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BumRushDaShow

(166,621 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:34 PM 7 hrs ago

Noem Says 'Everything I've Done' Has Been Directed by Trump and Stephen Miller: Report

Source: MEDIAite

Jan 27th, 2026, 5:50 pm


Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is chalking up her actions in office to the direction of President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller.

Noem, Miller, and others in the administration have faced backlash over their description of the circumstances surrounding federal agents shooting and killing 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. Noem and others claimed Pretti wanted to “massacre” agents before the confrontation. Administration officials have pointed to the fact that Pretti was armed as proof of his malicious intentions, but Second Amendment activists have consistently pushed back against this.

Pretti’s death followed an ICE agent shooting and killing 37-year-old mother Renee Good in the same city earlier this month. The city is currently suing the administration over ICE’s deployment.

Miller previously referred to Pretti as an “assassin.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Miller one of the president’s closest allies amid rumors of a rift between Noem and Miller.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/noem-says-everything-ive-done-has-been-directed-by-trump-and-stephen-miller-report/



She must have realized that she was on her back looking at a bus exhaust pipe.
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Noem Says 'Everything I've Done' Has Been Directed by Trump and Stephen Miller: Report (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!! SSJVegeta 7 hrs ago #1
The cockroaches are scrambling Bluetus 3 hrs ago #79
"Which proves yet again that I am a fool." BeyondGeography 7 hrs ago #2
Yes, you are all to blame Dr. Shepper 7 hrs ago #3
Hey dog killer we all knew this. Now bluestarone 7 hrs ago #4
"Aside from killing puppies and posing for snuff porn promos in Salvadoran death camps, struggle4progress 7 hrs ago #5
Which is why, at a minimum, Miller AND Noem must go. pat_k 7 hrs ago #6
First truthful statement she's made Krazy_Kat 7 hrs ago #7
Did she stomp her feet and purse her lips and say shucks after that? littlemissmartypants 7 hrs ago #8
She said VGNonly 7 hrs ago #13
Then she went to her closet, got out the riding crop and her kneepads. littlemissmartypants 7 hrs ago #17
All those Botox injections actually prevent her from doing anything with her lips FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #33
I just threw up a little... COL Mustard 5 hrs ago #52
She said it. She endorsed it. chowder66 7 hrs ago #9
Gee. Did they direct your COSPLAY & make-up? Script the lies from your disgusting mouth? hlthe2b 7 hrs ago #10
Why she stills has a job? Nasruddin 7 hrs ago #11
She knows where the bodies are buried. littlemissmartypants 7 hrs ago #19
Not that I don't believe she said it (and it is VERY likely the truth) AZJonnie 7 hrs ago #12
She is doing exactly what Trump wants her to do. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #14
They ALL do. If they don't B.See 7 hrs ago #18
They think the more they kiss Trump ass, the more loyal he will be to them. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #23
The stupidity LilElf70 6 hrs ago #22
she's a total and complete pig and I don't mean that from democratsruletheday 6 hrs ago #44
Plenty of room - UNDER the Trump bus Norrrm 5 hrs ago #61
MEMO TO PUPPY KILLER NOEM: AverageOldGuy 7 hrs ago #15
I wonder if she has to give back her expensive hair extensions, botox, and costumes. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #16
I was only following orders - Kristi Noem. patphil 7 hrs ago #20
To murder an innocent soul? vapor2 6 hrs ago #34
Sure does look like that. patphil 3 hrs ago #78
" I was only following orders - Kristi Noem.".....Sieg Heil!!....nt mitch96 6 hrs ago #42
It's time for Miller LilElf70 6 hrs ago #21
Miller bdamomma 5 hrs ago #55
The military on that base should be questioned Captain Zero 3 hrs ago #77
