Trump amuondoa aliyekuwa Waziri wa Usalama wa Ndani, Kristi Noem

Trump amuondoa aliyekuwa Waziri wa Usalama wa Ndani, Kristi Noem

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Waziri wa Usalama wa Ndani, Kristi Noem, alikabiliwa na msururu wa madai ya utovu wa nidhamu mbele ya Kamati ya Sheria ya Bunge siku ya Jumatano. Madai hayo yalijumuisha masuala kuhusu mipango yake ya makazi, kumzuia mkaguzi wa serikali, kutoa mkataba bila ushindani kwa kampuni mpya iliyoanzishwa, kucheleweshwa kwa msaada wa waathirika wa kimbunga, na rubani wa Kikosi cha Ulinzi wa Pwani ambaye anadaiwa kufutwa kazi kwa sababu ya blanketi lililopotea au kuwekwa vibaya.


Hii ilikuwa siku yake ya pili kutoa ushahidi katika bunge la Capitol Hill, baada ya kukosolewa vikali siku iliyotangulia kutokana na jinsi anavyoendesha idara hiyo, ikiwa ni pamoja na madai ya kufanya kampeni ya matangazo ya gharama kubwa sana.

Katika kikao kirefu na kikali, Waziri wa Usalama wa Ndani Kristi Noem alikabiliwa na maswali magumu kuhusu matumizi mabaya ya fedha za umma na ukosefu wa uongozi thabiti. Masuala makuu ya kifedha yalijumuisha kutoa mkataba wa vyombo vya habari wa dola milioni 143 bila ushindani kwa marafiki zake ili kukuza taswira yake, pamoja na kukwepa maswali kuhusu ombi lake la kununua ndege ya kifahari ya dola milioni 70 kwa kutumia kodi za wananchi katikati ya kipindi cha usitishaji wa baadhi ya shughuli za serikali.


Zaidi ya hayo, maseneta walikosoa vikali uwezo wake wa kiungozi na kutoa wito wa kuondolewa kwake. Uongozi wake ulitiliwa shaka kutokana na maamuzi ya kukurupuka—yakifananishwa na uamuzi wake wa kumuua mbwa wake na jinsi alivyoshughulikia suala la Minneapolis—huku pia akihojiwa sana kuhusu ukiukwaji wa haki za kikatiba unaofanywa na mawakala 650 wa ICE waliosalia jimboni Minnesota. Kwa ujumla, kikao hicho kilihitimisha kuwa Noem hafai kuongoza idara hiyo kwani haonyeshi uwajibikaji.

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Eventually Trump has dumped Kristi Noem, one of his evil government operatives!

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For at least a week, President Trump told White House advisers that he was tired of the infighting and drama at the Department of Homeland Security and that he was planning to soon oust its leader.

But after Secretary Kristi Noem’s congressional testimony Tuesday, Trump sped up his timeline, according to people familiar with his thinking. He was livid that she said under oath that he had signed off on spending $220 million in ads that promote herself, the people said.

That evening, Noem’s top adviser Corey Lewandowski tried to calm the president down in a White House meeting, the people said, but the last-ditch effort to save Noem’s job failed. The meeting was short with Trump expressing his displeasure and ending the discussion quickly, the people said.

Trump told advisers that same night that his decision was made. She needed to go, he said, and he began polling senators and aides about Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as a replacement.

Trump Ousts Kristi Noem from DHS — The Wall Street Journal
 
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