Trump Fires Kristi Noem
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What breaking news about Kristi Noem was announced?
So we've got some major breaking news just in. Donald Trump has officially fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. This is a major development that comes after Noem's disastrous hearings in front of Congress over the past few days where she was ripped apart not only by Democrats but by Republicans as well. My name is This is Brett Mycelis with the Midas Touch Network. Remember to hit subscribe now and help us get to 7 million subscribers.
Why was Kristi Noem fired from her position?
So Trump says that he is replacing Noem with Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, effective March 31st, and he's now spinning Noem's exit as Noem moving to be a special envoy role for some new project he's calling the Shield of the Americas. But make no mistake, Kristi Noem has been fired. After a disastrous Senate hearing this week where even Republicans turned on her, Noem became too radioactive to keep. Here's Trump's post. He just wrote, quote, I am pleased to announce that the highly respected United States Senator from the great state of Oklahoma, Mark Wayne Mullen, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, effective March 31st, 2026. The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, has had numerous and spectacular results, especially on the border, will be moving to be special envoy for the Shield of the Americas,
Our new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Christy for her serverless at Homeland, serving 10 years in the United States House of Representatives and three in the Senate. Mark Wayne has done a tremendous job representing the wonderful people of Oklahoma, where I won all 77 out of 77 counties in 2016, 2020, and 24. A MAGA warrior, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I think you... Get it right there. Now, Noem's position collapsed quickly after she made what was considered a cardinal sin during her Senate hearing the other day. She had told Republican Senator Kennedy that it was Trump's idea for her to do this $200 million ad campaign that she starred in
Trump, it seems, felt like Noem was blaming him, and he claimed that he had nothing to do with that campaign. Here's a post from Fox correspondent Bill Mulligan. This is from before the firing, and he says the following.
What role is Kristi Noem taking after her firing?
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is now treading in some dangerous waters. She testified in the Senate this week that President Trump approved of and was aware of a $200 million ad campaign that featured her prominently, Trump now tells Reuters in a phone call he did not sign off on it. Quote, "'I never knew anything about it,' Trump said." So that is what reportedly did it. It wasn't her horrific handling of natural disasters or her out-of-control use of ICE and Border Patrol, which resulted in the deaths of multiple Americans, but rather her blaming Trump for a massive ad campaign. So let's dive into the clips that ended Kristi Noem's career. Here was Senator Kennedy grilling Noem on the $220 million worth of commercials she made that featured her prominently.
Play the clip. How do you square that concern for waste, which I share, with the fact that you have spent $220 million running television advertisements that feature you prominently? Sir, the president tasked me with getting the message out to the country and to other countries where we were seeing the invasion come from. with putting commercials out that told them that if they were in this country illegally, that they needed to leave or we would detain them and remove them and they'd not get the chance to come back to America the right way. That has been extremely effective. The president asked you to run these advertisements, is that right? We had that conversation, yes, before I was put in this position and sworn in and confirmed and since then as well.
Okay.
How did Trump's comments impact Noem's reputation?
Did you bid out those service contracts? Yes, they did. They went out to a competitive bid, and career officials at the department chose who would do those advertising commercials. And the people that you ended up picking were people who had formerly done your political work back in South Dakota.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What breaking news about Kristi Noem was announced?
0:00–0:23
2
Why was Kristi Noem fired from her position?
0:23–2:04
3
What role is Kristi Noem taking after her firing?
2:04–3:48
4
How did Trump's comments impact Noem's reputation?
3:48–7:25
5
What mistakes did Kristi Noem make during her Senate hearing?
7:25–11:51
6
How did Noem respond to accusations about her ad campaign?
11:51–21:47