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.
Prettis 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 ICEs deployment.
Miller previously referred to Pretti as an assassin. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Miller one of the presidents 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.
SSJVegeta
(2,525 posts)Bluetus
(2,425 posts)Dulcinea
(9,798 posts)BeyondGeography
(40,913 posts)Dr. Shepper
(3,228 posts)And should all be tried for your crimes.
bluestarone
(21,519 posts)ALL the courts know it as well.
struggle4progress
(125,567 posts)I really have no personality at all"
pat_k
(12,758 posts)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/
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 Alexs 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 Americas 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 Alexs 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 administrations 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 Noems 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 agencys command structure to ensure adherence to Mr. Millers 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 Alexs 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 Alexs 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.
SomewhereInTheMiddle
(623 posts)We should be seeing - or posting - headlines like -
Federal official slain by masked gunmen during immigration protest.
Shaping the narrative like that would almost demand a thorough investigation. Of course, the federal investigators that might give the case the diligence it deserves will never be assigned or allowed to investigate by the layer of Regime sycophants that are running the federal law enforcement agencies these days.
pat_k
(12,758 posts)And we must make sure there are prosecutions -- from the murderous agents carrying out the Miller/Felon/Vance criminal marching orders, to the criminal corruption of our executive branch agencies being committed in plain sight.
It will be an enormous undertaking, but prosecutions are absolutely essential. This, perhaps side-by-side with a truth and reconciliation process where conditional immunity or amnesty is offered to rank and file sycophants in exchange for public testimony about their betrayals of our trust and the crimes committed by leadership.
LuckyLib
(7,048 posts)Trump is too far gone to engineer and carry out much of anything.
Krazy_Kat
(75 posts)I am going to enjoy them turning on each other!
Lanius
(658 posts)These types of people don't like each other to begin with; their relationships are entirely transactional. Then you take into account that they are committing immoral and/or illegal acts, and they will all turn on each other to save their own skins.
littlemissmartypants
(32,298 posts)
VGNonly
(8,425 posts)"Oh dawg gone it!"
littlemissmartypants
(32,298 posts)FakeNoose
(40,508 posts)
COL Mustard
(8,046 posts)Thinking of that. Damn.
chowder66
(11,942 posts)hlthe2b
(113,079 posts)Order you to shack up with Corey Lewandowsky at taxpayer expense at the Coast Guard Commandants home on base?
Nasruddin
(1,199 posts)Fire me and I roll on you, bitch!
littlemissmartypants
(32,298 posts)AZJonnie
(3,025 posts)But:
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
Deminpenn
(17,327 posts)It matters that someone inside the Trump administration decided to release this tidbit to Axios. Someone has the knives out for Miller. It wouldn't surprise me if it's Lewandowski who is more than capable of doing this.
Irish_Dem
(80,284 posts)But she is foolish enough to think Trump would never throw her under the bus.
B.See
(7,933 posts)they're OUT. The buck stops at Trump. And I've always believed it.
Irish_Dem
(80,284 posts)It is the opposite. He likes people kissing his ass, but he does not respect those who do.
LilElf70
(1,431 posts)with Noem is amazing. The bus is a coming.
democratsruletheday
(1,836 posts)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.
Norrrm
(4,269 posts)Plenty of room - UNDER the Trump bus

AverageOldGuy
(3,475 posts)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.
FalloutShelter
(14,243 posts)Should have stayed for the end of the movie.
Hint
it didnt end well for the Nazis who were
Only following orders.
Irish_Dem
(80,284 posts)Xipe Totec
(44,498 posts)Irish_Dem
(80,284 posts)patphil
(8,789 posts)vapor2
(4,012 posts)patphil
(8,789 posts)mitch96
(15,693 posts)Hugin
(37,567 posts)Said loud and clear for the first time since the last Nazi said it.
LilElf70
(1,431 posts)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.
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
(8,787 posts)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
(10,527 posts)The Nuremberg Defense is not going to help you, ICE Barbie!
