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Jacqui Heinrich said that Trump was angered after Noem told senators that he had approved the costly DHS advertising push encouraging illegal immigrants to self-deport — a claim the White House later contradicted.
“The President said he didn’t know about that ad and did not authorize it,” a White House official told Heinrich. “That might have been the tipping point after weeks of the President facing questions about Noem’s ability to carry out her duties.”