As the newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem has been making television appearances with tough stances on immigration — but we have to admit to being just as tough on the loud, dangly earrings that she keeps wearing in her appearances. Noem seems to have embraced the eye-catching accessory despite the serious subject matter that she talks about, making for a jarring disconnect between her messaging and her frivolous fashion. When appearing on Fox News to chat with Laura Ingraham about rounding up illegal immigrants and sending them to Guantanamo Bay, Noem chose to wear a dark olive green US Border Patrol uniform and matching baseball cap oddly glammed up with a pair of dangly pearl earrings.

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FOX: How soon will Gitmo be ready to house criminal illegals?@Sec_Noem: “We have the space — we just gotta get to work.” pic.twitter.com/2yzGchzrbu

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 31, 2025

We weren’t the only ones confused by the awkward earrings she chose to wear with her outfit, with one user on X, formerly known as Twitter, commenting, “I know I’m being petty, and that this is a huge, and very serious issue, but what on earth convinced Kristi Noem to pair that particular style of dangling earrings with her fake, military style immigration raid costume?” Noem also pulled the same move with a pair of distractingly large silver hoop earrings during another appearance on Fox News, causing one user to joke that Noem must use her hoop earrings as backup handcuffs.

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Kristi Noem’s dangly earrings are just the latest evolution of what the New York Times termed her “MAGA makeover,” which began when rumors circulated that Noem was positioning herself as Donald Trump’s potential vice president pick for the 2024 elections. From kinda frumpy to Fox News camera-ready, the makeover has been so drastic it’s even had people wondering if she’d gotten plastic surgery. And while she obviously did not become Trump’s VP, with JD Vance snagging that spot, it hasn’t stopped Noem from evolving her style in ever more obnoxious ways. That includes outfits like her aforementioned Border Patrol uniform that had some users on X calling her “ICE Barbie,” while other attempts have resulted in people roasting her for her cowboy cosplay.

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In response to Noem’s earring debacle, one user on X said that Noem desperately needs a stylist because, in addition to the eye-grabbing earrings, she has been known to pile on the makeup and roll out the hair extensions for her glammed-up Army Barbie look. These missteps make for a long list of fashion fails that distract us from ever focusing on the very important things she is supposed to be talking about. And with her increasingly stepping in front of cameras to talk about homeland security, we hope that she will tone down some of her more glamorous instincts and focus on her job — which does not require any amount of dangling earrings.