Transcript of Trump Fires Kristi Noem

We've got some major breaking news, Justin. Donald Trump has officially fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noem. This is a major development that comes after Noem's disastrous hearings in front of Congress over the past few days, where she was ripped apart not only by Democrats, but by Republicans as well. My name is Brett Meisellas with the Midas Touch Network. Remember to hit subscribe now and help us get to seven million subscribers. Trump says that he is replacing Noem with Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne-Mullen, effective March 31st. He's now spinning Nome's exit as Noem moving to be a special envoy role for some new project he's calling the Shield of the Americas. But make no mistake, Christie Noem has been fired. After a disastrous Senate hearing this week where even Republicans turned on her, Noem became too radioactive to keep. Here's Trump's post. He just wrote, I am pleased to announce that the highly respected United States Senator from the great state of Oklahoma, Mark Wayne Mullen, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, effective March 31st, 2026. The current Secretary, Christie Noem, who has served us well, has had numerous and spectacular results, especially on the border, will be moving to be special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.

Our new security initiative in the Western hemisphere, we are announcing on Saturday in Dural, Florida. I thank Christie for her serveless at homeland. Serving 10 years in the United States House of Representatives and three in the Senate, Mark Wayne has done a tremendous job representing the wonderful people of Oklahoma, where I won all 77 out of counties in 2016, 2020, and '24, a MAGA warrior, blah, blah, blah, blah, Republican Senator Kennedy that it was Trump's idea for her to do this $200 million ad campaign that she started. Trump, it seems, felt like Noem was blaming him, and he claimed that he had nothing to do with that campaign. Here's a post from Fox correspondent Bill Mulligan. This is from before the firing, and he says the following, DHS Secretary Christie Noem is now treading in some dangerous waters. She testified in the Senate this week that President Trump approved of and was aware of a $200 million ad campaign that featured her prominently. Trump now tells Reuters in a phone call he did not sign off on it. I never knew anything about it, Trump said. That is what reportedly did it. It wasn't her horrific handling of natural disasters or her out-of-control use of ICE and Border Patrol, which resulted in the deaths of multiple Americans, but rather her blaming Trump for a massive ad campaign.

Let's dive into the clips that ended Christie Noem's career. Here was Senator Kennedy, a drilling Noem on the $220 million worth of commercials she made that featured her prominently. Play the clip.

How do you square that concern for waste, which I share, with the fact that you have You spent $220 million running television advertisements that feature you prominently.

Sir, the President tasked me with getting the message out to the country and to other countries where we were seeing the invasion come from, with putting commercials out that told them that if they were in this country illegally, that they needed to leave, or we would detain them and remove them, and they'd not get the chance to come back to America the right way. That has been extremely effective.

The President asked you to run these advertisements, is that right?

We had that conversation, yes, before I was put in this position and sworn in and confirmed, and since then as well. Okay.

Did you bid out those service contracts?

Yes, they did. They went out to a competitive bid, and career officials at the Department chose who would do those advertising commercials.

The people that you ended up picking were people who had formerly done your political work back in South Dakota. Is that right?

No, that's not correct, sir. I think it is. No, it's not, sir. The individuals who, I believe the careers who they chose, were two different media firms. There's been conversation about their subcontractors, but we have no legal authority to look into subcontractors on to work like that.

Okay. You're saying that you're testifying that President Trump approved this ahead of time? Is that my understanding?

We had conversations about making sure that we were telling people-No, ma'am.

I'm asking you, sorry to interrupt, but the President approved ahead of time you spending $220 million running TV ads across the country in which you are featured prominently.

Yes, sir. Went through the legal processes. Did it correct? Did the President know you were going to do this? Yes.

He did? Yes. Okay.

One thing, Senator, I think would be helpful to know is how effective that communications has been. They were effective in your name recognition.

