Monday, September 3, 2018

Trump Administration DeparturesEach departure tells a story – that President Trump is incompetent, corrupt, and a traitor.

Here is a list of individuals who resigned under pressure in Trump’s administration:

Michael Flynn- National security adviser. Days with administration: 23. Ostensibly fired for having misled Vice President Pence about his conversations with the Russian ambassador.

Katie Walsh- Deputy chief of staff. Days with administration: 68. Moved out of administration to work for a pro-Trump PAC.

K.T. McFarland- Deputy national security adviser. Days with administration: 118. Pushed out following power shift under McMaster.

Tera Dahl- Deputy chief of staff, NSC. Days with administration: 166. Reassigned following power shift under McMaster.

Michael Short- Assistant press secretary. Days with administration: 185. Scaramucci told media that Short would be fired.

Reince Priebus- Chief of staff. Days with administration: 188. Resigned in favor of Kelly.

Ezra Cohen-Watnick-  Senior director, NSC. Days with administration: 188. Resigned following power shift under McMaster.

Stephen K. Bannon- Chief strategist. Days with administration: 209. Bannon left after giving a negative interview to American Prospect.

Sebastian Gorka- Deputy assistant. Days with administration: 211. Butted heads with Kelly.

William Bradford- Director, Energy. Days with administration: About 120. Past racist comments were made public.

Tom Price- Director of Health and Human Services. Days with administration: 232. Under fire for taking expensive charter flights.

Jamie Johnson- Director, DHS. Days with administration: About 230. Past racist comments were made public.

Carl Higbie- Chief of external affairs, Corporation for National and Community Service. Days with administration: 153. Past racist comments were made public.

Omarosa Manigault-Director of communications, Office of Public Liaison. Days with administration: 364. Resigned to “pursue other opportunities.” Now stars on CBS’s “Big Brother.”

Taylor Weyeneth- Deputy chief of staff, Office of Drug Control Policy. Days with administration: About 340. Questions about experience and details on résumé.

Rob Porter- Staff secretary. Days with administration: 385. Allegations of spousal abuse became public.

Here is a list of individuals who proactively resigned:

Michael Dubke- Communications director. Days with administration: 89. Personal reasons.

Walter Shaub- Director of Office of Government Ethics. Days with administration: 181. Concern over ethics rules.

Mark Corallo- Legal team spokesman. Days with administration: 59. Apparently concerned about handling of Trump Tower story.

Sean Spicer- Press secretary. Days with administration: 181. Uncomfortable with hiring of Scaramucci.

Elizabeth Southerland- Director, EPA. Days with administration: 193. Disagreement with direction of department.

Carl Icahn- Special adviser. Days with administration: 211. Resigned in advance of an article about conflicts of interest.

George Sifakis- Public liaison director. Days with administration: 204. Sifakis was an ally of Priebus.

Maliz Beams- Counselor, State. Days with administration: 97. Reported differences with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Elizabeth Shackelford- Political officer, State. Days with administration: 323. Disagreement with direction of department.

Paul Winfree- Deputy director. Days with administration: 330. Returning to Heritage Foundation
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Dina Powell- Deputy national security adviser. Days with administration: 304. Personal reasons.

Jeremy Katz- Deputy director, NEC. Days with administration: About 340. Personal reasons.

Thomas Shannon- Under secretary of state for political affairs. Days with administration: 385 and counting. (Resignation announced, but not yet in force.) Personal reasons.

John Feeley- Ambassador to Panama. Days with administration: 385 and counting. Disagreement with administration.

Rick Dearborn- Deputy chief of staff. Days with administration: 383 and counting. Joining private sector.

Here is a list of individuals who were fired:

Sally Yates- Deputy attorney general. Days with administration: 11. Refused to enforce Trump’s entry ban.

Preet Bharara- U.S. attorney. Days with administration: 51. Part of purge of U.S. attorneys.

James B. Comey-  FBI director. Days with administration: 110. Allegedly pressured by Trump to scale down investigations.

Rich Higgins- Director, NSC. Days with administration: 176. Fired after writing a conspiracy-filled memo.

Derek Harvey- Senior director, NSC. Days with administration: 182. Fired following power shift under national security adviser H.R. McMaster.

Anthony Scaramucci- Communications director. Days with administration: 11. Fired by Kelly.

Angella Reid


“We have the best people. [That’s why they are prosecuted, or I have to fire them, or I have to hide the truth.]” ~President Donald Trump, Tweeter-In-Chief

Loren M. Lambert © February 21, 2018

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