Yeah, like we didn't already know that. OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #24
Didn't work then and won't work now. Deuxcents 3 hrs ago #76
I like that both victims' families are suing for defamation. mysteryowl 6 hrs ago #25
Going all Nuremberg already. paleotn 6 hrs ago #26
I don't know, but that's completely believable. JohnnyRingo 6 hrs ago #27
She's fucked. Good! QueerDuck 6 hrs ago #28
My, my, my, you're not being a loyal trooper fall guy! bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #29
If she goes (which she should) then Trump, Miller, and Leavitt should also go for doing the same thing. Doodley 6 hrs ago #30
They have blood on their hands vapor2 6 hrs ago #31
Trump will fire Noem Mz Pip 6 hrs ago #32
I believe Miller actually has Orangeosaurus believing they're only pursuing the worst of the worst. hedda_foil 6 hrs ago #39
Miller is becoming a liability. He may not be out as soon as noem, mwmisses4289 5 hrs ago #54
She's not kidding ... she and Bovino were robots reading from the same script ificandream 6 hrs ago #35
'the devils made me do it' JFC Klarkashton 6 hrs ago #36
Nah. Just another variation of the johnnyfins 5 hrs ago #58
Well That is Certainly NOT What the Big Asses Want to Hear! Good Soldiers in a Bad Cause The Roux Comes First 6 hrs ago #37
She just sealed her doom with blaming Miller and Trump. ificandream 6 hrs ago #38
What a good German soldier she is! no_hypocrisy 6 hrs ago #40
Noem Washes Her Hands gfarber 6 hrs ago #41
Nuremberg 2.0 aeromanKC 6 hrs ago #43
They all hang together duckworth969 6 hrs ago #45
"They all hang together" k55f5r 4 hrs ago #71
Oh honey... that did not work back with the Germans, and I hate to tell you, that ain't gonna work for you now. ashredux 6 hrs ago #46
She was just following orders? Snort Solly Mack 6 hrs ago #47
Republican leadership WestMichRad 5 hrs ago #48
Uh-oh. She just broke cardinal rule number 3. mwmisses4289 5 hrs ago #49
LOL. The bimbo trying to throw her sugar daddy under the bus PSPS 5 hrs ago #50
Got the receipts? Show us Raven123 5 hrs ago #51
Thanks for bdamomma 5 hrs ago #53
Thanks! Including here- BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #57
If Stephen Miller is bounced ...he's going to get payback.......especially if Jared Kushner steps in. Bread and Circuses 5 hrs ago #56
K&R bdamomma 5 hrs ago #59
Ah yes, the old "following orders" defense from Nuremburg IronLionZion 5 hrs ago #60
Throwing blame for willingly following orders. Norrrm 4 hrs ago #63
The puppy and goat killer is well suited for her role in carrying out MAGA orders IronLionZion 3 hrs ago #80
LOL Skittles 4 hrs ago #62
Craven. evolves 4 hrs ago #64
Deflecting blame ain't gonna cut it, puppy and people killer catbyte 4 hrs ago #65
She's just now realizing what its like to be the puppy n/t Cheezoholic 4 hrs ago #66
And has just realized she smells as bad as the goat. n/t BlueSpot 2 hrs ago #87
Why is our military shielding Miller on one of their bases? Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #67
She knows she's going to be thrown under the bus and she is punching back kimbutgar 4 hrs ago #68
Just following orders . . . . Lokee11 4 hrs ago #69
Ruh-roh Buddyzbuddy 4 hrs ago #70
Has she ever heard of the Nuremburg trials? slightlv 4 hrs ago #72
You didn't have to follow his orders, Krusty. SergeStorms 4 hrs ago #73
Kick. N/T Upthevibe 4 hrs ago #74
Ooooh! Noem is finger-positing and blaming Trump and Miller. This is getting better by the minute. Martin68 3 hrs ago #75
Everything? Earth Bound Misfit 3 hrs ago #81
This is fun Akakoji 3 hrs ago #82
The Orange King of Turd Mountain isn't going to like you blaming him, Kristi. LudwigPastorius 3 hrs ago #83
Noem says.... Old Crank 2 hrs ago #84
Very disloyal, Kristi. Very disloyal. Prairie Gates 2 hrs ago #85
So she's admitting we arrest and impeach them too. AllyCat 2 hrs ago #86
Sooooooo Karma13612 2 hrs ago #88
They are fighting over who is worse. It's long past time for them all to be impeached. nt Blasphemer 6 min ago #89

struggle4progress

(125,534 posts)
5. "Aside from killing puppies and posing for snuff porn promos in Salvadoran death camps,
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:39 PM
7 hrs ago

