Breaking News from Pod Save America - BREAKING: Trump Fires Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary

Episode Date: March 5, 2026

Trump fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem after a humiliating hearing on Capitol Hill and taps Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement. Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor break down what happened and what it means for Trump’s embattled administration. CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR: ZIP RECRUITER - http://ziprecruiter.com/CROOKED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ding dong, the witch is dead, John. Donald Trump has fired Secretary of Homeland Security, Christy Knoem. Are you surprised? A little. I'm a little bit surprised, too. Yeah. Now he has to go through a confirmation process. This is the gang at Fox News covering her political funeral.

Let's watch. Breaking news. We'll see soon, David. Thank you so much, John. We do need to have some breaking news. This comes a day after a difficult couple of days on Capitol Hill in both the House and the Senate for Christy Noem, the Homeland Security Secretary. she is being replaced. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen is now going to take over her job. The president

making the announcement on Truth Social just a short time ago. He writes, quote, I am pleased to announce that the highly respected United States Center from the great state of Oklahoma, Mark Wayne Mullen will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, effective March 31st of this year. The current secretary, Christaum, who has served as well and has had numerous and spectacular results, especially on the border, will be moving to be special envoy for. for the Shield of the Americas, which is a new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere that they're announcing on Saturday at Doral in Florida, the president says, I thank Christy for her service at homeland.

So this comes amid reports that the president was none too pleased about the advertising campaign Monday that came to light during these hearings, Sandra. And so just in the last 24 hours, we've heard a lot of rumors that Mark Wayne Mullen may be tapped for DHS and now it appears. The president has made that decision and that's going to happen the end of the month. Okay. So Mark Wade-Mullen's the guy who tried to fight a union leader at a hearing one time. Yeah, he's the former MMA fighter that you'll see all over the news all the time defending Trump no matter what he does.

So Trump put on a truth, truth social announcing this. He said the current secretary, Christy Noam, will be moving. to be special envoy for the shield of the Americas, our new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere. Okay, that's not a thing. We are announcing on Saturday in Dural, Florida, I thank Christy for her service at, in quotations, homeland. Will Corey Lewandowski be part of this shield?

Or maybe he'll be staying on with Mark Wayne Mullen. Maybe he's a special advisor. I'm sorry, Gore, you have to fuck Mark Wayne Mullen. You have to fuck Mark Wark, yeah. So. What happened? Also, he acts like he's just appointing Mark Wayne Mullen, but Mark Wayne Mellon does have to get Senate confirmed, which, you know, he only needs 50 votes. And if all the Republicans do it, he'll, you know, have enough. Look, just being charitable, I could see why Donald Trump might think there no longer is a Congress, but you're right. There will be a confirmation process and there will be a Senate confirmation.

So, okay, this, a lot happened with Christy Nome this week. She went for the House of Representatives. First she did Senate. I've been working backwards. She went for the House of Representatives, and she was repeatedly asked about having sex with her direct report, Corey Lewandowski. The answer wasn't no, even though she was asked over and over and over again whether she was sleeping with her direct report, which is a bit of a no-no in government. And then the day before that, she was before the Senate. And Tom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, spent a bunch of time asking her about murdering her own dog in her book. And then there was this exchange.

Called her a disaster. Called her a disaster. And then there's this exchange with Senator Kennedy that it seems like is the reason she is now fired, right? Should we watch that? Yeah, let's check that out. Let's watch it. We've saved the taxpayers over $13.2 billion just by evaluating contracts, negotiating lower ones and canceling ones that aren't necessary to do our duties. How do you square that concern for waste, which I share?

with the fact that you have spent $220 million running television advertisements that feature you prominently? Sir, the president tasked me with getting the message out to the country and to other countries where we were seeing the invasion come from, with putting commercials out that told them that if they were in this country illegally, that they needed to leave, or we would detain them and remove them, and they'd not get the chance to come back to America the right way. That has been extremely effective. Ask you to run these advertisements, is that right? We had that conversation, yes, before I was put in this position and sworn in and confirmed and since then as well.

So Secretary Nome, former ex-Secretary Nome, Yes. Lied and defamed a U.S. citizen that ICE agents had murdered. That didn't get her fired. Why did that exchange get her fired? So what happened there was this is, and we've talked about this before, this is the $220 million contract for the ads. And also a big portion of that contract went to Tricia McLaughlin,

who was the spokesperson. Assistant Secretary at DHS, who lies all the time. We've talked about her a lot. Her husband. And her husband has a firm. And so the contract. went to the firm. It was a no-bid contract process. Oh.

