Fact Check: Did Trump say Kristi Noem will be sent to a farm as she is stepping down?
WASHINGTON, DC: As Kristi Noem will be stepping down from her position as the Secretary of Homeland Security, a screenshot has been circulating on social media claiming to show a post by President Donald Trump, in which he said that Noem will be sent to a farm once she is removed from her position. Let us analyze the screenshot and fact-check it.
Claim: Donald Trump will send Kristi Noem to a farm
The alleged screenshot by Trump on his Truth Social handles states, “Sometimes as a Great President, you have to make decisions that you know will not be popular."
"Corey Lewandowski, a great member of our team, he was very upset at the news about Kristi Noem, he said, ‘Mr. President, how could you? She's gone.’"
"And I said, "no, Corey, she's not gone. We found a nice farm for her to live at, just like when she was growing up. She's probably running around out there having a great time." And that made him happy. Congratulations again to Senator Mullin!”
Fact Check: False, Trump did not make such a statement
The screenshot is fake as Trump never posted such a remark. Although Trump announced that he is replacing Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, the president did not reference a 'farm' or Lewandowski.
A search on Trump’s official Truth Social handle for the remark in the screenshot yielded no results.
A fact by Grok also confirmed the screenshot to be fake, stating, “No, that's not real—it's a satirical meme. Trump never said or posted this. It's a joke riffing on Kristi Noem's story about her dog from her book, with the 'nice farm' euphemism for putting pets down. The image is fabricated; no such tweet exists on his account.”
Donald Trump announces stepping down of Kristi Noem
On March 5, Trump announced that Noem will step down as Secretary of DHS at the end of March, after serving just over a year in the role.
Trump said he plans to nominate Markwayne Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, to replace her.
The president announced in a post on Truth Social, while also confirming that Noem would move into a new administration position focused on regional security efforts in the Western Hemisphere.
Noem previously served as governor of South Dakota before joining the administration.
During her tenure as Homeland Security Secretary, she oversaw policies aimed at increasing deportations and tightening immigration enforcement, a central component of Trump’s political platform.
