{"id":38462,"date":"2026-02-01T02:59:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=38462"},"modified":"2026-02-01T02:59:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:59:47","slug":"trump-says-kristi-noem-doing-great-job-claims-shes-being-attacked-because-shes-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=38462","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Kristi Noem Doing \u2018Great Job,\u2019 Claims She\u2019s Being Attacked Because She\u2019s a \u2018Woman\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/span><\/span><\/strong> on Friday night publicly rallied behind Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, praising her performance amid nationwide protests over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics and arguing that criticism of her leadership is rooted in sexism rather than policy disagreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a fiery post on Truth Social, Trump accused what he called \u201cRadical Left Lunatics, Insurrectionists, Agitators, and Thugs\u201d of targeting Noem specifically because she is a woman. \u201cShe has done a really GREAT JOB!\u201d Trump wrote, framing the backlash as politically and personally motivated rather than substantive.<\/span><\/p>\n

The president used the post to restate his broader claims about border security, asserting that the \u201cborder disaster\u201d he inherited has been resolved. Trump credited Noem with helping reduce violent crime, claiming the national murder rate has reached its lowest level in 125 years, and emphasized that undocumented immigrants with criminal records are either gone or actively being pursued for removal. He ended his message with a familiar refrain: \u201cELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Noem, a former South Dakota governor and congresswoman, has become one of the most visible\u2014and polarizing\u2014faces of the administration\u2019s immigration agenda. Critics have mocked her as \u201cICE Barbie,\u201d pointing to her frequent high-profile appearances and carefully staged photo-ops, including images of her wearing cowboy hats or tactical agency gear. One of the most controversial moments came in May, when she was photographed in front of bare-chested inmates at El Salvador\u2019s CECOT mega-prison following the deportation of roughly 200 alleged gang members.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s vocal support comes amid signs of internal tension. During a recent cabinet meeting, Noem was notably not invited to speak, while Small Business Administration Secretary Kelly Loeffler was given the floor. Just days earlier, Trump dispatched White House border czar Tom Homan<\/span><\/span><\/strong> to Minneapolis following the January 24 shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents. Trump announced that Homan would take over immigration enforcement operations in the city and report directly to him, fueling speculation about shifts in authority within the Department of Homeland Security.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump later praised Homan separately, calling him \u201cone of a kind\u201d and saying he was doing a \u201cFANTASTIC JOB.\u201d Meanwhile, reports surfaced that Greg Bovino, who had been serving as a \u201ccommander at large,\u201d was being reassigned back to his previous post in El Centro, California.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adding to the controversy, retiring Senator Thom Tillis<\/span><\/span><\/strong> has emerged as one of Noem\u2019s most vocal Republican critics. Tillis publicly labeled Noem and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Steven Miller as \u201csycophants,\u201d later likening Noem to Harry Potter villain Dolores Umbridge\u2014an analogy that quickly gained traction online.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noem addressed the criticism Thursday night in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, dismissing calls for her resignation as politically motivated. \u201cThese radicals are attacking me,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I\u2019m just doing my job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As immigration remains one of the most divisive issues of Trump\u2019s presidency, Noem now stands at the center of both his praise and the political firestorm surrounding border enforcement\u2014symbolizing the administration\u2019s hardline approach and the deepening rifts it continues to provoke.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump on Friday night publicly rallied behind Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, praising her performance amid nationwide protests over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics and arguing that criticism of her leadership is rooted in sexism rather than policy disagreement. In a fiery post on Truth Social, Trump accused what he called \u201cRadical…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}