Kristi Noem Blames Her Actions on Trump and Stephen Miller
By: Zachary Leeman (Mediaite)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is chalking up her actions in office to the direction of President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller .
Noem, Miller, and others in the administration have faced backlash over their description of the circumstances surrounding federal agents shooting and killing 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. Noem and others claimed Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents before the confrontation. Administration officials have pointed to the fact that Pretti was armed as proof of his malicious intentions, but Second Amendment activists have consistently pushed back against this.
Pretti's death followed an ICE agent shooting and killing 37-year-old mother Renee Good in the same city earlier this month. The city is currently suing the administration over ICE's deployment.
Miller previously referred to Pretti as an "assassin."
An assassin tried to murder federal agents and this is your response. https://t.co/4Gx5UPpc4X
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) January 24, 2026
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Miller one of the president's closest allies amid rumors of a rift between Noem and Miller.
"Stephen Miller is one of President Trump's most trusted and longest-serving aides. The president loves Stephen," she said.
"Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Noem reportedly said to someone who relayed her comment to Axios.
The report from Axios suggests there was a great amount of confusion surrounding Pretti's death in the White House. Officials told the outlet that Border Patrol officers told the White House that Pretti brandished a gun before being shot, but this claim is contradicted by video evidence. Some White House officials reportedly took issue with the official statement going out, as they were not briefed on all of the details surrounding the shooting before it was published.
"Others within the White House attempted to clean up the DHS statement prior to it being sent, but it had already been disseminated," a source familiar with the situation told Axios.
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It sounds like she is trying to throw Trump and Miller under the bus. Dont think thats gonna work out for her.
Welcome to the big league Kristy, how's that bus feel?
She hears the drums approaching. She sees the writing on the wall about her pending termination.
They should all be thrown under the bus by the American people.
Tom Homan is in charge now.
Bovino is being sent back to El Centro CA
Noem was told to concentrate on the Southern border.
Kristi Noem moved into humiliating new position after anger over Minneapolis shooting - The Mirror US
Time will tell if Holman is a better manager/fit!
Don't get your hopes up.
Okay. I won't.
Tom Homan is as big a piece of crap as Trump, Miller, Noem. Just a different name, same crap.
They are all given rope and told to run. When one makes a mistake, that rope gets yanked. Sooner or later, it will happen to all of them because the president does not care what they may have done for him in the past, he only cares about how he looks reflected off of them.
The midterms are coming and the POTUS is acting like he hasn't many hours left. He risks losing the House, the Senate or both.
And as Tim Walz said, at least he's a professional.
What's a murder or two or a kindergartner or two ripped from their classrooms; if it distracts from Epstein, then all's right in TrumpWorld.
Kristi Noem is like a box of chocolates. They both will kill your dog. [Not my words, but I thought it was hiarious ... in a sad way.]
Amen.... Could you send me a text? Please.
So Noem allegedly said something to someone who said something to somebody who told Axios, that is some stellar reporting that can’t possibly be questioned. Can we put this in the good people on both sides bucket yet? or can we get a few more beatings out of this dead horse?
Did the Federal government, under Noem, engage in an unjustified use of lethal force in the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti?
Did Kristi Noem blatantly lie about what happened (and continue to do so to the present)?
Yes, yes she has, and yes she continues to.
So dead horse it is. Deflection fail.
Truth wins again (it finally got its 'pants' on and is now catching up all around the world). . . lies fail. This can play itself out in a court of law. And, I sincerely hope it does.
You refuse to answer.
By now, I would expect anyone who can think objectively to recognize that the Federal government, under Noem, engage in an unjustified use of lethal force in the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and that Kristi Noem blatantly lied about what happened (and continues to do so to the present).
Your refusal to answer should be a red flag for you to revisit your premises and priorities.
Aw. Cute. That's usually used by people incapable of making rational arguments in response. It's cute when it's obvious. Aw.
"... And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control."
That rap was designed to present Tech N9ne as "inevitable", much like Kristi Noem and the rest of the administration would like Americans to think about them: "Just think it's preordained and go along with it. Resistance is futile."
I don't think that you understand the song, the position in society that rap groups from the Midwest were experiencing from their costal counterparts, or the cultural milieu in which it was released.
How is this supposed to be a reaction to the song that I posted?
Here is what I finally convinced my research/editorial assistant (Chat GPT) to generate:
Note: I was not familiar with the rap tune so I researched it. Everyone should research that which they are unsure of and be diligent and thorough in the process. By doing the research, we can all become better informed citizens and hopefully less vulnerable to misinformation and lies.
Why would you think that was a "counter" post?
Supposition, I guess. I am not used to you agreeing with me. If it was not a counter to my post, then I truly apologize.
Not sure she actually said something this stupid, but if she did, this would be a rare moment of truth for her to admit that she is an obsequious sycophant who does whatever she believes Trump wants her to do.
If true, she is toast. Trump will not stand for anyone blaming him for anything.
"Everything" is this is true is she including the press statement (the LIE) immediately after Mr. Pretti was horribly murdered and it caught on tape by every camera present?
I dont see any reason to doubt she gets all her orders from Trump and Miller.
Nor do I. She is an obsequious Trump sycophant.
Truer words have never been spoken. He'll call her a traitor if she does.
Less than 48 hours after Noem is assigned to watch the Southern Border and leave the bigger issues to Homan
there has been another shooting, this time near the border. The victim has been flown to Tucson AZZ in critical condition.
Person shot by Border Patrol flown to hospital in critical condition
Ultimately, this won’t be an effective defense, but it’s probably the truth.
There was news out yesterday that people in both parties were looking at how they could remove Noem from her cabinet post. It probably wouldn't happen, since a cabinet level impeachment has to originate from a GoP controlled House, but there is a lot of grumbling.
The Dems submitted a bill yesterday to initiate impeachment. I doubt it will go far, but we have Reps on record -
All that said, I'm expecting mid-term poll numbers to start shaping Trump's summer policy. Let's watch what he does as much as the shit he tweets.
If the GOP representatives do not recognize by now that Trump is a liability for most of them, then they are too stupid/timid to be in Congress. Voting to rid the nation of Noem, given current circumstances, would be siding with the majority of the electorate.
That said, the problem is Trump. The psychopath will simply replace Noem with another obsequious sycophant.
Would be funny if it was not so serious!
