The worst of the worst: how Kristi Noem treated the American people ‘like dogs’
Many will regard the ex-secretary of homeland security, Trump’s first fired cabinet member, as the worst yet seenKristi Noem once led a dog to a gravel pit and ended its life with the cold precision of a mafia hit. On Thursday, the homeland security secretary confronted the grim truth that she,...
<p>Many will regard the ex-secretary of homeland security, Trump’s first fired cabinet member, as the worst yet seen</p><p>Kristi Noem once led a dog to a gravel pit and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/26/trump-kristi-noem-shot-dog-and-goat-book">ended its life</a> with the cold precision of a mafia hit. On Thursday, the homeland security secretary confronted the grim truth that she, too, was expendable.</p><p>Noem became the first cabinet member fired in Donald Trump’s second term, a striking contrast to the revolving-door chaos of his first. Like other members of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/01/trump-cabinet-rfjk-jr">Team Trump</a>, she had assumed that ostentatious displays of fealty to the president would insulate her.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/kristi-noem-fired">Continue reading...</a>
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