I really have no personality at all"

pat_k

(12,734 posts)
6. Which is why, at a minimum, Miller AND Noem must go.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:40 PM
7 hrs ago

Anyone limiting the demand to Noem is neglecting the architect of the insanity, as the American Federation of Government Employees so clearly point out in their press release yesterday

https://www.afge.org/publication/afge-demands-resignation-or-termination-of-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-and-deputy-white-house-chief-of-staff-stephen-miller-for-smearing-slain-afge-member-alex-pretti-as-domestic-terrorist/


WASHINGTON – Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

“Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer.

“Today, we demand accountability.

“In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.

“Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

“Public reporting has established that Mr. Miller is the driving force behind the administration’s harsh immigration agenda. He personally directed its implementation and used high-pressure tactics to force compliance across the federal government. These were not abstract policy choices. They were imposed from the top and enforced without regard for the consequences.

“Secretary Noem willingly carried out this agenda. Secretary Noem made deliberate choices that reshaped the Department of Homeland Security and enabled this tragedy. Over the past year, she removed senior leaders, consolidated authority, and enforced aggressive immigration tactics that prioritized political objectives over professional judgment and public/officer safety. Those choices created the conditions that led directly to this tragedy.

“This conduct is consistent with Secretary Noem’s broader record at DHS. Under her leadership, TSA workers have faced sustained attacks on collective bargaining rights and union representation. At FEMA her actions have weakened frontline workers, undermined labor protections, and eroded accountability within the agency that is so critical to disaster preparedness and response. Over the past year, she removed senior leaders within the Department of Homeland Security and reshaped the agency’s command structure to ensure adherence to Mr. Miller’s aggressive immigration strategies. Those decisions escalated tensions, undermined professional judgment, and put lives at risk.

“Taken together, the actions of Miller and Noem, both before and after Alex’s killing, make clear they are unfit to serve in their current positions, or any position requiring the public trust.

“AFGE calls for a full and transparent investigation into Alex’s killing led by an independent third party. We also call for bipartisan congressional oversight to uncover the truth, ensure accountability, and begin repairing the damage to public trust.”

hlthe2b

(113,064 posts)
10. Gee. Did they direct your COSPLAY & make-up? Script the lies from your disgusting mouth?
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:45 PM
7 hrs ago

Order you to shack up with Corey Lewandowsky at taxpayer expense at the Coast Guard Commandants home on base?

AZJonnie

(3,020 posts)
12. Not that I don't believe she said it (and it is VERY likely the truth)
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:49 PM
7 hrs ago

But:

“Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen,” Noem reportedly said to someone who relayed her comment to Axios.


Is a little "abstracted", shall we say? If she said it publicly, it would be "news", but this factoid, without any surrounding context, doesn't really amount to much given it's just that she privately admitted what everyone already knows, which is that she's a simpering toady figurehead at her job

Irish_Dem

(80,261 posts)
14. She is doing exactly what Trump wants her to do.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:50 PM
7 hrs ago

But she is foolish enough to think Trump would never throw her under the bus.

B.See

(7,913 posts)
18. They ALL do. If they don't
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:56 PM
7 hrs ago

they're OUT. The buck stops at Trump. And I've always believed it.

Irish_Dem

(80,261 posts)
23. They think the more they kiss Trump ass, the more loyal he will be to them.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:11 PM
6 hrs ago

It is the opposite. He likes people kissing his ass, but he does not respect those who do.

democratsruletheday

(1,835 posts)
44. she's a total and complete pig and I don't mean that from
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
6 hrs ago

a physical standpoint. Just an empty vessel. She's already being framed up for Minnesota and the ground is shifting under her faster than she can react to. Saying 'I did everything at the direction of POTUS and Miller" is a hail Mary cover your ass move and it ain't gonna cut it. She will resign by the weekend IMO.

AverageOldGuy

(3,473 posts)
15. MEMO TO PUPPY KILLER NOEM:
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 06:51 PM
7 hrs ago

You clearly are not a student of history.

