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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sophie Clark

Kristi Noem shot dead her family dog. A new book now claims Trump viewed that as an ‘asset’ in a member of his cabinet

A new book on the reported chaos and dysfunction within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) states how President Donald Trump believed that Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s history of shooting her dog made her an asset to his cabinet.

An excerpt of Undue Process: The Inside Story of Trump’s Mass Deportation Program, a forthcoming book by Julia Ainsley of NBC and detailed in The Atlantic, describes how the President saw her killing a dog as a reason to select her to run his mass deportation agenda. An agenda that has so far resulted in the deaths of three U.S. citizens.

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