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Trump had been nearing a boiling point in his frustration with Noem and already was considering ousting her after she claimed to senators Tuesday that he approved $220 million in ads starring herself — but her inability to answer the question sealed her fate.
The final straw was Noem refusing to deny an affair with top aide Corey Lewandowski at a Wednesday hearing attended by her husband Bryon, center,“The question about the affair at the hearing was actually the final straw. It was f—ing brutal,” one source said of Noem’s reply, which was widely seen as an admission that she was sleeping with her subordinate — after her husband of 34 years Bryon Noem joined her at the hearing.The moment at Kristi Noem's Senate hearing that likely got her fired as secretary of Homeland SecurityA third source said, “There was just no going back with the two hearings. It all became about her and him.”“You’re asking me to speculate on things that I have no insight into,” he said when reached by phone.to Congress about his approval of advertising spending, giving the impression that that was the core reason for his decision to swap her out for Sen. Markwayne Mullin .Noem speaking minutes after being fired by Trump: watch liveTrump says Kristi Noem lied to Congress about getting his approval for $220M ad campaign featuring herselfSources said that the ad issue was indeed a key motivation for Trump, though her poor handling of the affair query sealed her fate. Sen. John Kennedy told reporters after Noem’s termination that Trump was “mad as a murder hornet” and considering replacing her with Mullin on Tuesday night after her Senate testimony — though he didn’t do so until Thursday following her disastrous House testimony on Wednesday. “The president, when he called me Tuesday night, the night of the hearing, when he was mad as a murder hornet, he asked me what I thought about Markwayne,” Kennedy said.Trump was already aware of Noem’s relationship with Lewandowski, who served as his first campaign manager in 2016, and hasNoem and Lewandowski began to lose influence in January when a second anti-deportation activist, Alex Pretti, was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, following the earlier shooting of Renee Good. Trump sent in the pair’s internal rival, border czar Tom Homan, to calm and wind down the local operation. An administration official said: “Replacing Kristi was based on the culmination of her many unfortunate leadership failures including the fallout in Minnesota, the ad campaign, the allegations of infidelity, the mismanagement of her staff, and her constant feuding with the heads of other agencies, including CBP and ICE.Kristi Noem trains with the Maritime Security Response Team West during a visit to Coast Guard Cutter Elm, in San Diego, CA, March 16, 2025.Noem boards the US Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba for a meeting on drug interdiction on June 24, 2025 in Panama City.Kristi Noem speaks during a tour of the Terrorist Confinement Center as prisoners stand, looking out from a cell, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025.DHS Secretary Kristi Noem seen riding a horse in front of Mount Rushmore for a DHS ad on Oct. 2, 2025.“Kristi’s drama sadly overshadowed and distracted from the Administration’s extremely popular immigration agenda, which will continue full force.” Lewandowksi, who led a reign of terror at DHS while serving as Noem’s de facto chief of staff, despite being an unpaid special government employee, is now likely out of a job at DHS.But a different source said they suspect that Lewandowski, whom Trump has periodically dropped then welcomed back into the fold before, eventually will find his way back into a position of power.“I haven’t made that decision,” Lewandowski said, when asked if he’ll stay on with the Trump administration. The moment at Kristi Noem's Senate hearing that likely got her fired as secretary of Homeland SecurityInside ‘Deadliest Catch’ crew’s desperate attempts to save Todd Meadows before death: He was ‘turning blue’ Woman booted from Lily Allen pal’s party for ‘dating’ David Harbour speaks: ‘People assume the worst about women’ Elisabeth Hasselbeck Stuns ‘The View’ Audience As She Calls Democrats “The Party of Masks”: “You Guys Forced Masks On Everybody in the United States”The final straw was Noem refusing to deny an affair with top aide Corey Lewandowski at a Wednesday hearing attended by her husband Bryon, center,
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