Try again.
Deuxcents
(25,819 posts)mysteryowl
(8,499 posts)paleotn
(21,770 posts)JohnnyRingo
(20,596 posts)"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.
QueerDuck
(1,164 posts)bucolic_frolic
(54,339 posts)What is it you don't understand about that?
Doodley
(11,730 posts)vapor2
(4,012 posts)Mz Pip
(28,376 posts)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)mwmisses4289
(3,456 posts)but he will be out.
ificandream
(11,742 posts)Thanks, CNN...
Klarkashton
(5,003 posts)johnnyfins
(3,514 posts)"Following orders" Nuremberg defense.
The Roux Comes First
(2,207 posts)Are never supposed to invoke the higher-ups.
ificandream
(11,742 posts)They won't let a woman get away with that.
no_hypocrisy
(54,492 posts)gfarber
(221 posts)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 logics 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 lifes fucking done,
And the city says This aint good.
Minneapolis sued, fed up, pissed,
At troops where consent didnt 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 Hes tight with the king,
And stomped out the gossipno thriller.
So heres 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.
aeromanKC
(3,845 posts)True Dough
(26,011 posts)"Just following orders."
No accountability.
She can rot in a prison cell with the rest of 'em.
duckworth969
(1,273 posts)IMO, Chump will move people around, but no one will be asked to resign or be fired.
k55f5r
(510 posts)Hopefully by their heels from lampposts.
ashredux
(2,891 posts)BigmanPigman
(54,743 posts)There was type face telling what the outcome was after the trials.
It has stuck in my mind since there was NO JUSTICE for their actions. The Nazi criminals were sent to jail for life but none of them were in jail after only 20 years. The Communist threat caused fear and the US officials focused on the Communists running the world and felt they needed the support of the German citizens to fight Communism and they chose to abandon the justice of the Nazis who were proven guilty.
"While the Nuremberg trials (1945-1949) did convict hundreds of Nazi officials, it is historically accurate that many convicted criminals did not serve their full sentences and were released early in the 1950s, largely driven by Cold War politics and a desire to align with West Germany against the Soviet Union.
Here is a breakdown of the facts surrounding the punishment of Nazis after World War II:
1. The Initial Sentences
Main Trial (19451946): Of the 22 major defendants, 12 were sentenced to death, three to life imprisonment, four to long prison terms, and three were acquitted.
Subsequent Trials (19461949): The US held 12 additional trials for doctors, judges, and SS officials. Out of 177 defendants, 24 were sentenced to death and 20 to life.
Executions: Only 13 of the 24 death sentences from the later trials were actually executed, while others had their sentences commuted.
2. Early Releases in the 1950s By the mid-1950s, nearly all Nazis convicted in the "subsequent" trials who were not executed had been released.".
Solly Mack
(96,562 posts)WestMichRad
(3,029 posts)is knowing who to point your finger at when the train inevitably derails.
mwmisses4289
(3,456 posts)Never blame t for anything.
How many more hours before she is out?
PSPS
(15,253 posts)Raven123
(7,616 posts)bdamomma
(69,259 posts)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.
BumRushDaShow
(166,686 posts)oasis
(53,396 posts)in plain language.
Bread and Circuses
(1,714 posts)bdamomma
(69,259 posts)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
(50,957 posts)how did the courts rule in those trials? Anyone remember or are we erasing that history?
Norrrm
(4,269 posts)IronLionZion
(50,957 posts)Skittles
(170,023 posts)it's not your status as Trump whore being questioned, girl
evolves
(5,758 posts)That is all
catbyte
(38,766 posts)
Cheezoholic
(3,563 posts)BlueSpot
(1,262 posts)Blue Owl
(58,436 posts)This ghoul is ordering the killing of American citizens. He should be on trial for MURDER, not hiding in some fucking secure bunker.
purr-rat beauty
(1,052 posts)...who help our Veterans
Our enlisted and officers ok with that?
kimbutgar
(26,954 posts)I love seeing magas attacking each other! Fight fight fight big bag of rats!