I mean, to me, it puts the President in a terribly awkward spot. I'm not saying you're not telling the truth. It's just hard for me to believe knowing the President, as I do, that you said, Mr. President, here's some ads I've cut, and I'm going to spend $220 million running them, that he would have agreed to that. I don't think Russ Vot at OMB would have agreed to that. It's something we have to defend. I'm on the Appropriations Committee. I mean, My research shows that you did not bid them out. In fact, one of the people you picked, the strategy group, I'm sorry, Safe America Media was a company formed 11 days before you picked them, and that the strategy group got most of the money, and the head of that is married to your former spokesperson. I'm Look, we all have friends who are qualified. I'm not quibbling with that. It troubles me. A fifth to a quarter of a billion dollars of taxpayer money when we scratching for every penny and we're fighting over recision packages. I just can't agree with Madam Secretary. You're still running those ads?

Senator, I did not have anything to do with picking those I know politicals at the Department of Homeland Security did. I understand. Are you still running those ads? Are you still running those ads? A clear official followed the competitive bid process for that. Are you still running those ads? I think the ads are due to end here in March, I think within a week. I'm not sure the update. So they are still running? The one that is running is focusing on angel families. Have you seen that? It is the one that's talking about this is our why. This is why we work every day is for the angel families and their victim.

I've got to move on. That was just the tip of the iceberg. Here was Republican Senator Tom Tillis calling Nome a disaster, highlighting the innocent Americans being detained by ICE. Play the clip.

Security. Why am I disappointed with Secretary Nome? Because we're not going after enough people who did this damage at the expense of running numbers that Steven Miller wants out of the White House. We just want numbers. We want a thousand a day, 6,000 a day, 9,000 a day because numbers matter, right? No, they don't matter. Quality matters, not quantity, quality. What we've seen is a disaster. Under your leadership, Ms. Noem, a disaster. What we've seen is innocent people getting detained that turn out are American citizens. I could talk about the culture that's been created here with Steven Miller aiding and abetting. I heard first reports that he was the one that said it was a domestic terrorist situation where two people lost their lives in Minneapolis. I've heard that report. Maybe you can refute it. I don't know that we'll have time for to respond because I'm giving you a performance evaluation here. I'm not looking for a response.

Now, let's go through some other moments. Here's Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell asking Nome if anyone has been fired for the agency's failures. Play this.

Tell me then, Has a single ICE agent or CBC officer, has a single ICE agent or CBP officer been disciplined since you've been Secretary of Homeland Security? As we've seen, women dragged through their Our streets by their hair and thrown into unmarked cars. People chase through the fields and factories where they work. Public executions happening in our streets. Has a single ICE agent or CBP officer been disciplined?

Yes, they have. How many? I don't know the number. I can get that for you.

If you'd like me to- Do you think that number is important?

I think that it's wise and smart, and what we're doing is accurate according to the law by doing those internal investigations through the process that's set up. There's an Office of Professional Responsibility that does the investigation, and decisions brought before the National Use of Force Board, and they review each incident as objectively outside of that law enforcement encounter and then give a decision for it.

Has anyone been fired? Has anyone lost their job?

There could be.

Well, I'm not asking if it could be. I'm asking has anyone been fired?

I'm certain that they have. That happens once in a while when there is a need for someone to be-For conduct related to enforcement actions. We hold our law enforcement officers accountable and are grateful that they serve, that they put their lives on the line, and also recognize that when these situations, that they follow their training and the legality of the course to how they interact with the public.

Here's Jamie Raskin asking Noem if she still considers Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretty, the Americans killed by ICE, to be domestic terrorists. Noem refused to say no. Play the clip.

But only a few hours after they were gunned down by your agents, you called Renee a domestic terrorist. You said Alex committed an act of domestic terrorism. Alex's parents responded to your calling their son a domestic terrorist. They said, The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Now, I want to give you a chance for the entire country to correct your false and defamatory claim. Based on what you know today, Madam Secretary, Were Renee Good and Alex Pretty domestic terrorists?

Congressman, what happened in Minnesota in those two incidents was an absolute tragedy.

Were they domestic terrorists, as you said to the country?

My condolences to their families, because I know that their lives will never be the same after that.

Is that an apology for what you said?

We, in those instances, offer as much information as we can from officers and agents on the ground in a chaotic scene that gets- I'll repeat my question, reclaiming my time.

Based Based on what you know today, Madam Secretary, based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretty domestic terrorists?

As you know, there's ongoing investigations that are being led by the FBI.

But you didn't wait for the investigation, did you? You didn't wait for the evidence. You claimed that they were domestic terrorists at the time. Why did you do that?

