Kristi Noem's surprising appearance after Trump fired her

we start with a strong focus on security. Um but there's so much more here and as you've seen from so much more we can work together on and uh as you've seen from the cabinet members that are here today. Again I on behalf of the president um he is uh currently on his way to to Dover Air Force and Air Force Base to to receive sadly the the remains of the uh of the six Americans who lost their lives in the operation against uh Iranian terrorism. and uh so he apologizes for not being able to join us for this lunch but he knew you would understand but he's very excited about this initiative and I'm personally very excited to be part of this with each of you today. It's a top priority for us. Um, and while there are clearly a focus on the security of the hemisphere, as you can see from the representation in our cabinet, from trade to commerce to energy to treasury um and and um and there is also a focus very strongly on the opportunities we have to work together economically. But you can't have economic progress without security and and as a evidence of the president's strong commitment to to this initiative. So that this is not just going to be something that we meet one time and have conversations and we meet once a year and put out a a paper. We want it to be an issue of action. Uh he has has appointed Secretary Gnome as the special envoy dedicated to this relationship and you will see a lot of her. She'll be very involved with each of you at a personal level and on a daily and weekly and monthly level to ensure that earlier today. Secretary. >> So I do want to thank the president for creating this and for giving me the honor and the opportunity to serve as a special envoy to to this region to the Western Hemisphere. Uh this uh shield of Americas will be a powerful example to the rest of the world about what's possible. Uh there's nothing like this happening today anywhere else in the world. And the way that we cooperate on our shared ideals of freedom and of democracy and safety and security will be a shining light to all of those who wish to be more like all of us. And that if that's some of the challenges that you may have uh spent some time in Argentina in the last year as Secretary of Homeland Security, we have focused on securing our border. We have transformed our country from one that was being invaded by enemies, millions of them that were coming in unvetted, that we didn't uh know who was there and who wished to harm us. We've secured that border. We've focused on removing public safety threats and over 3 million people have been deported or removed from our country in the last year. Secure borders has changed everything for our country. It's allowed us an opportunity to focus on business and investment relationships with other countries and has ended the crisis that our country was going through in the years previous to President Trump's leadership other countries working with your presidents and leaders and hope to continue to build on that so that we could have candid conversations about what to do in the future. Our objectives are going to be to destroy the cartels to go after these narot terrorists that are destroying our people, killing our children and our grandchildren. We're also going to keep our adversaries at bay. Uh those adversaries that wish to change our way of life and our values that are outside of our hemisphere, we want to ensure that we're continuing to keep them out of our hemisphere and focus on building alliances amongst ourselves and our strengths. Um we have worked and are proud of the Department of War uh with the conference that many of you just attended the last few days and we'll continue to do that. We want our hemisphere to be safer, to be more sovereign, and to be more prosperous. And looking forward to working with you on all of that. The first objective will be not just on sovereignty, but also migration control that we will work on economic prosperity. We'll have and reverse these harmful foreign influences that have come into many of our businesses, our technology.

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. Noem was in attendance in her new role as special envoy to the initiative. She was fired Thursday from the top job at DHS, making her the first Cabinet official to be outside in Trump’s second term. Also present at the Miami event was Corey Lewandowski, Noem’s adviser at the department, who has also left his role. The pair have been dogged by allegations of an inappropriate relationship. At a congressional hearing earlier this week, Noem refused to answer directly when she was asked about the alleged affair by a lawmaker. Lewandowski posted a picture of Trump and other world leaders to his X account. In her first remarks in her newly-formed role, Noem repeatedly expressed her gratitude and admiration for Trump. #DonaldTrump #KristiNoem #ShieldOfTheAmericas #MiamiSummit #USPolitics #HomelandSecurity #CoreyLewandowski #TrumpNews #LatinAmerica #PoliticalNews Full article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-fired-shield-role-trump-b2934066.html Watch more on Independent TV: https://tinyurl.com/yc7ukx9n The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking newsbrand, providing global news, commentary and analysis for the independently-minded. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Independent Find us on social: TikTok / https://www.tiktok.com/@independent Instagram / https://www.instagram.com/the.independent/ X (Twitter) / https://twitter.com/Independent Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline Download the iOS & Android app: https://tinyurl.com/2s3ts5dh Sign up to our newsletters: https://tinyurl.com/2bmw565x Help to support truly independent journalism. Every dollar you contribute will directly fund additional special reports and investigations from a free-thinking, award-winning newsroom you can trust: https://www.independent.co.uk/donations