{"id":59560,"date":"2026-03-07T00:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=59560"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:02:48","slug":"sen-hothead-joins-trump-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=59560","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Hothead joins Trump team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well now, Donald Trump has just fired one of the most incompetent members of our national security team and replaced her with a fellow who once challenged a Senate committee witness to a fistfight in the middle of a hearing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t know about you, but I do not feel one little bit safer now than before.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kristi Noem made a hash of our Homeland Security Department with her handling of the ICE goons she loosed on the streets of our cities. She spent $200 million of our tax money to produce glam-shot ads featuring her and touting the successes she insisted occurred during Trump&#8217;s administration.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We started a war with Iran, several American warriors died right away, and Noem couldn&#8217;t bring herself to offer a word of condolence to the survivors of the soldiers who died.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump cut her loose. Fine. Good bye and good riddance!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up steps Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to become the Homeland Security secretary. He&#8217;s a Trump loyalist through and through. No surprise there, given that&#8217;s what Trump wants in Cabinet nominees. What is astounding to me is that Trump would select a guy who about a year ago had to be called down by a committee chairman for wanting to settle a dispute with a witness with his fists.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Hothead actually stood up and challenged the witness right there in front of the whole world!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the guy whom Trump has chosen to lead our homeland security defense team? Trump said he always intends to hire &#8220;the best people&#8221; to advise him. Markwayne Mullin, to my eyes, appears to be one of the worst.<\/p>\r\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well now, Donald Trump has just fired one of the most incompetent members of our national security team and replaced her with a fellow who once challenged a Senate committee witness to a fistfight in the middle of a hearing. I don&#8217;t know about you, but I do not feel one little bit safer now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=59560\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sen. 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