Trump fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, appoints Senator Mullin

President Donald Trump has sacked Kristi Noem arsenic the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), appointing U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin.

The President, successful a station connected Truth Social connected Thursday, announced that Mullin volition go the Secretary of Homeland Security effectual March 31, 2026.

Trump said Noem, 54, volition go the Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, a caller Security Initiative successful the Western Hemisphere to beryllium announced connected Saturday successful Doral, Florida.

48-year-old Mullin, a erstwhile undefeated nonrecreational MMA fighter, served 10 years successful the U.S. House of Representatives and has been successful the Senate for 3 years.

The President noted that the lawmaker gets on good with radical and “knows the contented and courage” required to beforehand the America First Agenda.

Trump said being the lone Native American successful the Senate, Markwayne, “a fantastic advocator for tribal communities,” volition enactment to support the borderline safe, and halt migrant crime, criminals, and drugs from entering the country.

On Tuesday, Noem was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee implicit her spending connected craft and adverts, and migration raids, which caused the decease of 2 Americans, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

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