"Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was mocked Tuesday for comments she made seeming to credit President Donald Trump with preventing hurricanes. Noem made the remarks during a cabinet meeting Tuesday during which the president made a number of false claims himself. Here's a fact check of 13 of the false claims President Trump made at his Cabinet meeting today: He claimed he's secured more than $18 trillion in investment commitments since he returned to office."
"After accusing President Joe Biden of using DHS to invade the country with terrorists and thanking Trump for giving her a very interesting job, Noem said that her agency was hiring its 10,000th ICE officer who would be on the job within ten days, bragging about getting hundreds of thousands of applications. Noem also claimed that TSA went through this government shutdown without any delays, saying that they all showed up for their shifts and worked hard doing security and they have been absolutely fantastic."
"You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane, Noem said to Trump. Yeah, replied Trump, as the other Cabinet members laughed. And so FEMA you kept the hurricanes away, we appreciate that, said Noem, before discussing resources that FEMA had been deploying. Noem's comments may have been made in jest, but still sparked a wave of mockery on social media, with many commenters calli"
Kristi Noem credited President Donald Trump with preventing hurricanes during a Cabinet meeting and received mockery on social media. She said DHS was hiring its 10,000th ICE officer who would start within ten days and boasted of hundreds of thousands of applications. She claimed TSA operated during the government shutdown without delays, saying employees showed up for shifts and were "absolutely fantastic." Evidence shows FAA canceled flights over air-traffic-control staffing shortages, TSA had trouble filling shifts because employees were unpaid, and Houston reported security-line waits up to three hours. Trump made multiple false claims at the same meeting, including an exaggerated $18 trillion investment-commitment claim.
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