Donald Trump on Thursday said Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin will replace Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security secretary.

Trump made the announcement on social media Thursday afternoon saying he was “pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026.”

The sources said the president was upset with a particular moment during the hearing when Republican Sen. John Kennedy questioned Noem about a taxpayer-funded $220 million ad campaign. Noem repeatedly suggested the president was aware of the campaign and signed off on it.

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    The sources said the president was upset with a particular moment during the hearing when Republican Sen. John Kennedy questioned Noem about a taxpayer-funded $220 million ad campaign. Noem repeatedly suggested the president was aware of the campaign and signed off on it.

    And there it is. Killing Americans, violating the Constitution, lying, stealing, being a literal Nazi, none of that matters. To Trump, the only thing you can do wrong is prioritize anything over him.

    Noem should be in jail and Mullin is just a PR switch, but I find this detail most telling about where the lines remain for Trump.

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      Yes fired, she was removed from her position and assigned to another. It’s sugar-coated but it’s still fired.

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        That’s not what fired means. If you still have a job, you haven’t been fired. Demoted, reassigned, sure. Fired would mean she doesn’t have a job with the company anymore.

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          Not in Trump’s world. He “re-assigns” rather than fire because firing implies he made a mistake in hiring. He learned this in his first term when his constant firing drew attention.

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            Uh that is a very second term thing.

            Trump fired a ton of people in his first term, and he used to have a sort of catchphrase around it.

            My guess is that there are/will be two levels of removal:

            1. Moving to another job because you’re a Good Soldier and will Keep Your Mouth Shut about the countless things they aren’t telling us, or

            2. The window method popularized by our President’s real constituent

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    Wow. I just looked up Markwayne. An unqualified moron. He’ll fit right in. I’m sure his experience as a college dropout and plumbing business is the perfect life skills to bring to the DHS. Well… It is a shit show.

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    Don’t they need to go through a confirmation process, too?

    Ppl that execute their own dogs shouldn’t be in charge of anyone that can execute humans.

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    To be clear, inbred poster boy, Markwayne Mullin, will almost certainly be worse than Noem. Mullin tried to physically fight someone during an official proceeding until Bernie Sanders yelled at him to sit down and behave like a member of Congress.

    Mullin tried ripping the “Black People Are Not Apes” sign out of Al Green’s hand during the State of the Union.

    There are pictures of Mullin cowering in fear during Jan 6, after helping incite it. There are pictures of Mullin standing on a box behind a podium to match the height of his debate opponent.

    He is an inbred and a coward with a chip on his shoulder. Expect more Constitutional violations.

    Found this elsewhere by another user, but wanted to share.

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    Got asked about a shady-ass contract, says Trump knew all about it, gets an immediate denial by Trump and gets replaced within a couple days. If there’s a more obvious way to telegraph that the contract was indeed shady as shit, I can’t think of it. Senate better not let this go.

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    Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS)

    What in the banjo-plucking sibling-fucking hee-hawing fuck is that appointment?! May as just appoint Cletus the slack-jawed yokel to the role and be done with it.

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    Fired because of stuff she’s been doing, or stuff she hasn’t been doing?

    Noem repeatedly suggested the president was aware of the campaign and signed off on it.

    Oh, that makes sense. Fired for a petty reason by the hurt snowflake in charge.

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    These idiots who race with each other to prove they are the best ass lickers don’t realize how expandible they are in such an opportunistic and fascist regime.