A Rolex Is A Sandwich Board That Says "I Accept Bribes"

The case of Kristi Noem.

Say it ain’t so, Kristi.

After prayerful consideration I’ve decided that despite some pretty fierce competition, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is the single dumbest member of the Trump Cabinet. And not because she hasn’t a clue what habeas corpus means; if anything, pig-ignorance of this cornerstone of American jurisprudence gets you ahead in the Trump administration. I speak instead of La Noem wearing a $50,000 Rolex watch while posing for photographers (as one does) in front of some caged Venezuelan deportees at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center. We recently learned why she can afford it, and it isn’t a pretty story. (With Rolexes, it seldom is.) You can read my New Republic piece on the matter here.