Noem was trying to distract from the mounting scandals piling up under her leadership.
Kristi Noem tried to launch a new border wall project in a desperate bid to pull attention away from her mounting problems. Noem, ousted as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security this month, proposed to build 500 miles of border wall near Big Bend National Park in Texas.
The plot went against Border Patrol’s plans to secure the region, according to a Friday report from thethat her sources said the project was “an attempt to distract” from 54-year-old Noem’s growing scandals following the two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis and her $200 million ad campaign. The new stretch of wall was first proposedBorder Patrol officials reportedly said they “never had wall, never had plans for wall” in the area. Instead, the agency wanted to use technology to guard the border.U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem boards a plane before departing from Mariscal Sucre International Airport on July 31, 2025 in Quito, Ecuador. Noem is on a multi-day visit to Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay.. Lawmakers and advocates argued that the barrier would obstruct the natural beauty of Big Bend and disrupt the environment. Plans for a physical wall in Big Bend National Parkas DHS Secretary on March 5. She had been plagued by scandal throughout her tenure, which reached a fever pitch after the fatal shootings of Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota in January. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem rides a horse while filming an ad at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, Oct. 2, 2025.$200 million on a front-facing ad campaign, which lawmakers accused her of using for her own “personal PR.” These televised advertisements put Noem front and center, with one prominent spot depicting her riding a horse in front of Mount Rushmore. By the time Trump announced Noem’s firing, she was battling the fallout from the killing of American citizens by her agents, the pricey ad campaign, and the continued reporting on “Washington’s worst kept secret,” regarding Noem and her alleged lover and top aide Corey Lewandowski.President Donald Trump appointed Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin to replace Noem, who was transferred to a new position as “Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas.” Mullin wasA source had told Axios that Noem left “a mountain of backed-up contracts and invoices on her desk that the new guy will just have to deal with.” The Washington Examiner reported that Mullin is expected to lift this rule.
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