White House insiders say they have “always” wanted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fired—but Donald Trump keeps protecting her, according to a new report.
Noem, 54, has become unpopular with colleagues and been given the nickname “ICE Barbie” for her habit of strapping on body armor to join immigration agents on raids—a photo-op instinct that critics say prioritizes optics over competence.
The South Dakota Republican’s 13-month tenure at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has lurched from one controversy to the next. They began even before she was nominated for the role, with her admission that she shot dead her own puppy, and culminated in widespread scandal after the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, which prompted Republican senators to demand her resignation and Trump to ignore her in a January Cabinet meeting.
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