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A screenshot reading "Much can be said about Patel, who the Senate will now be considering in confirmation hearings. The circumstances of his nomination are quite unusual. He has no qualifications. Unlike previous FBI directors, he has never held a prior office that requires Senate confirmation. FBI directors are meant to serve ten-year terms, so that Christopher Wray, nominated by Trump in 2017, should still be in office. But knowing that Trump was planning to fire him, Wray resigned. Patel is a loyalist to Trump who has promised to pursue his enemies. The United States is in the midst of a regime change, in which Patel, if confirmed, would be useful. In general outline, the idea is to make the government as a whole dysfunctional, while preserving the parts of it than can intimidate and oppress citizens. The FBI, as the chief national law enforcement agency, will have to be transformed. The enforcement of the laws will no longer be desired, at least not in the traditional sense. In a country where all are equal under the law, those who govern us can also be held accountable. Patel has made clear, in numerous interviews and in his book for adults, that he sees Trump as above the law, others as suspects in a conspiracy, and himself as the savior." The sentence beginning "In general outline, the idea is to make the government as a whole dysfunctional" is highlighted in blue.