Lokee11
(398 posts)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!
✊!
Buddyzbuddy
(2,253 posts)slightlv
(7,520 posts)Didn't work then... won't work now!
SergeStorms
(20,130 posts)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. 🖕
Upthevibe
(10,085 posts)Martin68
(27,228 posts)Circular firing squad.
Earth Bound Misfit
(3,583 posts)
Akakoji
(491 posts)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
(14,330 posts)Better buy a bottle of peroxide and update that resume before you send it out to FOX News,
Old Crank
(6,733 posts)She's a good little nazi trooper. Just following orders.
Prairie Gates
(7,430 posts)AllyCat
(18,625 posts)Got it.
Karma13612
(4,934 posts)Shes going to use the ol chestnut I was just following orders???
You must be freakin kidding.
(I love your post script!!!)
Blasphemer
(3,592 posts)jeffreyi
(2,534 posts)BumRushDaShow
(166,686 posts)Hassler
(4,800 posts)Now that DHS boss is aiming for Stephen Miller. Should I feel bad about this development?
Deminpenn
(17,327 posts)with Noem while Leavitt, Wiles were.
Not sure I agree with that take, but O'Donnell usually has good instincts for these kind of things.
Bengus81
(9,926 posts)Javaman
(65,292 posts)marble falls
(71,353 posts)rampartd
(4,077 posts)send the bitch to spandau
sop
(17,783 posts)QueerDuck
(1,164 posts)BumRushDaShow
(166,686 posts)But it still stands on their historical record.
People forget that the GOP impeached Democratic DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2024 -
H.Res.863 - Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

The "charge"? "Not doing enough" related to immigration.
Torchlight
(6,423 posts)I think one (at the minimum) or two (more probably, I think) high-profile public sacrifices will be made, Noem being first of the two (or the one). But it's only a guess.
BumRushDaShow
(166,686 posts)But I think it's more an issue of finding a sycophant who isn't as clownish, idiotic and loon as those two are.
These are times when he might bring Bill Barr back (even with Barr publicly disagreeing with him, but knowing that Barr has the skill and reputation of being a first class "fixer" ).
Kid Berwyn
(23,470 posts)and traitors.
bromeando
(166 posts)I was only following orders. Where have we heard that before.
BettyBlueDot
(19 posts)The famous Nazi excuse, "I was just following orders." Didn't work then, shouldn't work now.
TBF
(35,904 posts)but we also have big fish to fry. Trump and Miller are running this (and I'm pretty sure behind the scenes it's really Miller, Vought, Vance the Heritage Foundation, certain Supreme Court Justices - and the billionaire donors and tech boys bankrolling this regime)
ismnotwasm
(42,668 posts)From her personal physical presentation to the weird crap she says, to how she handles situations everything is just off.
malthaussen
(18,464 posts)33taw
(3,300 posts)Lanius
(658 posts)There really is no honor among thieves. These people actually hate each other and will throw one another under the bus when it comes to responsibility and accountability. They don't care that what they've done was wrong. They are incapable of self-reflection.
usonian
(23,918 posts)Democracy Lab
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/11/17/nuremberg-trials-lesson-following-orders-is-no-defense-to-war-crimes/
Occupy Democrats (FB)
https://www.facebook.com/100066647494924/posts/1413738274191076/
I'm sending out a message through my microwave dish to the Kanamits.
YOUR DINNER ORDERS
are here for the taking.

Dave Id
(250 posts)I was just following orders, is an unacceptable excuse. Wearing your cosplay costumes with guns exposed your true nature and position on things.
Falconry
(38 posts)doc03
(38,905 posts)CentralMass
(16,890 posts)bluestarone
(21,519 posts)Go jump off a fucking skyscraper.
IzzaNuDay
(1,250 posts)Piss off enough top brass with integrity, could not end up well for these clowns.
