The top line
President Donald Trump’s administration is in the process of removing more than 1,000 Biden appointees from their government roles, and has already announced several high-profile layoffs, placing all DEI employees on paid leave and reportedly But more than a dozen veteran Justice Department officials have been reassigned.
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Key facts
Trump administration kept All Diversity, Equity and Inclusion employees Tuesday on paid leave, a day after the federal government issued an executive order designed to end DEI policies, and at least 20 Senior officers of the Department of Justice Also reassigned, Associated Press Reportedciting unnamed officials, as Trump takes aim at the agency he accuses of bringing politically motivated cases against him.
Trump’s staff office is “in the process of identifying and removing over 1,000 presidential appointees from the previous administration,” he wrote on TruthSocial on Tuesday, naming four appointees and telling them, “You are fired. !” Using your “apprentice” catchphrase
Trump said he fired the celebrity chef. Jose Andres From President Council for Sports, Retd Gen. Mark Milley From the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council, and his former Iranian envoy, Brian HookFrom the Wilson Center for Scholars Think Tank.
Coast Guard Commandant Linda Faganwho was two years into his four-year term and was not among the firings Trump highlighted on TruthSocial, was also fired on Monday by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamin Huffman. . Multiple Reports.
Although Hoffman reportedly cited performance reasons for Fagen’s firing, Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., and former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., targeted Fagen last year. A letter Mocking the Coast Guard’s sexual orientation and gender identity inclusion training, which he called “indoctrination training.”
Andres And below He said he had resigned before Trump’s announcement, and while Trump did not explain his reasons for the firing, Andres, Bottoms and Milley openly feuded with Trump, though it is unclear if Hook. Why was fired?
Andres retreated After a restaurant deal with Trump when he disparaged Mexicans, sparked a two-year legal battle, and Bottoms Criticized Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric against protesters in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020.
Millie — who was pardoned earlier Monday by former President Joe Biden and whose photo was removed from the Pentagon.Called Trump “The most dangerous man to this country” and “fundamentally fascist” in Bob Woodward’s “War”.
Tangent
Federal Advisory Council roles are generally unpaid positions with limited authority. Biden also asked some Trump-era appointees to resign or be fired. including All 18 of his appointments to the boards of national military academies.
Key background
The firings were among a series of actions Trump took during his first day in office, including signing executive orders to implement his campaign promises on immigration, energy, TikTok and more. Other executive orders addressed federal employees, including one that suspends jobs and another that directs agencies to halt work-from-home programs. Trump is expected to implement sweeping cuts to the federal bureaucracy, possibly with the help of a new Department for Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk. Trump on Jan. 6 pardoned all but 14 people convicted or charged in connection with the Capitol riots, effectively dismissing more than 1,500 cases or convictions. The Senate is in the process of hearing Trump’s nominees for cabinet-level posts, and Senate committees this week greenlit Trump’s nominees for defense secretary, Pat Hegseth, and Treasury Secretary, Scott Besant.
Further reading
Trump’s Executive Orders: Here’s All His Big Day’s Actions on Immigration, Energy, Tik Tok and More (Forbes)
Trump Inauguration Live Updates: Trump Pardons Nearly All Riot Defendants Jan. 6 — And Targets Birthright Citizenship (Forbes)