Get someone to tell you how well the plea "I was just following orders." worked at Nuremberg. That's how it will work in January 2029.

LilElf70

(1,428 posts)
21. It's time for Miller
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:06 PM
6 hrs ago

to go too. This guy is a total waste of everyone's time. Does he actually thinks this is going to make America great again? Yeah, let's kill a bunch of innocent American citizens. And of course, no penalty for Miller, Noem's, or even Trumps actions again, right?

And these people are Trump's "best"?

Note: I really love how she dumps back on Trump and Miller, the true people responsible for all this bullshit and chaos.

bdamomma

(69,259 posts)
55. Miller
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:34 PM
5 hrs ago

is living on a military base, appropriate place for scared weak POS. It's a matter of time when they will be eating their own.

Captain Zero

(8,785 posts)
77. The military on that base should be questioned
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:17 PM
3 hrs ago

whether any of them have sworn personal loyalty to Stephen Miller.

Does anyone else really trust that he wouldn't be setting up his own personal junta?

What is the purpose of that military base? What are their specialties?

OldBaldy1701E

(10,515 posts)
24. Yeah, like we didn't already know that.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:12 PM
6 hrs ago

The Nuremberg Defense is not going to help you, ICE Barbie!

Try again.

JohnnyRingo

(20,595 posts)
27. I don't know, but that's completely believable.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:17 PM
6 hrs ago

"I was just following orders" is a common defense when things start to unravel.
Still, her fingerprints are all over this deportation fiasco.

I know one person who will not accept any blame in it whatsoever.

bucolic_frolic

(54,318 posts)
29. My, my, my, you're not being a loyal trooper fall guy!
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:19 PM
6 hrs ago

What is it you don't understand about that?

Doodley

(11,724 posts)
30. If she goes (which she should) then Trump, Miller, and Leavitt should also go for doing the same thing.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:20 PM
6 hrs ago

Mz Pip

(28,376 posts)
32. Trump will fire Noem
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:22 PM
6 hrs ago

before he gets rid of Miller. Miller is his right hand man, does all of his dirty work and probably heaps lavish praise on him.

hedda_foil

(16,928 posts)
39. I believe Miller actually has Orangeosaurus believing they're only pursuing the worst of the worst.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:31 PM
6 hrs ago

ificandream

(11,739 posts)
35. She's not kidding ... she and Bovino were robots reading from the same script
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:25 PM
6 hrs ago

Thanks, CNN...

The Roux Comes First

(2,205 posts)
37. Well That is Certainly NOT What the Big Asses Want to Hear! Good Soldiers in a Bad Cause
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:27 PM
6 hrs ago

Are never supposed to invoke the higher-ups.

ificandream

(11,739 posts)
38. She just sealed her doom with blaming Miller and Trump.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:27 PM
6 hrs ago

They won't let a woman get away with that.

gfarber

(220 posts)
41. Noem Washes Her Hands
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:32 PM
6 hrs ago


There once was a boss lady Noem,
Who said “Blame the guy in the dome.”
“Not my damn call,
Trump wrote it all,”
While washing her hands down to bone.

Stephen Miller, smug as can be,
Cried “ASSASSIN!” on prime-time TV.
With no proof to cite,
Just vibes and a fright,
And a megaphone set to frenzy.

Alex Pretti lay dead on the street,
Shot down by the badge-bearing elite.
“He might have gone wild,”
Cried the state, running mild,
While facts got stomped under their feet.

“He was armed!” they yelled, nice and loud,
Like that makes the killing allowed.
Second Amend folks
Said “That logic’s a joke,”
But nuance was banned by the crowd.

Before that, poor Renee Good,
A mom doing what mothers should,
Met ICE and a gun,
Now her life’s fucking done,
And the city says “This ain’t good.”

Minneapolis sued, fed up, pissed,
At troops where consent didn’t exist.
The feds said “Too bad,”
The locals said “Mad,”
And trust went straight down the abyss.

Rumors flew: “Noem hates Miller!”
The press room smelled bullshit and filler.
Leavitt smiled thin,
Said “He’s tight with the king,”
And stomped out the gossip—no thriller.

