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Internal schedules show FBI Director Kash Patel’s four-day Italy trip for the Milan Olympics mixed work meetings with substantial personal time, renewing Democratic criticism of taxpayer-funded travel and resource use while Patel defends the trip as strengthening international security partnerships and Olympic security.
FBI Director Kash Patel faces scrutiny after a video shows him in a Milan locker room celebrating Team USA’s Olympic victory, drinking beer and wearing a gold medal; his office says the trip was official, but critics argue it blurs lines between work and pleasure and point to past jet-use controversies.
The Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony will air Friday at 2 p.m. ET, broadcast across four northern Italian venues (Milan, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Predazzo and Livigno); for the first time, two cauldrons will be lit simultaneously to symbolize unity, with performances by Mariah Carey, Laura Pausini and Andrea Bocelli. The ceremony is expected to last about three hours and will be shown in the U.S. on NBC/Peacock, with other broadcasters around the world.
Trump’s America First agenda looms over Milan’s Olympic Games, as his tariff stance and push on Denmark/Greenland heighten friction with allies and rivals and signal a broader realignment in international relations; the White House frames the policy shifts as leveling the playing field and strengthening defense, while POLITICO’s Playbook also notes domestic moves and political skirmishes tied to his government reshaping.