.MaddowBlog: Sec. Nielsen’s DHS resignation leaves Pres. Trump’s cabinet in a precarious state.
According to Donald Trump, there’s an ongoing national emergency along the United States’ southern border. As of yesterday, the president is comfortable trying to address this “crisis” without his Homeland Security secretary.
Nielsen was asked to the White House after Trump expressed frustrations, including over not being able to seal the border, during the week, according to a senior U.S. official. It was up to her to convince him to keep her, the official added.Nielsen is the eighth member of Trump’s cabinet to step down, following EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, HHS Secretary Tom Price, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, VA Secretary David Shulkin, U.S.
These developments do not entirely come out of nowhere. About a year ago, Trump scolded Nielsen in front of the rest of the White House cabinet, reportedly for half an hour, prompting her to draft a resignation letter that was never submitted. There were multiple reports of her looming ouster in the fall, and after her greatest champion – former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly – left the West Wing, her days in the administration appeared numbered.
Her willingness to embarrass herself and tarnish her own credibility appeared to be part of a shameless strategy: Nielsen sought to satisfy the White House’s often outrageous demands. But 15 months of advancing Trump’s agenda, up to and including separating families at the border and implementing a brutal “zero tolerance” policy, wasn’t enough for the president.
As of this week, Trump has an acting Homeland Security secretary. And an acting Defense secretary. And an acting Interior secretary. And an acting ambassador to the United Nations. And an acting head of the Small Business Administration.
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