Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after she testified about a $220 million ad campaign that featured her heavily. Under oath she said Trump approved it, then told Reuters she had no knowledge of it. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma senator, will replace her.
President Trump has fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, announced plans to replace her with Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin. The immediate trigger appears to have been an explosive testimony during congressional hearings about a $220 million taxpayer-funded advertising campaign prominently featured Noem herself. Under oath, Noem suggested the president had approved the campaign. She told lawmakers, quote, the president asked me or tasked me with getting the message out to Trump later told Reuters something very different. I never knew anything about it. She was also facing criticism over her response to the killing of 2 civilians during immigration protests. Honest, that's not why she was fired. That's where she described the incidents as acts of domestic terrorism, claims later questioned by lawmakers. Firing ends months of turmoil inside the Department of Homeland Security.
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