Kash Patel, serving as FBI Director in the current Trump administration (as of December 2025), has publicly stated variations of this quote on multiple occasions.The most commonly cited version comes from a Fox News appearance around late 2024 (shortly after his nomination and before his confirmation), where he said:"We need America to wake up and prioritize Israel...We need to bring home Americans and end this war, bring home Israelis and make sure we stand by our number one ally, in Israel