Another one bites the dust and it looks like there a huge storm away from any norm to bring fear for the remaining year or more that’s yet to come.
Her Neilsen ratings were low but the overnights indicated she was next to go. US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has left, but the legacy will not soon be forgotten as POTUS enforcer of a series of increasingly controversial immigration policies, like tearing thousands of children away from their mothers at the border, then losing track of them, and lying about it. However, the dehumanization and cruelty toward migrants may not stop.
The Secretary joins dozens of White House casualties who were among the best people Americans were told would serve and make #USA tired of winning. Who are the best people and what have we really won?
The increasingly long list includes a Defense Secretary, an Attorney General, Press Secretary, Chiefs of Staff as well as many others who have grown tired of winning from their top positions since @realdonaldtrump took office on January 20, 2017.
Nielsen rated POTUS poorly as her letter of resignation only said that it was an honor to serve with the men and women of DHS — but not to serve under Trump. Mad Dog, the former Defense Secretary James Mattis followed format in his own resignation letter.
Inside 12 days of turmoil that shook Homeland Security https://apnews.com/7eaac6cd526a43dd967a39323160b471
Here is a list of departures from top positions in the Trump administration during the president’s two-plus years in the White House: https://politi.co/2Ulo3yp
Homeland Security Sec. Nielsen resigns amid border turmoil https://apnews.com/3d25490fa98c44b18527741e25f505f2
Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns as Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary https://nyti.ms/2OXIImq
Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen resigns amid Trump anger over... https://reut.rs/2D5qbjk
Kirstjen Nielsen resigns as Trump homeland security secretary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/07/kirstjen-nielsen-resign…
Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of Homeland Security, is out of the Trump administration https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/07/kirstjen-nielse…