Two cardinal rules of politics are don’t go against your boss, and don’t make him look bad. As outgoing secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem found out when Donald Trump demanded her resignation last week, in the anything-goes second Trump administration, they might be the only rules.

Noem, who was previously the governor of South Dakota and has no law enforcement or “security” experience, was widely hated within the department. However, it is doubtful that her departure and replacement by nominee Markwayne Mullin augurs any serious change in the department’s widespread violation of civil and human rights or its repeated, deliberate flouting of the law and dozens of court orders.

If you believe the New York Post, Trump demanded Noem’s resignation after she was unable to convincingly deny to Congress that she was having an affair with Corey Lewandowski, her de facto chief of staff and an on-again-off-again Trump adviser. Trump was also reportedly outraged at Noem’s testimony that he approved a $220 million advertising campaign, largely starring Noem herself. Trump later said he did not know about the expensive PR blitz.