"He was mad as a mama wasp. He said, Kennedy, I hope you understand that I had nothing to do with this. I said, I do believe you, Mr. President. He was not happy. It was clear to me after that conversation that the secretary's time at the department was limited. To be blunt, she was dead as fried chicken."
"She spent a quarter of a billion dollars putting ads out across America—quarter of a billion dollars—in which she was prominently displayed, they looked a lot like political ads and I found that breathtaking. When I see what I perceive to be spending porn I don't care who does it, I'm going to call it out."
Senator John Kennedy revealed that President Trump contacted him immediately after a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where Kennedy criticized Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over a $220 million advertising campaign featuring her on horseback designed to encourage undocumented migrants to self-deport. Kennedy questioned the spending and the contract's award to a firm connected to Noem's ex-spokesperson's spouse. Trump called Kennedy angry, denying involvement in the ads and insisting he approved nothing. Kennedy indicated Noem's tenure was finished following this conversation. Trump subsequently fired Noem on Thursday and nominated Senator Markwayne Mullin as her replacement, though Trump later denied the ads influenced his decision.
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