And then the best kind of bid. The best kind of bid. So steered a contract for ads about her featuring her to her, to her, to her employee's husband. They tried to then deny this and say, oh, no, actually, the firm that the ads went to, that the contract went to, that the husband doesn't work for that firm. He works for a firm that that firm subcontracted. Got it. That firm, though, save America, was all, was as Peter. Your Wells Center from Vermont pointed out in the hearing had only been formed 11 days before it got the contract.

So big first week for Save America. Yeah, it was so it's called Safe America Media. The company was formed 11 days before they were picked for this no-bid contract. And remind you, these ads were just like, like Christy, you know, I'm talking to camera telling migrants to leave or something like that. Yeah. You cross the border illegally, we'll find you. Break our laws. We'll punish you.

Just more of her deportation porn that she would usually video for free, but she paid. for this one. And widely viewed as her just getting her name ID up and telling Republicans that she's sort of the driving force behind the immigration policies that they all like so she can run for president. Yes. And if you remember the Wall Street Journal story about her and Lewandowski fucking in the back of the plane, there was a deal. I do. I do. Of course. There was a detail in there that Trump wasn't happy with these ads in the first place. So he already wasn't happy with the ads. But then in that hearing, when she tells Kennedy, Trump signed off on the ads. Kennedy then went and asked Trump, oh, you signed off on these ads.

And Trump was furious because he didn't. And then a reporter called him, I think, from Politico to ask him directly or some outlet. And Trump again said, no, I had nothing to do with those ads. This is amazing. So I think that was the final straw for him. Yeah, you probably shouldn't blame your boss and lie about it under oath at a hearing. And by the way, just to just so you know, there's both. Safe America Media, and then there's another firm called Save America.

So these guys are both dishonest and not creative. That's right. So the one thing I just wanted to say was justice for cricket. Cricket is the dog that Christy Noem murdered. This is my dog. That's Luca. This is my dog, Luca. Someone painted this, and I no longer know why.

I think it was a sponsor at some point. But I just want to say justice for all dogs out there that this dog must. murdering monster was fired. Do you think she... You think she's going to take her Coast Guard blanket with her? Now, I want to end on a happy note, Mr. Chairman, real quickly. You know, the president gave all sorts of stuff out during the State of the Union. I don't want you to leave.

I got you a new Coast Guard Blanky, the one you lost. Okay, so this is for you. You don't leave empty-handed when you come to judiciary. That was Jared Moskowitz, Congressman, offering Christine Nome, a Coast Guard blanket because she reportedly, Corey Lewandowski, her lover, reportedly fired a Coast Guard pilot for forgetting to get Christie's blankie from the plane where they allegedly make love. I will. Do you know that Christy Nome's husband?

Was that the hearing? Yeah, he's sitting right behind her. Sitting right behind her. Dude. Not worth it, sir. So this is fun that Chrissy Nome's fire. It's a little bit of a pure victory because Mark Wayne Mullen is as loyal as they come to Trump.

He will do anything Trump asked him to do. anything Stephen Miller asked him to do. I do not think the DHS in any way will be more improved by Mark Wayne Mullen. It is great to see Christy Knoem go. It is great to see the bad headlines for the administration. She is just really sucks.

But who knows? Maybe he'll be smarter about being evil. Yeah. So let me... He's not that smart. So I don't want to say smarter, but... Let me try to make the optimistic case and see if it holds any water with you.

Christy Noem wants to run for president. She is, you know, allegedly sleeping with Cory Lewandowski, Trump's first campaign manager. Sounds like he's her political consicliary that's actually making the majority of decisions that are made over a DHS. And what that tells me is they are both operating from a purely political standpoint, which is reportedly in the journal piece why they were putting out like, you know, as you, I think you called it, ice porn, like these snuff videos of like immigration enforcement and these. Putting out. Yeah. And why they were having like Black Hawk helicopters. She was putting out.

He was putting out. Dude, BTC was just unloading, so to speak, jokes like this on me yesterday. I was like, buddy, Ixnay. Anyway, so yeah, there was a report, you know, they have Black Hawk helicopters, like lowering people on ropes to do ice raids in downtown Chicago, right? Like crazy stuff. Maybe Mark Wayne Mullen won't view the job solely as a platform for himself to run for president and will curb some of those excesses.

You're right, though, like ultimately ICE is going to act like ISIS. been acting like the Stephen Miller is still running the show if anything like Mark Wayne Mullet will be more pliant for Stephen Miller so Stephen Miller has a shield of cabinet members in front of him that get to take all the hits and have to go to the hearings and we're going to have to wait until Democrats take back the house and maybe the Senate to haul fucking Stephen Miller's ass before Congress because he is he's the one who's really felt he's probably like fine that she's gone yeah he doesn't care Pod Save America Breaking News is brought to you by ZipRecruiter.

