Homeland secretary threatened to QUIT after Trump publicly BERATED HER!! [Updated]

by SooperMexican

This is another example of the chaos in the White House – if it’s true.

The New York Times:

Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, told colleagues she was close to resigning after President Trump berated her on Wednesday in front of the entire cabinet for what he said was her failure to adequately secure the nation’s borders, according to several current and former officials familiar with the episode.

Ms. Nielsen, who is a protégée of John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has drafted a resignation letter but has not submitted it, according to two of the people. As the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Ms. Nielsen is in charge of the 20,000 employees who work for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Mr. Trump’s anger toward Ms. Nielsen at the meeting was part of a lengthy tirade in which the president railed at his entire cabinet about what he said was its lack of progress toward sealing the country’s borders against illegal immigrants, according to one person who was present at the meeting.

Now this is exactly the kind of thing that the media would make up, but it’s also exactly the kind of thing you would expect out of someone like Trump who seems pretty irascible and is known for berating people…

UPDATE

Nielsen put out a statement kinda not really denying the report?

I mean, she’s basically confirming that Trump is angry about something, but that she’s going to stay put for a while. That goes along with the report, right?

Meanwhile, CNN explores the meaning of the report:


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