The New York Post is reporting that President-elect Trump is expected to ask Governor Kristi Noem to run the Department of Homeland Security.

Here’s what they write:

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, two sources told CNN.

Noem, a loyal Trump ally once considered a top contender to be his 2024 running mate, would lead the sprawling department in charge of securing the border — one of the president-elect’s main campaign promises.

No official announcement on the DHS pick was made as of early Tuesday.

Noem, 52, is serving her second term as South Dakota governor.

She fell out of contention in the Trump veepstakes when she sparked widespread outrage for admitting in her book published in May that she shot and killed her 14-month-old wirehaired pointer named Cricket after determining that the puppy’s “aggressive personality” made her “untrainable” as a hunting dog.

“I can understand why some people are upset about a 20 year old story of Cricket, one of the working dogs at our ranch, in my upcoming book — No Going Back. The book is filled with many honest stories of my life, good and bad days, challenges, painful decisions, and lessons learned,” Noem wrote on X amid the uproar.

The Department of Homeland Security oversees US Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — two key law enforcement agencies that deal with protecting the borders and tackling illegal immigration.

Also under the DHS’ purview are the US Secret Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Noem, if formally selected to lead the DHS, would be working with the 78-year-old president-elect’s new “border czar” Tom Homan and Stephen Miller, who will serve as White House deputy of staff for policy, with an advisory role on immigration plans.

This strikes me as an odd pick to run DHS, especially since dealing with the southern border is such a big part of the job. I’m not suggesting she’d be good or bad at it, just that the pick seems to come out of left field. I would have expected someone to run DHS who has actually had to deal with the southern border in some capacity. But if this turns out to be true, we’ll see how it goes.

I also wonder if this is a trial balloon which Trump will later squash and say it’s not true.