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Jilly_in_VA

(13,110 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:42 PM Monday

ICE Barbie Ordered Trump's Border Czar to Stop Going on TV

Two of Donald Trump’s most vicious anti-immigration bulldogs have reportedly been at each other’s throats to such an extent that the president himself wondered if he’d need to step in.

In a sweeping exposé on Kristi Noem’s rise from humble Farm Service Agency employee South Dakota governor to homeland security secretary, New York magazine reports that Noem’s bitter spat with border czar Tom Homan ultimately boils down to her seemingly insatiable appetite for publicity.

Since assuming her post earlier this year, Noem has indeed embarked on an intense campaign for ever greater public exposure, earning the nickname “ICE Barbie” for cosplaying during TV appearances as an immigration enforcement agent, a firefighter, a pilot, and various other DHS employees.

It was her crusade for more airtime, a former DHS official told the magazine, that apparently put her on a collision course with Homan, himself a huge fan of media appearances.

Noem reportedly became enraged with the border czar after he appeared on TV to discuss developments in the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration crackdown, accusing him of having “gotten out front” of her on the topic.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-kirsti-noem-furiously-ordered-donald-trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-to-stop-going-on-tv/

Ooooh, jealousy rears its ugly head!

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kimbutgar

(26,136 posts)
1. I bet the Botox Barbie puppy killer leaked the story of ham face Homan getting bribed
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:49 PM
Monday

To get rid of him!

mackdaddy

(1,872 posts)
2. I am sure reports of Homan accepting a $50,000 bribe from undercover agents has nothing to do with it.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:49 PM
Monday

What did he do with the money?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/20/tom-homan-trump-doj-border-investigation/86271080007/

WASHINGTON — The FBI recorded Tom Homan, the current White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash last year during an undercover investigation later dropped by the Trump administration, according to news reports.

Homan accepted the money after suggesting he could help agents posing as business executives win government contracts in a second Trump term, MSNBC reported citing sources familiar and internal documents.

The encounter led Homan, who was the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Donald Trump's first term, to be investigated for bribery and other potential crimes, according to The New York Times.

Captain Zero

(8,453 posts)
3. Where's the $50K Ho Man??
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 01:02 PM
Monday
Did he turn it over to a PAC?
DID HE keep it and file it on his taxes?

Did he spend it on hookers and blow in Vegas?

He sure didn't spend it on plastic surgery. Looks like he caught a grenade with his face.
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