Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Kri Noem | World News

Homeland Security Secretary Kri Noem fired President Trump. (AP/ File)

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he’s removing Homeland Security Secretary Kri Noem and will nominate Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin in her place.

Trump said he’ll make Noem a “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” a new security initiative that he said would focus on the Western Hemisphere.

Making the announcement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026.”

Praising the outgoing DHS Secretary Noem, Trump said, “The current Secretary, Kri Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kri for her service at ‘Homeland’.”