NOW that claimed congressional Democrats issued a letter inquiring about Patel\u2019s alleged demand that FBI staff arrange a Jet Ski excursion and other activities on official trips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kash_Patel\/status\/2075544869267706152?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kash_Patel\/status\/2075544869267706152?s=20\">then posted <\/a>a screen grab of the article\u2019s graphic and said, \u201cNah, my jet ski is gold plated \u2026 [dumba**].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour job is to lie,\u201d Patel went on. \u201cMine is to protect the American people, and business is good!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report Patel was referencing was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/opinion\/kash-patel-grassley-trump-plane-bmw\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/opinion\/kash-patel-grassley-trump-plane-bmw\">an opinion article<\/a> that argued the FBI director\u2019s alleged \u201clavish lifestyle he seems to be enjoying at least in part on the taxpayer\u2019s dime\u201d could have its limits, as Patel does not have the same \u201cinvincibility\u201d that covers President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheung, however, was taking aim at a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/kash-patel-called-to-white-house-on-heels-of-continued-questions-over-his-behavior\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/kash-patel-called-to-white-house-on-heels-of-continued-questions-over-his-behavior\">report from MS NOW<\/a> citing unnamed sources that Patel was reprimanded by Trump administration officials for having made a dig at the opinion piece. The outlet also said its own reporting that Patel was engaging in leisure activities on official trips was cited by the White House in their alleged reprimanding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patel later<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/2075726894012723256?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/2075726894012723256?s=20\"> bashed the report<\/a> about his White House meeting, confirming that it happened but disputing its purpose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe only thing worse than MS NOW\u2019s garbage rebrand is their reporting \u2014 all false except one thing \u2014 I was at the White House, true, and the fake news will find out why soon,\u201d Patel said, referring to MS NOW changing from MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4586929\/democrats-demand-kash-patel-personal-travel-fbi-vip-snorkel\/\">DEMOCRATS DEMAND LIST OF PATEL\u2019S PERSONAL TRAVEL AS FBI HEAD AFTER \u2018VIP SNORKEL\u2019 STORY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patel was slated to visit his girlfriend, country music artist Alexis Wilkins, in Chicago over the weekend, where she is performing at a music festival. The FBI director was also supposed to visit a field office in the Windy City, but he canceled his trip just before departure Friday morning, MS NOW reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patel\u2019s girlfriend <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4589540\/kash-patel-girlfriend-alexis-wilkins-sues-ms-now-defamation\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4589540\/kash-patel-girlfriend-alexis-wilkins-sues-ms-now-defamation\/\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> against MS NOW last month over a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/kash-patel-girlfriend-fbi-detail-wilkins-ride-home\">report<\/a> in December 2025 based on anonymous sources that Patel had called the members of Wilkins\u2019s security detail and requested they give rides home to her friends after nights of drinking in Nashville, Tennessee. The FBI vehemently denied the report\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House defends Kash Patel amid social media, travel reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2628224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kash-patel-social-media.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82560,51054,36160,32364,32127],"class_list":["post-2628223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-government-reactions","tag-patel-2","tag-political-controversy","tag-social-media","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/kash-patel-social-media.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628227,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628223\/revisions\/2628227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}