I said that Noem's firing was significant because Trump II had a firm "no scalps" policy that they had held onto for like a year.

[pallasriot@social.treehouse.systems]

I said that Noem's firing was significant because Trump II had a firm "no scalps" policy that they had held onto for like a year. Bondi getting fired pretty well confirms it, Trump's personal capacity to stick to that policy has been shattered.

Minneapolis broke Trump as an administrator and as a man.

[pallasriot@social.treehouse.systems]

Just like with Trump I, the replacements will be awful. Possibly worse on a personal level than their predecessors. But a revolving door in the administration makes them less effective regardless.

[quizzicus@mastodon.online]

@PallasRiot Maybe. Susie Wiles was widely considered to be the source of discipline in the WH, and she apparently started working "virtually full time" a week or so before Noem was sacked. https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/politics/susie-wiles-chief-staff-diagnosis

[pallasriot@social.treehouse.systems]

Also worth pointing out that Jeffries and Schumer just successfully beat Republicans over DHS funding, with Republicans having to go through a whole second funding attempt grinder after Democrats refused to budge. Again, here we see signs of Trump buckling from positions that he was holding for more than a year, in this case his previous unwillingness to ever negotiate with Dems on funding.

(This is also a lesson in why things like mass protest movements do actually make a difference by changing political gravity. Schumer and Jeffries didn't chabge their strategy for no reason)