Trump says DHS Secretary Kristi Noem doing ‘nice job’ amid immigration protests

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President Donald Trump supplied renewed assist for Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday, saying she has completed a "nice job" amid ongoing nationwide immigration protests.

In a prolonged put up on Reality Social, Trump accused "radical left" activists of focusing on Noem whereas touting what he described as historic features in border safety and public security beneath his administration.

"The Radical Left Lunatics, Insurrectionists, Agitators, and Thugs, are going after Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Safety, as a result of she is a lady, and has completed a extremely GREAT JOB!" Trump wrote Friday night. "The Border catastrophe that I inherited is fastened, the violent criminals that had been allowed into our Nation by way of Sleepy Joe’s 'sick' Open Border Coverage, are largely gone, or being strongly hunted for functions of elimination, and the Homicide Price within the USA simply reached the bottom degree in historical past, 125 years!"

In a separate put up, Trump praised border czar Tom Homan for doing a "FANTASTIC JOB" after sending him to Minneapolis this week to switch Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino. Trump has recommended Bovino didn't adequately oversee the state’s immigration crackdown.

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President Donald Trump has repeatedly backed DHS chief Noem in public feedback in January. (Jim Watson/Getty Pictures)

Trump's feedback come as Noem faces mounting criticism following the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good throughout immigration enforcement operations by federal brokers in Minneapolis.

A number of outstanding Democrats have lately known as for her elimination as DHS secretary, and Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., together with different Home Democrats, are threatening impeachment proceedings if Noem is just not "fired instantly."

Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have additionally publicly urged her elimination.

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President Donald Trump defended DHS Secretary Kristi Noem amid nationwide immigration protests and mounting political stress over federal enforcement actions. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures)

On Friday, a number of College of Minnesota scholar teams led what they dubbed a "Nationwide Shutdown" in protest of federal immigration enforcement , with activists becoming a member of from throughout the nation.

Trump accused Democrats of utilizing protests as a distraction from what he alleged had been widespread monetary crimes involving billions of {dollars} in public funds.

"Republicans, don’t let these Crooked Democrats, who're stealing Billions of {Dollars} from Minnesota, and different Cities and States from everywhere in the Nation, push you round," he wrote. "They're utilizing this aggressive protest SCAM to obfuscate, camouflage, and conceal their CRIMINAL ACTS of theft and rebellion. They need to all be in jail."

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Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem speaks throughout a information convention within the Nationwide Response Coordination Middle on the FEMA headquarters on Jan. 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. ( Al Drago/Getty Pictures)

The president’s newest message of assist for Noem follows affirmation Tuesday that he has no plans to ask her to step down from her position.

"Is Kristi Noem going to step down?" a reporter requested.

"No," Trump responded.

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Noem addressed calls for her ouster in an interview Thursday on "Hannity," saying "radicals" had been focusing on her.

"These radicals are attacking me, however I am simply doing my job. I am following the regulation, imposing the legal guidelines like President Trump promised that he would do to maintain folks secure on this nation," she mentioned.