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The White House is scrambling on Minnesota. Karoline Leavitt says Donald Trump has the “utmost confidence” in Kristi Noem, but the president is sending Tom Homan to Minneapolis to oversee ICE operations there — and he said the border czar would “report directly to me.”
- “That is intentional,” an administration official told Politico. “Tom needs to be in charge.”
- Gregory Bovino may be the administration’s fall guy. Leavitt called the Border Patrol commander a “wonderful man” today, but an administration official confirmed to NOTUS that he will leave Minnesota tomorrow.
Here’s how quickly things are changing. Facing damning videos and blowback from some Republicans in Congress, the Trump administration backpedaled on multiple fronts today.