Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — one of the Trump administration’s most colorful characters, mocked as “Concentration Camp Barbie” by the president’s foes — was dismissed by President Trump on Thursday. This follows widely reported rumors about Noem’s personal life and a controversial wave of paramilitary-style attacks on U.S. cities unleashed by her department, the incarceration and deportation of thousands of immigrants and multiple killings of civilians, including U.S. citizens, by officers in agencies under Noem’s purview.
According to a Truth Social post from Trump early on Thursday afternoon, Noem will be replaced at DHS by Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., as of March 31. Mullin is a vigorous supporter of Trump and the MAGA movement, and his vacated U.S. Senate seat is likely to remain in Republican hands.
