Kristi Noem speaks in the Oval Office next to Donald Trump. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters
On Saturday afternoon, December 6, The Bulwark's Adrian Carrasquillo reported that President Donald Trump, according to three sources, is considering replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
"For weeks," Carrasquillo explained, "a rumor has been circulating in political circles that Noem may soon be on the outs. It briefly surfaced in a CNN report a few weeks back that listed her first among the Cabinet officials who could be caught in a year-end turnover, noting that while Trump himself has been happy with Noem, top White House officials have grown frustrated with her tenure — specifically, her employment of her divisive and combustible chief adviser, Corey Lewandowski. Noem has downplayed any tensions or concerns. And in a text to me, Lewandowski called b------ on any talk of turnover. 'None of that is true,' he said Thursday evening."
Carrasquillo continues, "But in conversations with three former DHS officials — who served in both the Biden and Trump Administrations and are still in touch with current staff — it was made clear that Trump is indeed considering moving on from Noem."
Carrasquillo's reporting is drawing a lot of responses on X, formerly Twitter.
The Bulwark's Matt Marshall wrote, "Three former DHS officials — who served in both the Biden and Trump administrations and are still in touch with current staff— made it clear to @Carrasquillo that Trump is indeed considering moving on from Noem. Two of those officials said they believed such a move could happen 'really soon,' relaying that they've been told Noem has been taking on less of a role in directing department memos."
Amy Coplan, a philosophy professor at Cal State University, Fullerton, argued, "I hesitate to celebrate since I'm pretty confident her replacement won't be a winner but I would he EXTREMELY happy if she were ousted. What does it say that at this point I think it would be a marked improvement if Tom Homan took over."
Pediatrician Zev Waldman tweeted, "For Steven Miller? Bovino? Hard to see things getting better over the next year."
Self-described "determined Democrat" Sue Hagadorn posted, "Good...though it's always wise to be careful what you wish for."
The Decatur Daily's news editor, Franklin Harris, wrote, "If true, it means he just wants an even more draconian execution of his policies."
Self-described "angry liberal" Goblinsburg joked, "I hear he has an ivory poacher on his shortlist."
Adrian Carrasquillo's full article for The Bulwark is available at this link.