What's the latest trend in hiring? It's skill-based hiring, which emphasizes capabilities over education and direct experience. According to experts, this leads to faster hiring and better job performance. If you're an employer who's adopted skills-based hiring, the best way to ensure that your applicants have the right skills is with ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter recommends smart screening questions to help you hone in on that perfect match for your role. And right now, you can try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com slash Crooked.

Recruiter's powerful matching technology finds qualified candidates fast. You can easily add ZipRecruiter's screening questions to your job posts so you get the highest quality applicants. Let ZipRecruiter help you find amazing candidates with the skills you seek. Four to five employers who post on ZipRecruiter get a quality candidate within the first day. And now you can try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com slash crooked. That's ziprecruiter.com slash crooked. Meet your match on ZipRecruiter.

I mean, it is interesting. So two people have been fired or pushed out. Mike Waltz, the National Security Advisor after the Signalgate thing. And now this. There's not the UN. And now Christy Noam. I don't know. I like it.

I'm happy to see someone go down. Me too. And there will now be a series of hearings to confirm Mark Wayne Mullen where we will, again, get to talk about all the terrible things that ICE is doing, all the things that CVP is doing. And guess we should be happy that he didn't name like Greg Bovino to the job. You know, like could be worse. Right. Yeah, I think it's good. I'd rather have her fired than not fired. Right? Just think about it that way. Yeah. No, I definitely don't want Christy. No, I'm still at DHS. Do you, do we think, what is it, what was the job called? The Special Shields. Special Shield of America initiative. Uh, hold on. Does she accept that job? Where's that job based? Do you accept any job that Trump gives you? You know, you do. Oh, uh, the special envoy for the shield of the Americas, our new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere. So really, it could be anywhere. You could be anywhere. You could be anywhere. Maybe they'll put her in Greenland. So if you're a special envoy, well, there's a couple different kinds of envoys.

Like some of them work directly for the State Department. She worked for Marco Rubio. That would be embarrassing. There's also presidential envoys where she would work directly for Trump. Whatever. She works for Stephen Miller still, it sounds like, in this job. I wonder if she'll get, like, the Kim-Gilfoyle treatment and just be like sent to grease. She's just like eating grilled octopus having a blast on a boat.

Just put them both on a plane together. Honestly, like getting shipped out to Greece. Maybe it's an open. Maybe it's all three of them. Who knows? You think it's a thruple? It could be a thruple. The fact that dude is in these days.

Jesus Christ. The fact that that dude just had to sit there through multiple questions. In the cuck chair. It just looked like literal congressional cuck chair. Okay. Are we having too much fun with this? I don't think so. No.

This is an appropriate amount of fun. Christy Nome, you suck. You'll never be president. Never be president. I feel absolutely confident. Again, this is a one. who green lit an anti-drug campaign when she was governor of South Dakota that was had the tagline meth comma, we're on it. So we're not working with the brightest bulb. I do feel you're right.

Like her political career is over because maga dumped her. So it's like maga dumps you. You're not a Republican in good standing with anyone else. You're not in good standing with anyone else in society. You're done. Here's the thing with Trump though. You can always come back, right? No one's really dead. She could, yeah, she'll get like a, she'd get a Fox contract. She'd get a newsmax contract. The amazing thing. The funny thing about this whole story, though, is like Corey Lundowski was reportedly pushing her really hard to be Trump's vice presidential nominee. He was pushing her really hard. And the dog, first of all, writing about murdering your own dog apparently didn't sit well in the White House. But there was one report where Trump thought actually that anecdote made her well suited

for DHS. Um, because that's troubling. Guess not. That's troubling. Anyway. Anyway, justice. She also killed a goat. Yeah. And Tom Tillis was really mad about that. Just just for the goat too. Did you say Tom Tillis like, you're a farmer, you know if you don't castrate that goat, it's going to be crazy. Yeah, I was like, we feel like we've gotten off the topic at that point. Tom, Tom, let's come on back.

Come on back to the ice ritz. Look at little looks. That's my doggy. She's a very good girl. She gives a lot of kisses. Anyway, please subscribe to Pod Save America here on YouTube. Because we do a lot of stuff like this and we don't like Christy know. That's true.

We should book her. Bye, Christy. Mullen on the show. See you later. By Trisha. Good job with your... Good job, Trisha. Good job. Helping out your boss. Hope the private jet was worth it. That's right. Very smart of you to post a photo of yourself on a private jet with your husband who is spending the government money and his no-bid contracts. Hey, good luck in your future electoral bid in Cincinnati. She said she's going to go home and maybe run for office. Please don't. Good luck all of you at DHS. Idiots. Bye, everyone.