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What is Shield of the Americas? What We
Know About Kristi Noem’s New Role

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Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 3/5/2026 4:10:32 PM

President Donald Trump said he is appointing Kristi Noem as his “special envoy for the Shield of the Americas” as he announced her removal as homeland security secretary. The White House says the initiative reflects Trump’s effort to shift U.S. national security strategy toward the Western Hemisphere. Trump is scheduled to meet Saturday with leaders from 11 Latin American countries at his golf club in Doral, Florida, for what the administration is calling a “Shield” summit. Leaders from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago are expected to attend,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: montwoodcliff 3/5/2026 4:16:35 PM (No. 2076564)
Trump gave her an office next to the boiler room rather than firing her outright. He's letting her save face with this move. The Democrats won this battle, but now they will have to deal with a real hardass in Mullin.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 3/5/2026 5:42:16 PM (No. 2076583)
I'm curious. Would everyone be making the same big deal about this if she wasn't a babe?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: stablemoney 3/5/2026 6:47:44 PM (No. 2076590)
The Democrats and Rino's succeeded in taking down a Cabinet Secretary and removed a Republican Senator. Democrats will be having a great weekend. The hearing thing is a pretext. Thom Tillis is a nutcase, but was holding up Trump's nominees. So Trump act, when he should have done nothing, as nothing will be gained from it. Trump should also do nothing in the Texas Senate race, only inflaming the supporters of the nominee he does not endorse, and again, gaining nothing.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 3/5/2026 7:19:47 PM (No. 2076602)
I never feel I have all the facts: Was she doing a bad job or just a target?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: seal010101 3/5/2026 7:28:36 PM (No. 2076607)
She’ll look great in a Shield costume and an eye patch!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 3/5/2026 7:57:48 PM (No. 2076611)
The Rats never miss an opportunity to show us all what obnoxious jerks they truly are.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: YorkieMom 3/5/2026 10:43:50 PM (No. 2076629)
Some on Fox today said Noem spent about $200 million on ads that featured her and said he had given her approval to do so. Trump said he didn't and was furious.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Digger 3/6/2026 2:00:18 AM (No. 2076638)
This Shield thing looks like the Monroe Doctrine with a supporting cast of western hemisphere nations. I like it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: mifla 3/6/2026 6:59:55 AM (No. 2076665)
Not sure how she did in the day by day stuff, but she spend too much time posing for the cameras while playing bad ass dress up. The tipping point is that while her party is waging war against taxpayer waste and fraud, she spent a boatload of money to enrich some friends. Good riddance.
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