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Noem Out at DHS
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Peter Suderman | 3.6.2026 9:30 AM
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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (Carol Guzy/Zuma Press/Newscom)
Faith Noem more. It was never quite clear what, exactly, Kristi Noem brought to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) when President Donald Trump appointed her.
She was a self-promoter with a penchant for obvious lies. Under her watch, immigration enforcement agents killed two Americans in Minnesota, prompting a massive backlash. Noem not only lied about the victims, she also lied about her lies during congressional testimony. Noem-a gusta!
Noem, the former governor of South Dakota, had few if any relevant credentials before being appointed to run the DHS—unless you count bragging about shooting her dog, which, admittedly, was the same energy she brought to the federal security apparatus. How was this supposed to work? What was her appointment supposed to accomplish? It never really made much sense.
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Trump's thinking appeared to be something along the lines of:
Step 1: Tap Noem to run the DHS. Step 2: ???? Step 3: Immigration policy solved.Call it the underpants Noem theory of immigration enforcement.
Trump gave Noem the boot yesterday. This followed congressional testimony in which she said, under oath, that Trump approved a $220 million DHS marketing blitz featuring Noem. Trump was reportedly angered by Noem's statement, and he has since said this isn't true. If so, that would be perjury on Noem's part. In her defense, Noem has been saying this for at least a year.
Noem was let go with a few nice remarks from President Trump and an appointment........