Former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has been reassigned to the role of “Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas,” according to a post on Truth Social by Donald J. Trump.
“The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida,” President Trump wrote in the post.
“The Western Hemisphere is absolutely critical for U.S. security. In this new role, I will be able to build on the partnerships and national security expertise I forged over the last 13 months as Secretary of Homeland Security,” Noem wrote in a post on X.
The first summit for the new Shield of the Americas will be held this Saturday in Miami, reports Vox, and will host the leaders of twelve like-minded nations (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Tobago).
The countries are expected to sign what the White House is calling the “Doral Charter,” according to a Voz article posted by the White House. The summit will be guided by the “Donroe Doctrine,” the Trump administration's 21st century version of the Monroe Doctrine.