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ProfessorGAC

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10. I Think There's A Simpler Reason

Reply to ToxMarz (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 05:56 PM

21 hrs ago

Everybody knew she was a bad choice.
He nominated her anyway.
Flat out firing her would be admitting a mistake, and he won't do that.
I think it simpler to suggest he "transferred" her to preserve his own ego.

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The only reason Trump would have created a new "postion" for Noem and not out right fire her [View all] ToxMarz 23 hrs ago OP

Yep, she knows too much. She ran her shop just like her boss..spending and grifting and ignoring laws Deuxcents 23 hrs ago #1

And her boss was okay with all of it B.See 23 hrs ago #4

LOL popsdenver 21 hrs ago #9

Precisely JBTaurus83 23 hrs ago #2

They will be busy doing a job ON someone and something. BattleRow 22 hrs ago #6

must irks her catsudon 23 hrs ago #3

That's what I figured PatSeg 22 hrs ago #5

I thought about that too, but I have come to the conclusion that it's really about him... Ol Janx Spirit 22 hrs ago #7

ALL major symptoms popsdenver 21 hrs ago #11

That makes sense PatSeg 21 hrs ago #12

She should avoid all tall buildings in her future. GreenWave 22 hrs ago #8

I Think There's A Simpler Reason ProfessorGAC 21 hrs ago #10

He hires a woman LittleGirl 20 hrs ago #14

Still Not Buying It ProfessorGAC 20 hrs ago #15

SCOTUS made him the most powerful man on earth. GoodRaisin 21 hrs ago #13