Dan Mitchinson: US Correspondent on Kristi Noem, Iran's future leader and Britney Spears arrest

US Correspondent Dan Mitchinson joined Heather du Plessis-Allan to chat about the latest news out of the United States. 

Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem has been sacked, and is set to be replaced by Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin at the end of the month. 

Trump also wants to see changes in the Iranian government as he seeks to be involved in the appointment of the country's next leader.

And, pop icon Britney Spears has been arrested in California for suspicion of driving under the influence.

LISTEN ABOVE 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
International Correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind
for New Zealand business. Jan mentioned some UIs correspondents with
correspondent is with US. Hello, Dan, Hey, Heather. So why
did she get the sick? Oh gosh, why didn't she?
I mean political liability. I think mismanage of money, like
you were just talking about one hundred and seventy something

(00:21):
million on jets, that ad campaign, personal scandals, power struggle,
immigration policies. I mean, the list is, you know, as
long as my arm right now. And it looks like
President wants a Senator Mark Waynemullen, who is from Oklahoma,
to take over a job. And she's going to be
shuffled off to something where I guess she's still going
to be collecting a pickcheck. What do we know about

(00:43):
this chep taking over from her? Trump supporter, a Republican
out of Middle America, very humbled about the position. He
was asked about what he thought about it, and he said,
you know, this is pretty humbling. He says, I'm a
little kid from West bill Oklahoma, and he says, I
get to serve in the president's cabinet. And he said

(01:04):
that's pretty neat, which is a phrase you don't hear
very often, well, at least not since the nineteen fifties
around here. So we'll see if he makes it through
the process and if he sticks around a little bit
longer than she did. All right, So on the war,
Donald Trump wants to say, and who takes over and around?
Does he? Well? He does. And this is going to

(01:24):
be interesting too, because at first we thought it was
going to be the son of the former leader. He
appeared to be the leading candidate to succeed his father,
but the President said he was quote an unacceptable choice.
And he spoke of the White House today now and
not only that, but he was thanking Israeli partners, and
he was going on again about how the US was

(01:46):
destroying Iran's missiles and drone capability every hour, and they
don't have a navy anymore, and they don't have an
air force defense and all their airplanes are gone. So
you know, these these quote news conferences, I think are
more of a an opportunity for him to do a
little bragging, which he you know, clearly enjoys, and I
think a lot of Republicans do. But I think there

(02:07):
are also a few that are getting a little well,
perhaps overwhelmed by the what's going on right now? What's
the feeling in the States on the ground invasion by
the Kurds. I think that's been kind of overshadowed by
everything else that's been going on right now. I think

(02:27):
that's something that's we're going to hear more of in
the in the coming days, I think. Right now, and
I hate to say this, but I really the the
party politics between the Democrats and the Republicans seem to
be taking up a lot of the time on the
local news and in print as well. It seems to
be more of the fighting going on between Republicans and
Democrats that than it is about that, which is of course,

(02:49):
you know, very important as well. And you know the
fact that the President has said no boots on the ground,
which I think is you know, is very important to
a lot of people over here. Yeah. Now, Brittany's be
is do we know? I mean, because we know she's
been a rected. We don't know why, but we think
it's a driving under the influence, do we Yeah, yeah, yeah.
She was arrested last night, she was released earlier this

(03:12):
morning here and I guess she was called in by
another driver who saw her car going all over the place.
But you know, there's been a lot of concern over her.
I mean, if you're on social media at all, you
see these videos that she's been posting on x and Instagram,
and they show her dancing by herself. Sometimes she's dancing
with knives. Sometimes she's you know, flashing her chest out,

(03:35):
and it's just this never ending stream of videos and
these social media diary entries, and they're be mocked online
and people are saying, you know, she needs some help.
There's definitely something mental going on with her. In fact,
her Instagram account looks like it was taken down earlier
this morning too. But you know, things like this tend
not to have a very good ending. But let's hope

(03:57):
there's going to be some kind of intervention with Did
you say she's dancing with knives? Yes? Yeah, yeah, yeah,
she's she's just she's she does these weird videos where
she's she's had knives before, she's had uh, where she's
kind of like taking her top off a little bit,
you know, and kind of flashing the camera and you know,
it looks like her face is all red and the

(04:18):
makeup's running and she looks like she hasn't brushed her
hair in three days, and it's just it's not it's
not a good thing. Are we starting to understand why
she might have been under that conservative ship then yes,
and summer wondering if she should be back there under
that conservatorship. Dan, thank you very much, appreciate your time. Mate.
That's Dan Mitchison, US correspondent. For more from Hither Dukelassy
Allen Drive, listen live to news talks it'd be from

(04:41):
four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.