CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday delivered a succinct retort to United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem after the Trump Cabinet member said, "you can't trust the government anymore." As Bash correctly put it,

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared to stumble over her words in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday as she claimed Americans “can’t trust the government.” The State of the Union host quickly interrupted Noem to point out: “You are the government!

During a discussion of the Elon Musk -led Department of Government Efficiency, Noem tried to defend the agency's unprecedented access to sensitive data. “I remember a time when Republicans were very careful and worried about the government, particularly unelected people, having access to personal data,” Bash said.