And you didn't wait to attack our law enforcement. Why did you do that? They're going into a dangerous situation.

Why did you call them domestic terrorists?

Because our ICE officers and our HSI officers that day risked their lives to protect that scene. So evidence could be reclaimed. So it could be used in the investigation because those violent rioters that were- So you're proud of the fact that you called them domestic terrorists?

Is that what you're telling America?

Hsi officers put their lives on the line to protect that scene. So evidence so we could have- Yes, they do.

Yes, they do. But you told a lie about them. You said that they were domestic terrorists. Do you regret that?

I offer my condolences to those family.

Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Freddie domestic terrorists?

There's ongoing investigations, and so I can't- So you still don't know.

You think that's an open question?

I would think you would want there to still be investigations going into these situations.

Well, you stated the conclusion two hours after they were killed that they were domestic terrorists. I wanted to give you an opportunity to correct the record, not just for their family, but for everybody in America who believes in the truth and fairness and honesty.

In every situation, as facts come out, we relay them.

You're acting ICE director, Todd Lyons, came before Congress. He said he had no knowledge whatsoever that Alex already very good, were domestic terrorists. None. This is your guy. He said that. He admitted that that was wrong. Why won't you admit it?

I'll tell you the investigation is still ongoing.

Do you regret speaking before the investigation?

I would say that in those situations. You regret that? Seen on the ground, we relay information to the American people that they're asking for. As the things change, situations change- People were asking you whether they were domestic terrorists, and you decided that they were before the investigation? As We learn more, we- You don't want to say anything to their families? I did. I said condolences. For what?

How about an apology for what you said about their loved ones?

My heart is with them, and we will continue to stand with them as they get a complete investigation into these situations. All right.

Next, Representative Kamlager Dove asked Noem about her reported affair with her advisor, Cori Lewandowski. Notably, what you'll notice in this clip is that Noem did not deny the affair, even with her husband sitting right behind her. To play the clip.

Trump knows that this guy is shady. Cory has a decades-long record of physical battery, sexual harassment, illegal lobbying for a Venezuelan oil company, and bringing a loaded gun into a federal building. Despite being fired or removed from virtually every position he has ever held due to misconduct, he now wields unchecked, unconfirmed, undisclosed power over your department. This person has no experience running anything close to Department of Homeland Security or even advising someone in your position. He is unqualified, which again has left my constituents and I wondering why he is your top official. So, Secretary Noem, at any time during your tenure as Director of Department of Homeland Security, have you had sexual relations with Cory Lewandowski?

Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee today. Reclaiming my time. Ma'am, one thing that I would tell you is that he is a special government employee who works for the White House. There are thousands of them in the federal government.

Reclaiming my time, secretary, it is okay for you to be offended by the question. It is okay for you to be offended by the question.

But it is also a real question.

What I would say to you is that what we do at the Department of Homeland Security, and Every single day is to protect this country and to make decisions. If someone is asking if you or any federal official is sleeping with their subordinate, that should be the easiest. You should be wanting to answer that question because it is not about your sex life. It is a sense of that you have brought that up. It is about your judgment. That garbage has been refuted for years. It is about reclaiming my time so that I can hear myself here.

Time belongs to the gentle lady from Caliphate. Here's Representative Jared-Moskowitz, Mocking Nome over a story that she fired someone in the Coast Guard because he forgot to to take her blanky on her plane. Play the clip.

200 miles of border walls being held up by you. They had to bring in Tom Holman, pull out of Minnesota. I think the country needs a national divorce from you on biblical grounds. I mean, if Donald Trump was still a as Trump, he would look at you and he would realize you're the weakness cabinet member and he would fire you. If the President said to you, that only way DHS could reopen is if you resigned, I hope you would take him up on it. Now, I want to end on a happy note, Mr. Chairman, real quickly. The President gave all sorts of stuff out during the State of the Union. I don't want you to leave. I got you a new Coast Guard blanky, the one you lost. Okay, so this is for you. You don't leave empty-handed when you come to. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Now, just to give you some quick insight on her replacement, Mark Wayne-Mullen. He is, let's just say, not the brightest guy. Here's Mullen the other day talking about the Iran war. He called it a war, then tried to say that it wasn't a war. Play the clip.

