President Trump tweeted Sunday that DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving the administration and then immediately tweeted that “Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary.”
It is unclear if she resigned or if Trump fired her, with unnamed sources telling outlets such as Axios and the Wall Street Journal that she resigned.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2019
He then immediately tweeted that “Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary.”
….I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary for @DHSgov. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 7, 2019
Axios is reporting that the relationship has not been a good one and that “Trump has long felt that Nielsen isn’t ‘tough enough’ when it comes to defending the border and kicking illegal immigrants out of the U.S., according to sources who’ve discussed the subject with the President.”
