- It was long past due, but this is the correct move.
Most people had seen enough, and now President Trump has, too.
On Thursday, Trump announced that he had decided to oust Kristi Noem as secretary of homeland security and was nominating Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to replace her. Hours earlier, our own Audrey Fahlberg was the first to report Trump was contemplating this change.
The former South Dakota governor was never well suited to the job, and neither was her partner in running the department, the loose-cannon former Trump consultant Corey Lewandowski. But Trump picked her and, as a practical matter, the two of them anyway.
Perhaps the most unforgivable aspect of Noem's tenure? Turning a popular issue (i.e. deportation of illegal immigrants) into a deeply loathed one. Border czar Tom Homan had the more politically prudent approach of deporting the "worst of the worst" whereas Noem, Lewandowski et al were willing to raid car washes and Home Depot parking lots. But the final straw was Noem's dismal showing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. In that testimony, Noem insisted the President was aware of a $200+ million DHS ad campaign, an allegation that left Trump furious.
While Noem's dismissal is something progs have been calling for, I'm certain there is some level of disappointment among them that they can no longer use her presence as a "bloody shirt."
- If you wanna know why there's a perception that Minnesota Dems don't seem overly concerned about the billions of dollars of fraud in the state, perhaps this might be a clue.
... What?
— MN House GOP Rapid Response (@MNHRCWarRoom) March 5, 2026
Rep Pinto (D-St. Paul): "Yesterday, there was a presentation from a group seeking to change how we address organized retail theft... It would have been good to make sure that they would study the benefit of shoplifting and of retail theft because perhaps people are… pic.twitter.com/2NhXrY1Pre
I'm sure the small business owners in this state who are constantly being gouged by destructive prog policies appreciate that their businesses being further pillaged may be of "benefit" to the pillagers.
- Yes, President Trump's approval rating barely more than a year into his second term is quite low. And if you hear the prog media spin it, he's the most unpopular second term POTUS perhaps in the history of the republic.
But the numbers don't quite bear that, specifically when looking at the most recent two terms presidents.
President Trump, Obama, Bush Approval on March 5, Second Year, Second Term
— RealClearPolling (@RCPolling) March 5, 2026
🔴Trump: 43.3%
🔵Obama: 42.5%
🔴Bush: 38.7%
RealClearPolitics Polling Average pic.twitter.com/8hWSfUavBZ
To be clear, this isn't something Trump fans should be taking a victory lap over. Both Bush and Obama were repudiated in the midterm elections within their respective second terms as the opposing political party garnered a net gain of double digits House seats in both cycles (+31 for Dems in 2006, +13 for Republicans in 2014). Given the GOP has a razor thin majority in House currently, attaining a majority doesn't appear to be too high a bar for Dems to clear in November.
The one saving grace for Trump? His party has a better chance to retain its Senate majority, unlike his predecessors.
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