“Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen brought her resignation letter with her when she met President Trump in the White House residence yesterday afternoon,” top sources tell Axios.
“She wasn’t intent on quitting but was prepared to, sources tell us. The meeting went poorly, and Trump didn’t even let her announce her ‘resignation.’ While she was racing to put out the letter (not that different from one she wrote after midterms), Trump tweeted that she ‘will be leaving her position.'”
Said one DHS source: “She was undercut at every turn. She’s done everything she can do. The White House is eating their own.”
Washington Post: Nielsen’s ouster signals even tougher Trump border rhetoric.
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