Is it safe?
Not for the nation’s dogs, apparently:
President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to two people familiar with the selection.
Noem will be tapped to take over the agency as two key immigration hardliners — Stephen Miller and Tom Homan — are slated to serve in senior roles, signaling Trump is serious about his promise to crack down on his immigration pledges. With his selection of Noem, Trump is ensuring a loyalist will head an agency he prioritizes and that is key to his domestic agenda.
The department saw an immense amount of turmoil the last time Trump was in office. Then, DHS had five different leaders, only two of whom were Senate-confirmed. The agency has a $60 billion budget and hundreds of thousands of employees.
Trump had some cabinet appointments who didn’t have an extensive history of kissing his ass last time and he’s certainly not going to make that mistake again.
In addition:
Trump's NSA pick Mike Waltz was a counterterrorism advisor to Dick Cheney and thought the US should stay in Afghanistan forever. In this 2017 clip, he suggested the war be "multigenerational." But sure, keep pretending Trump was the anti-war candidate. pic.twitter.com/QQpCMxU70R— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) November 12, 2024
People who ostensibly oppose Endless War and gave Biden zero credit for Afghanistan and grounding the drones are getting exactly the Trump cabinet they deserve.