When Kristi Noem disclosed she once shot the family dog, Cricket, because Cricket was “untrainable”, the world wrote her off as unfit to be Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate. According to a new book, her dog-killing ruthlessness was, in fact, one of the key reasons Trump picked her for Homeland Security Secretary. It may have helped that Trump doesn’t like dogs. 

Now that uncompromising approach has been her downfall. Trump has finally snapped and fired her for overshadowing his administration’s immigration achievements – achievements she has made – by turning public sentiment against ICE. There was the crackdown in Minnesota and the protester killings, but also the spending of hundreds of millions of dollars on unsanctioned ads, not to mention rumors that she is apparently sleeping with her advisor. Just like poor Cricket, Noem turned out to be untrainable.

Her final misstep came at a calamitous appearance at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Noem lied about the President signing off a $200 million ad campaign, featuring herself on a horse urging illegal immigrants to self-deport. She also potentially committed perjury in the process. “I never knew anything about it,” Trump told Reuters on Thursday when asked about the adverts. 

Trump was also said to be furious about Noem’s non-answer when she was asked if she was having an affair with her top advisor Corey........

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