“I am thrilled about that,” the North Carolina Republican, who is not running for reelection this year, told CNN’s Manu Raju about Trump calling him a “loser.”“That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior adviser to the president,” Tillis said, referring to Noem and Miller. Tillis: Noem “asleep at the switch” and “doing DOGE shit and causing people not to get badly needed resources down there. She clearly doesn't know how to manage”On Trump calling him a loser. At a defining moment in her tenure, few Republicans are rising to Noem’s defense. Her alliance with Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who was recalled from the Minnesota operation Monday as border czar Tom Homan took the lead, has left her isolated on Capitol Hill.