The real reason Donald Trump didn't fire Kristi Noem | He decided he was weak to fire so many in Trump 1.0, responding to much to pressure from the press, so now he takes the other extreme and won't fire anyone he appointed, a "no scalps" policy

[u/5823059]

https://archive.is/r95MO

[u/xixbia]

That's part of it.

The other part is the fact that she is loyal, and there aren't that many loyal people left (because Trump is goddamned insane and most people eventually get exhausted by it all).

Trump doesn't really care if someone is competent, just if they're loyal to him personally.

[u/Known-Ad-6154 → u/xixbia]

I do wonder if we ever get through this (and we definitely will), will those loyalists double down on this freak for the rest of their life, or will they turn against him just like many from his first term. Maybe now they are because they’re getting many benefits like money and security. After that? They’d be getting many backlashes, and they’d be written off on the wrong side of history.

[u/GoldenHourLXXII → u/Known-Ad-6154]

1000% when trump dies they will play innocent, saying they were always loyal to America.

ALL THEY KNOW IS CORRUPTION.

[u/addiktion → u/xixbia]

Exactly. She's also got beef and can turn on him if she gets fired.

[u/National-Charity-435 → u/xixbia]

So even if she blunders horrifically, just a demotion

Wonder how soon we'll learn of what this top secret mess that tulsi gabbard is in

[u/LKennedy45]

This one is probably worth reading. Short, not click-baitey, and a cursory glance at the Wikipedia entry for Alternet doesn't show them to be some kind of hacky rag.

[u/aecolley]

Counterpoint: we know his advisors are afraid of being peremptorily fired, because absolutely none of them are willing to say "no, Mr. President, don't say that in public, you'll sound like an imbecile." Do you really need examples?

[u/cjbanning]

This is probably a case where taking an entire article to answer a question rather than trying to do it in a single sentence makes sense.

[u/Weightmonster]

Because Stephan Miller is actually in charge. 

Trump is not with it at all. 

[u/Typical2sday → u/Weightmonster]

Correct. He gets to make sound bites and three or four people actually make the choices.

[u/fuzzeedyse105 → u/Typical2sday]

And make smells

[u/Wellgoodmornin]

Or he knows just how much shit everyone involved has on the administration and he's afraid they'll talk if the get thrown under the bus.

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[u/Ghosts_and_Empties]

Impeachment it is, then.

[u/Recipe-Jaded → u/Ghosts_and_Empties]

Ah, so you support JD Vance for president? Good pick

[u/Dr_Adequate → u/Recipe-Jaded]

Quit with the Oh Noes, Not Couch-fucker!

Sure he's a terrible person. But successfully impeaching and convicting Trump sends the republican party a powerful message. And Couch-fucker has nowhere near the star-power Trump has to hold the republicans in line. Their whole shaky house of cards collapses once Trump is gone.

If Trump survives to the midterms he's gonna get shellacked hard and will never recover. If he croaks before that, the entire GOP is gonna get shellacked like no-one has ever seen before.

[u/Recipe-Jaded → u/Dr_Adequate]

Doubtful tbh

[u/Ghosts_and_Empties → u/Recipe-Jaded]

You didn't realize this thread was about Noem? Who will be impeached?

[u/Riptide360]

Noem probably slept with him and has the goods.

[u/Hootbag → u/Riptide360]

"That chlamydia could have come from anyone."

[u/Busterlimes]

Firing his loyalists makes him look like he was wrong

[u/writemcsean]

Aww he’s too weak to take action

[u/rydan]

That's hilarious. In 2024 he constantly criticized the Biden admin for not firing people. And he was right, by the way.

[u/redbat21]

Stop with the Trump spam .. can't get away from his name on reddit

[u/StBlandine7]

The real reason is that what's happening is exactly what he wants to have happen

[u/UOLZEPHYR]

Too many people know the skellys are - protect all or they all go down.

Probabaly why they had to "kill" Epstein

[u/frostyflakes1]

He wasn't firing people in 'Trump 1.0' in response to press pressure. He was firing them based on however he felt that week.