The missteps of Kristi Noem, the 'Ice Barbie' of homeland security
The changing of the guard will take place at the end of the month, while on Saturday, in Doral, Florida, Trump will announce Noem's new minor assignment
Donald Trump dumps Kristi Noem, the 'Ice Barbie' of Homeland Security: the first cabinet minister of the President's cabinet to lose her job in Trump's second term in the White House was fired via Truth and replaced by Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Cherokee martial arts expert and also a hawk on the migration issue.
The torpedoing comes as funding for the Department of Homeland Security remains on hold. The changing of the guard will take place at the end of the month, while on Saturday, in Doral, Florida, Trump will announce Noem's new minor assignment: special envoy for The Shield of the Americas, a new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere.
A Wild West 'tough guy' famous for gunning down Cricket the dog because it was difficult to train for hunting, Kristi had hurt herself this week during a series of congressional hearings. Put on the grill for the federal crackdown in Minneapolis in which two American citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were killed by federal agents, she had reiterated allegations that the two victims were 'domestic terrorists'.
But Trump was particularly annoyed by what later emerged about the ministry's handling of funds and the minister's close relationship with ministry advisor Corey Lewandoski, the former 2016 strategist whose affair with 'Ice Barbie' was rumoured. Under oath, Kristi had then told Republican Senator John Kennedy that Trump himself had green-lit a $220 million campaign to promote her profile with a film featuring her on horseback, dressed as a 'cowgirl', in front of Mount Rushmore. Trump, who apparently knew nothing about it, denied it.
Fifty-four years old and well-worn, perhaps even with the assistance of the plastic wizards, Noem had made a name for herself during Trump's first term in office by taking the then head of the White House to Mount Rushmore on the 4th of July in the midst of his re-election campaign: a propaganda show with Air Force One flying over and fireworks under the mountain of presidents.
