WASHINGTON—Saying the expansive response was entirely justified based on the dire state of her physical appearance, outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the use of force on her own face Thursday.
During a press conference, the 54-year-old soon-to-be former Cabinet member spoke proudly of her role in what she described as the “greatest facial transformation operation in American history.” Lashing out at Democrats she accused of being “liberal extremists,” Noem called targeted campaigns against her lips, cheeks, and hairline an unequivocal success, and said she did not regret her decision to “show no mercy” in her attack on problem areas throughout her tenure.
“Despite what the radical left says, this has been the most successful operation ever carried out on my face,” said Noem, adding that the multipronged cosmetic mission backed by the U.S. Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the National Guard had made impressive strides in restoring order to the chaos that previously plagued her features. “The Trump administration has a zero-tolerance policy for facial imperfections and will not rest until every single one of my blemishes, wrinkles, and crow’s-feet are eliminated.”
“Thanks to President Trump’s unwavering resolve on this issue, the fullness of my lips, cheeks, and smile have been restored,” Noem continued. “Phase one of this makeover may be complete, but make no mistake—the battle has just begun.”
Noem, who spearheaded operations including Operation Midriff Contour and Operation Dermal Surge, has refused to apologize for her tactics, stating during a congressional hearing this month that any filler migration around her lips, chipped veneers, or lopsided breast implants was “exactly what people like her deserved.”
In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump praised the work Noem had done, saying that he had reviewed photos and videos of the secretary from her years as South Dakota’s governor and that her face had been a “vicious situation.” He then threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act should she ever look like that again.
Members of Congress, however, reiterated that it wasn’t a crime to age naturally and that doing so did not make Americans domestic terrorists. Some Democrats even walked out of the hearing in protest, saying they’d seen firsthand how repeated cosmetic violence traumatized Noem’s children, wasted millions in federal funds, and needlessly ripped apart wealthy, well-connected families, including both the secretary’s and Corey Lewandowski’s.
“Based on everything I’ve seen, Kristi Noem has a face that is unfit to lead the DHS,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said during the secretary’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, stating that past leaders of the agency never had so much as a minor cellulite treatment and that Noem’s latest lip filler injections constituted a “crime against humanity.” “She claims to only go after the worst of the worst of her features, but our nation waits in fear to see what type of hack job she’ll deploy on herself next.”
“Her surgeon should be tried in The Hague,” Tillis added. “History will not look back on Kristi Noem and her barbaric facelifts fondly.”
After the hearing, Noem announced that she’d taken her private plane to the U.S.–Mexico border to begin a new offensive her department has dubbed Operation BBL.
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