An AI-generated Lego-themed video satirising FBI Director Kash Patel has gone viral on social media, days after a bombshell article accused him of excessive drinking and missing meetings. The nearly three-minute clip, posted on X by user Drew Ponder, parodies Billy Joel’s 1989 hit “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and depicts Patel drinking beer, covering up the Epstein files, and performing with his girlfriend as the FBI building goes up in flames.
The video references allegations from The Atlantic, which claimed Patel was often drunk, missed briefings, made impulsive decisions, and feared losing his job. Patel has denied the claims and filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit, calling the article a “malicious hit piece.” The AI-generated lyrics include lines such as “Atlantic exposé, drunken MIA, miss briefings, hangover day.”
Other scenes show a Lego Patel rushing to hide papers with Donald Trump’s name, reacting to the botched arrest announcement of Charlie Kirk, and drinking with the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team while the FBI jet sits idle. His girlfriend, country musician Alexis Wilkins, appears as the lyrics criticise him for using the FBI plane to attend her performances.
The video has drawn praise online, with one user calling it a “banger” and another saying “these goofy videos are going to bring down an entire political party.” However, the style mirrors that of pro-Iranian group Explosive Media, which has used similar Lego animations to criticise the Trump administration. Ponder has labelled his videos as AI on Substack and specifies on X that he is “NOT IRAN.”