Are there measures being taken not to eliminate other possible alternatives to leadership?

This is war, and we're taking out the threat. If you're part of the threat, then you're a target. What we call not all the arrows, but going after the archers.

You'll concede this as war.

We haven't declared war. They declared war on us. The person called war on Secretary Hexel. We haven't declared it.

Just now, you said this is war.

They called it war. They called it war. What I was saying... Okay, well, that was a misspoke. But I was saying that they've declared war on us, but war is ugly. It always has been ugly. But We're taking out a regime that's been trying to attack us for quite some time. But you're not conceiving this as war. We have declared war. If we haven't declared war, then I don't see that. The President hasn't asked us to declare war yet, but they have declared war on us. We're just simply fighting the threat that's been at our door for 47 years.. I've already answered your question.

Do you believe that that ask could be coming?

That an ask from- Here's Mullen in one of these hearings demanding that everybody say thank you to President Trump for being a strong leader. It's just so embarrassing. Play the clip.

But you can't deny that this was a threat and an essential growing threat to the United States. You want to say he's playing politics? You get the politics behind it, Mr. Peters? You guys are playing politics. You guys are the ones that are grandstanding. The President's doing his job as commander-in-chief. I think at one time or the next, we should say, Thank you. Thank you for being a strong leader. But there's no way in God's green earth, you guys can ever give the least President Trump any credit. Sorry. Thank you. Sir, I'm out. I still got 49 seconds.

Here's Mullen in a 2023 hearing challenging the Teamsters President, Sean O'Brien, to a fight in the middle of a hearing. Play this clip.

Sir, this is a time, this is a place. You want to run your mouth We can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here.

Okay, that's fine. Perfect.

You want to do it now? I'd love to do it right now. Well, stand your butt up then.

You stand your butt up. Oh, hold on.

Oh, stop it.

Is that your solution?

No, sit down. You're a United States senator. Okay.

Sit down, please. All right.

Can I respond?

Hold it.

If we can... No, I have the mic.

I'm sorry.

Hold it. Now, let me just remind you of some of the other Christie Nome lowlights here was Nome falsely claiming that Alex Pretty was a domestic terrorist. This was despicable. Play the clip. The White House has labeled the man who was killed in Minnesota as a domestic terrorist.

Is that something you agree with? And have you seen any evidence to back up that claim? When you perpetuate violence against a government because of ideological reasons and for reasons to resist and perpetuate violence. That is the definition of domestic terrorism. This individual who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers committed an act of domestic terrorism. That's the facts. Where's the evidence of his ideology, though? Drew Evans.

If you recall, Nome was also recently under fire for wanting to purchase the $70 million luxury jet with a queen-size bedroom, a bar, and four flat-screen TVs. There was the incident Jared Moskowitz had mentioned, in which the person she's been allegedly having an affair with, Cori Lewandowski, fired a US Coast Guard pilot after Nome's blanket was left behind on a plane. Nome would post things like this on her social media, images paintings of herself on horses, asking what should be her official portrait. She'd always be dressing up in these different costumes like she was constantly doing cosplay. Of course, she was disastrous in the face of natural disasters. Like when the floods had Texas last year on July fifth, FEMA had received 3,000 calls from survivors, and only 1% of those calls went unanswered. But that night, Trump and Nome decided to fire the people who handled those calls. By July seventh, 85% of those calls calls went unanswered. Not only that, Nome did not authorize FEMA's deployment of urban search and rescue teams until more than 72 hours after the flooding began. So all in all, just a terrible, terrible, terrible run in her position.

So there you have it. Christie Nome is out. A stunning development. She will not be missed. I'd like to be able to tell you that we'll be in better hands with Mark Wayne Mullen, but I cannot do that either. Thanks for watching. Remember to hit the like button, spread the word, and help us get to seven million subscribers. See you soon. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our sub stack at mitisplus. Com. You'll get daily recap from Ron Filipkowski, add three episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content, only available at mitisplus. Com. Amazon bietet allen frischgebackenen Eltern in den Logistikzentren extra Familienboni, so wie Anton, der gerade seine neugeborene Cilkowski, add three episodes of our podcast, and more exclusive content, only available at mitisplus. Com.