THE GUARDIAN: Many will regard the ex-secretary of homeland security, Trump’s first fired cabinet member, as the worst yet seen
Kristi Noem once led a dog to a gravel pit and ended its life with the cold precision of a mafia hit. On Thursday, the homeland security secretary confronted the grim truth that she, too, was expendable.
Noem became the first cabinet member fired in Donald Trump’s second term, a striking contrast to the revolving-door chaos of his first. Like other members of Team Trump, she had assumed that ostentatious displays of fealty to the president would insulate her.
As the face of immigration enforcement, often putting herself in the centre of the action, she managed to turn Trump’s signature issue into a political liability. Add a disastrous appearance before Congress this week and it was enough for the president to finally resurrect his reality TV phrase: “You’re fired!” » | David Smith in Washington | Friday, March 6, 2026
Argentina certainly cried for Eva Perón; but America will definitely not cry for you, Kristi Noem! Nor, for that matter, will the rest of us! — © Mark Alexander
