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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,823 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:54 PM 14 hrs ago

Noem lent Melania Trump one of DHS' luxury jets as an 'insurance policy' to protect her from spending backlash

Ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had lent first lady Melania Trump one of the agency’s luxury jets as an “insurance policy” to protect her from backlash over her spending of taxpayer dollars, according to a new report.

Noem was axed Thursday via a Truth Social post, in which President Donald Trump praised the secretary for “numerous and spectacular results” while announcing her departure from the Department of Homeland Security at the end of the month.

Trump said Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma would take over Noem’s post and Noem would become the special envoy for Trump’s new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere, “The Shield of the Americas.”

Noem has been criticized over the tactics used by federal agents in carrying out Trump’s massive immigration crackdown, which resulted in the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, and for spending on lavish jets and ad campaigns predominantly featuring the secretary.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/noem-lent-melania-trump-one-215839805.html

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Noem lent Melania Trump one of DHS' luxury jets as an 'insurance policy' to protect her from spending backlash (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 14 hrs ago OP
Everybody that kept the heat on Ice Barbie and called her out deserves thanks for her departure to basically Siberia Blues Heron 14 hrs ago #1
I'm actually shocked Melanoma bamagal62 14 hrs ago #2
Once again she proves... 2naSalit 14 hrs ago #3

Blues Heron

(8,667 posts)
1. Everybody that kept the heat on Ice Barbie and called her out deserves thanks for her departure to basically Siberia
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:57 PM
14 hrs ago

Enjoy your internal exile Ice Barbie and leave those puppies alone!

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