Posted on 11/12/2018 9:08:06 PM PST by yesthatjallen
President Trump is planning to oust Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as early as this week, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
Five current and former White House officials told the Post that Trump is planning to remove Nielsen as soon as possible.
White House chief of staff John Kelly is reportedly fighting the president on the matter, hoping to keep Nielsen in place. Kelly hired Nielsen as his chief of staff while DHS secretary and has reportedly defended her for months.
Trump has berated Nielsen in public and in private since she was hired, aggressively going after her during Cabinet meetings and mocking her in conversations with other White House officials, the Post reported.
Nielsen has reportedly told confidants that she is unhappy in the position. Aides told the Post that Trump does not seem to understand the nuances of immigration policy, creating a rift between himself and his Homeland Security secretary when Nielsen tries to explain the challenges posed by some of his proposals.
Trump has grown frustrated with Nielsen when she reportedly tells him that some of his hard-line proposals, including completely shutting down the border with Mexico, would not be feasible.
Nielsen's departure would be the latest in a string of high-profile Trump administration exits, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions resigned last week at Trump's request.
Nielsen came under widespread scrutiny over the summer when reports emerged that the administration's so-called "zero-tolerance" policy had resulted in the separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents at the Southern border. Nielsen vigorously defended the policy in public, drawing the targeted ire of immigration activists and top Democratic lawmakers. Some critics called for her immediate resignation.
Trump later signed an executive order ending the practice amid heavy bipartisan pressure.
The Democratic Socialists of America’s Washington, D.C., chapter confronted Nielsen while she dined at a Mexican restaurant over the summer, chanting the words "shame" and “end Texas concentration camps."
DHS in response said Nielsen shared "concern" over border immigration laws with the demonstrators.
Poor choice of words there, eh?
The Hill (with a couple of exceptions including John Solomon) has turned into a clone of the Puffington Host.
I guess that is gallows humor!
Do not know exactly what is going on there.
He needs to can Kelly too.
Extremely Extreme Extremist has a point....unfortunately
Kelly needs to go, as well.
Yes, Thank God we have President Trump. Thank the Lord.
The Dem’s and the Left don’t care that 10s of thousands of people will wait for days to see the man, when they know they can steal an election with bogus ballots. It’s happening right in our faces and, for the most part, we’re helpless.
Get a million or more to show up in DC, marching to the Capitol and that might change a few things. Maybe.
I don’t see her as an asset to the Trump administration. I see her as working against Trump. He doesn’t need a multi-front war from his own employees. So she gotta go.
Kelly recommended her.
Failure is not an option when you work for this President.
Lifetime sinecures hard to come by.
“the separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents”
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When you allow the enemy to dictate your language (thoughts and ideas) you have lost the war. The children and wetback adults have never been “migrants”- the legitimate immigrant APPLICANTS do not crash the border.
“Nielsen has reportedly told confidants that she is unhappy in the position. Aides told the Post that Trump does not seem to understand the nuances of immigration policy, creating a rift between himself and his Homeland Security secretary when Nielsen tries to explain the challenges posed by some of his proposals.”
Nuances.
There’s that word again.
That always means they’re going to dance around and avoid doing the right thing, following the law or making any kind of solid statement one way or another.
I agree. I’ve said since day one the swamp appears to be too deep. Almost everyone he appoints ends up disagreeing with him in public.
The sad truth is we’ve elected way too many rinos, starting with Bush 1, who’ve appointmented way too many anti-constitution judge’s. And it’s the judges who can’t be beaten. And don’t count on Roberts.
He announced he was running for reelection about a year ago so he could start fundraising. It has already started.
You and triple E are NUTS and don’t understand Trump’s mindset at all!
You’re right on all the points you make.
Yes, thank God for DJT. We’ll never be able to adequately thank him.
The more they attack him, the more determined he becomes.
Thank you.
Catch and release is the law of the land. Trump has no choice. Catch and release happened today. And it will happen tomorrow and the next day. That is why Trump is saying Congress needs to change the law, but that won’t happen.
That’s right. I said I wouldn’t blame him for not running, not that he wasn’t going to run..
I see your points and certainly understand.
thought I just heard on fox that DJT said he was sorry to see her go, or somesuch..
And so Kelly defended her to Bolton in a shouting match, yes? I.E., You leave my globalist protege alone!
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