So here’s the grand tale they all spin:
Shoot first, then rewrite it to win.
Call corpses “threats,”
Dodge blame, place bets,
And dare anyone call it a sin.

duckworth969

(1,272 posts)
45. They all hang together
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:48 PM
6 hrs ago

IMO, Chump will move people around, but no one will be asked to resign or be fired.

ashredux

(2,890 posts)
46. Oh honey... that did not work back with the Germans, and I hate to tell you, that ain't gonna work for you now.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 07:51 PM
6 hrs ago

WestMichRad

(3,025 posts)
48. Republican leadership
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:15 PM
5 hrs ago

… is knowing who to point your finger at when the train inevitably derails.

mwmisses4289

(3,441 posts)
49. Uh-oh. She just broke cardinal rule number 3.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:16 PM
5 hrs ago

Never blame t for anything.
How many more hours before she is out?

bdamomma

(69,259 posts)
53. Thanks for
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:26 PM
5 hrs ago

posting this. I have also posted on Liberal You Tubers Danielle Moodie's Show about all of this. Please listen if you have the chance. Stephen Miller is the culprit in all of this. He is the mastermind of this chaos.

Bread and Circuses

(1,707 posts)
56. If Stephen Miller is bounced ...he's going to get payback.......especially if Jared Kushner steps in.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:36 PM
5 hrs ago

bdamomma

(69,259 posts)
59. K&R
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:51 PM
5 hrs ago

I hope our Democratic Leadership open their mouths and do something, or am I hallucinating?

I hope the people in Maine are looking out for each other. These ICE thugs are there.

IronLionZion

(50,954 posts)
60. Ah yes, the old "following orders" defense from Nuremburg
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 08:56 PM
5 hrs ago

how did the courts rule in those trials? Anyone remember or are we erasing that history?

Blue Owl

(58,410 posts)
67. Why is our military shielding Miller on one of their bases?
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:16 PM
4 hrs ago

This ghoul is ordering the killing of American citizens. He should be on trial for MURDER, not hiding in some fucking secure bunker.

kimbutgar

(26,952 posts)
68. She knows she's going to be thrown under the bus and she is punching back
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:17 PM
4 hrs ago

I love seeing magas attacking each other! Fight fight fight big bag of rats!

Lokee11

(398 posts)
69. Just following orders . . . .
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:21 PM
4 hrs ago

Have heard that prior and did not really work out for those who claimed it from what I understand.

FUCK YOU NOEM!!!

You trashy ugly piece of excrement!

✊!

SergeStorms

(20,088 posts)
73. You didn't have to follow his orders, Krusty.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 09:40 PM
4 hrs ago

You could have said no, you could have resigned, but you wanted to be a good little suck-ass and please the Big Orange Pig.

So fuck you, and fuck Stephen Goebbels. 🖕

Martin68

(27,214 posts)
75. Ooooh! Noem is finger-positing and blaming Trump and Miller. This is getting better by the minute.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:01 PM
3 hrs ago

Circular firing squad.

Akakoji

(489 posts)
82. This is fun
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:51 PM
3 hrs ago

But we can't forget that two Ice agents were in on the execution of Alex Pretti. They toothier orders from someone. It's clear that the other agents are fleeing g to not be involved with the 9 or 10 bullets that were being fired into a clearly not threatening body. It's an execution. The two agents, as well as the people that gave them the go ahead to murder in cold blood against all established principles of policing a dead body that posed no threat to anyone let alone an agent, must one brought to justice. The DOJ must not be allowed to let this not be tried, even if Patel was ordered to prevent it from. being a cicil rights case. Who ordered Patel to hav e evidence destroyed. We can not relent.

LudwigPastorius

(14,327 posts)
83. The Orange King of Turd Mountain isn't going to like you blaming him, Kristi.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 10:59 PM
3 hrs ago

Better buy a bottle of peroxide and update that resume before you send it out to FOX News,

Karma13612

(4,931 posts)
88. Sooooooo
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 11:58 PM
2 hrs ago

She’s going to use the ol’ chestnut “I was just following orders”???

You must be freakin kidding.

(I love your post script!!!)

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