FBI Director Kash Patel is getting mocked and trolled online after photos came to light of him wearing tennis shoes at a training event that look like something an insecure teen nerd would buy in a desperate attempt to appear cool.
According to The Daily Beast, “The embattled FBI director, 46, attended a two-day joint training session with UFC fighters at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, over the weekend—an event that Patel had billed as ‘a tremendous opportunity for our FBI agents to learn and train with some of the greatest athletes on earth.'”
“ProPublica reporter William Turton shared photographs of Patel’s footwear, revealing a pair of customized black, white, and yellow Nike low-tops adorned with personal touches.”
“They included the number 9, marking his status as the bureau’s ninth director, and a yellow Punisher skull borrowed from the Marvel Comics vigilante who metes out lethal justice outside the law.”
But wait! There’s more!
“Also on there was his personal logo, ‘K$H,’ on the side panel, and the FBI’s own motto—’Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity’—scrolled across the heels. The shoes matched the color scheme of his black UFC hat and UFC-FBI hoodie.”
The photos set off an immediate online shitstorm of laughter aimed right at the FBI chief.
Size 3 narrow huh
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 17, 2026
He needs to stick to his everyday shoes… pic.twitter.com/zBvC2l6l2F
— Jeff Runyon (@jrun462) March 17, 2026
The entire Administration is full of broken, wounded Lost Boys who side with Captain Hook. It's a cornucopia of brittle insecurity.
— Cassandra screaming into the void (@JellyKind) March 17, 2026
J. Edgar Hoover's secret stash of high heels were less cringe than these
— Florida Man (@151_318_1371_) March 17, 2026
Can #KashPatrol tie his own shoes @KyleSeraphin ?
— Jurassic Carl 🦖🐭 (@carl_jurassic) March 17, 2026
Maybe he needs Velcro sneakers! https://t.co/sRojdCD9GL
These are the shoes a small child with a helicopter parent would wear to their first basketball game (they dribble the ball off their foot out of bounds 12 times)
— Major Terrorist Moo(g) (Retired) (@moogreturns36) March 17, 2026
His boss sells trading cards…so… pic.twitter.com/j5JYSGUjqD
— Mitch (@MitchTweets) March 17, 2026
This is the most absurd administration in US history. And they get more pathetic by the day.