Team Noem Fires Back at White House, Suggests Trump Lied About Ad Campaign

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Minister of Homeland Security Kristi Noem Allies push counter-narrative after President Donald Trump’s He announced that he will leave his post at the end of this month.

By the way to The Daily Caller’s Reagan ReeseNoem had “complaints” with Trump’s White House. An administration official told Reese that by the end of 2025, “Noem had told Trump and the White House that she wasn’t getting the support she needed,” and that “Trump agreed and stepped in to help,” leading to a temporary improvement, while things got worse after federal agents shot and killed two Americans in Minneapolis, after which “Noem felt like she was thrown under the bus.”

The same official disputed Trump’s claim that he was unaware of a controversial $220 million ad campaign featuring Noem, insisting to Reese that “the White House was aware of Noem’s advertising contract” and claiming that “senior White House officials were even involved in approving the funds.” Trump directly denied that he was aware of Noem’s ad campaign in comments to Reuters on Thursday.

Another official who spoke with Reese denied this and said it was “ridiculous that Kristi was trying to blame the problems she created on someone else. The problems that led to Kristi’s replacement were the result of her own mistakes, not a lack of support from the White House.”

Fox News on Thursday Jacqui Henry It reported that Noem’s dismissal could be attributed to “a combination of unfortunate leadership failures, from ‘Minnesota’ to the ad campaign to the affair allegations.” Corey LewandowskiHe too was shown the door.

“Secretary Noem was questioned about the $200 million ad she authorized that featured her prominently on horseback at Mount Rushmore. It was an advertising campaign about border security. And she told Congress that she approved of that campaign, even though the president apparently did not,” Heinrich said, also noting that Noem “never denied having sexual intercourse” with Lewandowski.

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