President Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and said GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma would replace her.
Noem "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," Trump posted on social media. "I thank Kristi for her service at 'Homeland.'"
Noem is the first cabinet secretary to leave the Trump administration in the second term. The announcement comes after Noem spent two days being grilled by lawmakers in Congress over her leadership.
Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS chief, names Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace her
https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5667546
30 Comments
over_clox@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 168d
That's not fired, that's reappointed to a new position.
When the second word of the title is wrong, well get it right, people are misinterpreting this right now.
JaymesRS@piefed.world · 14 pts · 168d
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 168d
The new position is made up and has no authority, so I think "fired" is not totally wrong.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 168d
And Turnip doesn't have the authority to go to war with Iran, but he did anyways, so your point is?
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 1 pts · 168d
He has whatever authority the Supreme Court and Congress decide he has.
over_clox@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 168d
Congress already declared he didn't have the right to do that without their approval.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 4 pts · 168d
And yet they haven't done anything in response or removed him from office for ignoring them numerous times.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 168d
TCB
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 168d
It sounds like they're making up a new position. It sounds like this phony agency is supposed to be the DHS but for North and South America.
Because, you know, they're called America, so clearly it all belongs to the United States... /s
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 168d
she'll still pull a(n even bigger) salary and keep her benefits, they did this during his first term plenty.
it's essentially a pay-off, she's too high-profile to assassinate now and they want to keep her from doing a tell all
Hackworth@piefed.ca · 26 pts · 168d
This is some, "You can be Fire Lord, Azula, cause now I'm the Phoenix King" bullshit.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 168d
Shit sandwich or a giant douche. Take your pick.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 2 pts · 168d
That all depends on whose poop is between the bread.
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 168d
Assuming Noem is the sandwich, it should be hers.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 2 pts · 168d
I'll pass.
If it was Britney Spears in her prime or Ryan Gosling's I'd eat the shit sandwich any day.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 4 pts · 168d
Oh I forgot about Margot Robbie I'd ask for seconds there.
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 168d
Release the Epstein Files
WesternInfidels@feddit.online · 9 pts · 168d
New man in the trump cabinet, eh? Is he one of the guys who beats up his wife, or is he a rapist?
slemptastrophe@piefed.social · 9 pts · 168d
Yes.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 168d
Not fired, she's getting promoted to Team America Western Hemisphere Police.
CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 168d
It gives Assistant (to the) Regional Manager vibes
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 168d
That is a very frightening name.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 168d
Wiki ays he is part Cherokee (lol), owns a bunch business and has an mma record of 3 wins one by rear naked which is probably the move he uses on underage girls. Other then that it seems to be pretty much typical political goblin shit.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 168d
I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that the least negative thing I could say about him is that his first name is two first names.
Coggsie@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 168d
Thank you for the chuckle 😂
ninjabard@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 168d
I'd bet he's got a brother named Frankjohn or a sister named Beckyjane.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 168d
Two first names, a quintessential trait for a shit kicking slack jawed backwater redneck cow fucking rube.
mayabuttreeks@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 168d
This "Shield of the Americas" thing that apparently the very NOT FIRED please don't tell people i was fired-Noem is being shunted into is gonna be just another Greenland-esque bullshit attempt to push and bully every sovereign nation across two continents. And with her involved, everybody brace yourself because it's gonna get stupider, more insulting, and more aggressive. Like yeah, better get this woman involved in international diplomacy because she and her boyfriend/side piece did such a fucking normal job of domestic affairs... ಠ_ಠ
Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 168d
And makes up a new government entity for her to “head”.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 167d
Another new asshole.