Donald Trump has taken credit for the “incredible” success of the FBI, with only a brief mention of the bureau’s director Kash Patel.
Trump, 79, listed a string of FBI crime stats on his Truth Social account on Monday night, including over 28,000 arrests for crimes from human trafficking to fentanyl distribution.
“The FBI, under my Administration, is doing an incredible job,” the president wrote, before listing the bureau’s achievements since his inauguration on January 20.
“We are bringing LAW AND ORDER back to America,” Trump’s post concluded, before thanking Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey for “MAKING AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!”
White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson defended the president when quizzed on Trump’s post by the Daily Bea