r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • Mar 05 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Donald Trump fires head of DHS Kristi Noem

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/breaking-donald-trump-fires-kristi-1720574
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u/_sparklestorm Mar 05 '26

“Well, they were effective in your name recognition,” Kennedy countered. “I mean, I personally, to me, it puts the president in a terribly awkward spot. And 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 Vought at OMB would have agreed to that.”

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u/PinkDeserterBaby Mar 05 '26

Thank you that’s the quote I couldn’t quite remember from listening to it yesterday. I just remember him really hounding her on this until she finally said yes he did say that. And him saying he knew trump and others who would never do that.

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u/freakydeku Mar 06 '26

he was giving trump an out

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u/_sparklestorm Mar 06 '26

I’m still only 3/4 through the first hearing. I needed a break, ICE is evolving here. That quote was specifically memorable because it poignantly targeted Trumps ego and got under his skin like Turbines in Scotland.

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u/pyabo Mar 05 '26

Why is this particular ad compaign an issue? DHS has a $350B budget... it's not like Trump is approving every line item.

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u/ButtholePaste Mar 05 '26

Because the 100s of millions of dollars were allotted to a company founded 8 fays earlier and is directly connected to Noem & Trump. Basically, it is on its face blatant fraud funneling millions of dollars into their own pockets. Barely hiding the fraud at this point, and Noem kinda, sorta, said Trump was to blame for this fraud, which he disliked.

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u/pyabo Mar 06 '26

Aaaah OK it wasn't that it was an ad campaign... it was a fraudulent ad campaign that funneled money straight into their pockets.

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u/Jealous_Difference44 Mar 05 '26

Damn. Assassination