MUST WATCH: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino Reveals President Trump’s One Message to FBI
MUST WATCH: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino Reveals President Trump’s One Message to FBI
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino revealed the “untold story” of President Donald J. Trump’s directive to federal law enforcement—an unflinching order to clean up America’s crime-ridden cities and “get these demon savages off the street.”
Appearing on Fox & Friends, Bongino described how President Trump’s no-nonsense leadership transformed the Bureau’s priorities and sparked a sweeping national crackdown on violent crime. He said the President’s message was clear from day one: restore law and order and protect the American people.
According to Bongino, Trump’s frustration with rampant crime in major cities like San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. led him to take direct action early in his term. “He has zero tolerance for violent crime. He drives around Washington, D.C., he sees the homelessness, he sees the crime. He can’t stand it,” Bongino said.
The Deputy Director recalled the moment Trump personally instructed the FBI team on his crime-fighting agenda. “He says, ‘What do we got to do to fix this?’ We lay out a plan, and his answer is simple—‘Go get them, boys. Go get them.’ That was it.”
Bongino said the straightforward marching orders gave the Bureau the freedom to return to its core mission—fighting crime and defending American communities. “When you get a President, an Attorney General, a Deputy Attorney General, and an FBI leadership team that lets the FBI do FBI work, your cities get cleaner,” he noted.
He detailed how he and FBI Director Kash Patel quickly organized a national task force composed of the Bureau’s top agents and field leaders. “We brought in a violent crime roundtable of the best crime agents in the country. We figured out a battle plan,” Bongino explained.
At one point, he described the conversation with a senior field agent named Joe from Phoenix. “I said, Joe, you tell me what we need to do to go get these demon savages off the street,” Bongino recounted. The term, he emphasized, referred to the violent offenders terrorizing neighborhoods across the country.
Under this revitalized approach, Bongino said the Bureau has already made historic progress. “Get a load of this—28,000 violent crime arrests in 2025, and the year’s not even over,” he reported.
For comparison, Bongino said that under previous administrations, the FBI averaged about 15,000 to 16,000 such arrests per year. “We’re nearly doubling that, and we haven’t even hit Thanksgiving or Christmas,” he said proudly.
Bongino credited the results to President Trump’s unambiguous backing of law enforcement and his refusal to bow to political pressure. “He just lets us do our jobs. There’s no hesitation, no red tape, no worrying about optics,” Bongino said.
When asked about pushback from state officials like California Governor Gavin Newsom, Bongino made clear that the Bureau answers only to federal leadership. “We don’t answer to the governor of California. We answer to the President, the American people, the Attorney General, and the Deputy Attorney General. That’s the chain of command,” he declared.
Bongino brushed off Newsom’s alleged comment that “nobody wants you here.” He challenged the governor to ask ordinary citizens in high-crime areas whether they want the FBI’s help. “Ask the 67-year-old woman living in a drug-ridden neighborhood if she wants us there. I promise you, she does,” he said.
The Deputy Director said many Americans are desperate for safety and order after years of failed progressive leadership. “The people do want us there,” he insisted. “D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles—residents are thanking our agents on the street.”
He criticized Newsom’s record, arguing that the governor’s policies have directly contributed to California’s decline. “Gavin Newsom is an expert on ruining cities,” Bongino quipped. “He ruined San Francisco, and now he’s basically ruined the state.”
Bongino emphasized that the current operation is not political—it’s about restoring basic safety. “This isn’t about red states or blue states. This is about cleaning up America,” he said.
Later in the interview, Bongino discussed another urgent issue facing the Bureau—the discovery of a hunting stand near Palm Beach Airport that appeared to have a line of sight toward Air Force One.
He confirmed that the FBI is investigating the incident in coordination with the Secret Service. “Their security sweep discovered this hunting stand. Director Patel was directly involved right away. He ordered an immediate response,” Bongino said.
According to Bongino, the stand was dismantled and flown to the Bureau’s laboratory for forensic analysis. “All of the tools we have—from digital to biometric—are being applied to find out who put this up and why,” he said.
He explained that while the FBI does not handle presidential security directly, it steps in if a potential criminal matter is discovered. “If the Secret Service finds something that could be criminal, we take over,” he clarified.
Bongino called the mission to protect the President a “zero-fail” operation. “There’s no room for mistakes. You only get one chance to get this right,” he warned.
Despite the heavy workload, Bongino said he’s energized by the mission. “We’ve got to go clean up America and save America,” he said with conviction. “Now that the President and the Attorney General let us do it, I’m having a lot of fun. I feel like I was born for this.”
