Posted on 05/10/2018 6:19:33 PM PDT by Magnatron
Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, told colleagues she was close to resigning after President Trump berated her on Wednesday in front of the entire cabinet for what he said was her failure to adequately secure the nation’s borders, according to several current and former officials familiar with the episode.
Ms. Nielsen, who is a protégée of John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has drafted a resignation letter but has not submitted it, according to two of the people. As the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Ms. Nielsen is in charge of the 20,000 employees who work for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Mr. Trump’s anger toward Ms. Nielsen, who was sitting several seats to his left at the meeting, was part of a lengthy tirade in which the president railed at his cabinet about what he said was its lack of progress toward sealing the country’s borders against illegal immigrants, according to one person who was present at the meeting.
Asked about the heated exchange at the meeting, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said Thursday that “the president is committed to fixing our broken immigration system and our porous borders.”
In a statement, Ms. Nielsen said she intended to “continue to direct the department to do all we can to implement the president’s security-focused agenda.” She said Mr. Trump was “rightly frustrated that existing loopholes and the lack of congressional action have prevented this administration from fully securing the border.”
Tyler Q. Houlton, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, disputed that Ms. Nielsen had drafted a resignation letter and was close to resigning, calling those assertions “false.”
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IBTZ.
That's the takeaway.
Trump's keeping his word!
Bingo!
More fake news from the failing NYT.
The paper that slammed Mike Pompeo for being AWOL from Trump’s Iran deal decision.
That’s why they print lies.
Nielsen has already said the NYT and their songbirds lied. She went on Fox and said so.
Trump needs to fire her ineffective butt. SHUT DOWN THE SOUTHERN BORDER!! NOW!!
fake news
You disgrace all of FR when you call her names. That’s what Democrats do.
N Y T, yeah, whatever.
Article says it. She is a Kelly bitch. John Kelly is poison for this administration.
I know this has been thought, if not outright asked, a thousand times around here, but really...what IS wrong with you?
Why is the NYT even allowed on freerepublic? We KNOW it’s fake news! http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/10/dhs-denies-report-secretary-nielsen-considered-resigning-after-trump-criticism.html
Are you OK?
Homeland security obtained 2500 armored personal carriers and 1 billion rounds of .223 ammo under obozo. WHY ARE THEY NOT ON THE BORDER NOW? It is “homeland Security” !! Where are they?
As a former USAF officer, if my commander gives me hell in a meeting, I am getting my ass in gear and working harder. Resignation was not an option. Agree this is probably a Fake News report though.
I heard she almost forgot her keys once.
She has shown me all I need to know.
sorry but I have to go with the guy that has a lot of success in getting thing done. It is what has worked for him for a long time and it should not be any different now. sometimes it is what is necessary to get people either motivated or out of the way.
sounds as it was not an issue until the NYT created a story out of nothing.
“The @nytimes article alleging that the Secretary drafted a resignation letter yesterday and was close to resigning is false,” said Tyler Q. Houlton, a DHS spokesman. “The Secretary is hard at work today on the President’s security-focused agenda and supporting the men and women of @DHSgov.”
In a statement, Nielsen did not address the reports that she considered quitting. But she said Trump “is rightly frustrated that existing loopholes and the lack of Congressional action have prevented this administration from fully securing the border and protecting the American people.”
“I share his frustration,” Nielsen said. “Border security is the most basic and necessary responsibility of a sovereign nation. These are complex issues and I will continue to direct the Department to do all we can to implement the President’s security-focused agenda.”
Added Nielsen, “It is my great honor to represent the men and women of DHS who work every day to enforce our laws and secure our nation.”
Unsourced hearsay parading as news again.
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