Homeland Security head Kirstjen Nielsen close to resigning after Trump berated her

[Miles Archer]

Homeland Security head Kirstjen Nielsen close to resigning after Trump berated her in front of cabinet members: report



https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/homeland-security-head-kirstjen-nielsen-close-resigning-trump-berated-front-cabinet-members-report/

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen reportedly almost quit after President Donald Trump castigate her in front of his cabinet Wednesday.

According to The New York Times, several current and former officials familiar with the incident said Trump was furious about her “failure to adequately secure the nation’s borders.”

The Times described Nielsen as chief of staff John Kelly’s protégée. She has drafted a resignation letter but has yet to submit it.

One person familiar with the meeting told The Times that Trump’s explosion was part of a rant about the lack of progress he feels the U.S. has made erecting his border wall and stopping undocumented immigrants from entering the country.

[HipChick]

1. Spare me...Just resign, or just stay there and suck it up buttercup...

[Turbineguy]

2. Resign.

And try and salvage what you can.

[gratuitous]

3. My feelings exactly

Cut the Hamlet crap; nobody's impressed by the drama.

[Docreed2003]

4. Trump and his fucking wall....what an obsessed dotard

[Golden Raisin]

5. Almost doesn't count.

[treestar]

6. How many DHS Secs

will the Dotard have before 2 years?

He can't keep anyone working for him.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Tough shit, Toots. No one is keeping you there.

[EffieBlack]

8. That's the problem with these people

They love to leak how unhappy and offended they are, but they always stay.

Let me know when you actually decide to stand up to your boss. Otherwise, I couldn’t care less what you were “close” to doing.

[Ilsa]

9. Instead, she tells jeffery beauregard sessions to

dissuade illegal entry by threatening to rip children from their parents' arms.

[dalton99a]

10. The "I Alone Can Fix It" president asks: "Why don't _YOU_ have solutions?"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-unloads-on-homeland-security-secretary-in-lengthy-immigration-tirade/2018/05/10/f0ded152-54a0-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html

Trump lashed out at his Cabinet, and Nielsen in particular, when told that the number of people arrested for illegally crossing the Mexico border topped 50,000 for the second consecutive month. The blowup lasted more than 30 minutes, according to a person with knowledge of what transpired, as Trump’s face reddened and he raised his voice, saying Nielsen needed to “close down” the border.

“Why don’t you have solutions? How is this still happening?” he said, adding later, “We need to shut it down. We’re closed.”

Trump’s tirade went on so long that many present began fidgeting in their seats and flashing grimaces, White House aides said. Eventually, the topic moved on to health care, bringing relief to many in the room.