Days after Donald Trump publicly humiliated Kristi Noem by firing her as Homeland Security secretary, she appeared alongside the president at a summit in Miami, Florida, where she repeatedly praised his leadership.
The event at Trump’s National Doral Golf Club was dubbed the “Shield of the Americas” summit and saw the president encourage gathered leaders from Latin American nations to take military action against drug trafficking cartels and transnational gangs that he says pose an “unacceptable threat” to the hemisphere’s national security.