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Undated: List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
Many political appointees of Donald Trump, the 45th and current President of the United States, have resigned or been dismissed. The record-setting turnover rate in the Trump Administration has been noted in various publications.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Several Trump appointees, including National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price have the shortest-service tenures in the history of their respective offices.[a]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Trump_administration_dismissals_and_resignations
Ongoing updates: Departed members of Trump's administration and orbit
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/08/politics/trump-admin-departures-trnd/
Articles: a brief sampling:
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January 30: President Trump fired his acting attorney general on Monday night, removing her as the nation’s top law enforcement officer after she defiantly refused to defend his executive order closing the nation’s borders to refugees and people from predominantly Muslim countries.
In an escalating crisis for his 10-day-old administration, the president declared in a statement that Sally Q. Yates, who had served as deputy attorney general under President Barack Obama, had betrayed the administration by announcing that Justice Department lawyers would not defend Mr. Trump’s order against legal challenges.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html
March 11: There is nothing unusual about a newly elected president replacing all of the United States attorneys with his own personal appointments.
Bill Clinton, for instance, terminated all 93 sitting US attorneys when he assumed office.
What is unusual is telling or strongly implying that you are going to extend the term of a US attorney into the new administration and then arbitrarily demanding his resignation.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/opinions/trump-beware-after-firing-bharara-callan/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
May 8: How Trump Could Get Fired
The Constitution offers two main paths for removing a President from office. How feasible are they?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/08/how-trump-could-get-fired
May 9: F.B.I. director James Comey is fired by Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html
May 10: Did President Trump fire James Comey as part of a cover-up?
Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey caught Washington by complete surprise. No-one - in Congress, in conservative circles, even in the FBI itself - seemingly had an inkling of what was in store.
The abruptness and timing of Mr Comey's dismissal, to put it mildly, is highly suspicious.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866645
September 29: On September 29, 2017, the White House announced that Price had resigned. Price, with a tenure of 231 days, became the shortest-serving Secretary of Health and Human Services in history.[241] On July 13, 2018, the inspector general of HHS issued a report finding that Price had repeatedly violated government travel rules, and had wasted at least $341,000 through his use of chartered jets and military aircraft.[242] The report recommended that the government attempt to recoup the money improperly spent on Price's travels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Price_%28American_politician%29#Private_jet_scandal
December 28: Trump fires all members of HIV/AIDS council without explanation
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/12/28/trump-fires-members-hivaids-council/
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January 12: The US ambassador to Panama has resigned from his post on principle, writing in a resignation letter to the State Department that he can no longer serve the Trump administration.
The US State Department confirmed the departure of John D Feeley, saying he decided to “retire for personal reasons, as of 9 March this year”.
Mr Feeley wrote in his resignation letter: “As a junior foreign service officer, I signed an oath to serve faithfully the President and his administration in an apolitical fashion, even when I might not agree with certain policies.
“My instructors made clear that if I believed I could not do that, I would be honour-bound to resign. That time has come.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-ambassador-panama-resigns-donald-trump-john-feeley-not-work-president-a8156116.html
March 22: John Dowd resigned on Thursday as President Trump’s lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation as Mr. Trump signaled that he was prepared to ignore his advice and wanted a sit-down with investigators ... Mr. Dowd viewed an interview as too risky ...
Mr. Dowd’s departure cleared the way for the president to embrace a more aggressive posture toward the investigation and marked another reshuffling of personnel for Mr. Trump. In the most politically consequential investigation in decades, the president has refashioned his legal team several times, a revolving door that mirrors the high turnover among senior White House and campaign aides.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/politics/john-dowd-resigns-trump-lawyer.html
March 28: President Donald Trump fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin on Wednesday in the wake of a bruising ethics scandal and a mounting rebellion within the agency.
Shulkin is the second Cabinet secretary to depart over controversies involving expensive travel, following former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s resignation last September.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/03/28/trump-fires-head-shulkin-taps-white-house-doctor-replace-him/TQ4I85kQ1FOzSy5HDSTUgN/story.html
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July 5: The Trump presidency will be remembered for many things, but some of those who served it may prove tricky to recall. The former reality TV star has hired and fired staffers faster than he could ever jettison contestants on The Apprentice. High-profile appointees to august posts traditionally filled for years have struggled to stay for more than a couple of months – sometimes even days – before being fired or resigning.
By our count, Trump has overseen 44 high-profile departures in a blizzard of indecision and turmoil that would be hard for even the sharpest White House-watcher to recall. So here's a living document, designed to help you keep pace.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/jul/05/donald-trump-firings-resignations-white-house-full-list-latest
July 5: The firings and fury ... The biggest Trump resignations and firings so far
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/jul/05/donald-trump-firings-resignations-white-house-full-list-latest
July 27: For at least one Republican in Ohio, President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was more than he could take.
Belmont County, Ohio Republican Chairman Chris Gagin on Twitter Monday announced his resignation shortly after the controversial press conference in Helsinki where Trump praised Putin and declined to side with U.S. intelligence services.
Gagin tweeted that he remains a Republican but resigned out of a sense of duty.
"The president is entitled to GOP party leaders, at all levels, fully committed to his views and agenda," Gagin tweeted. "Following today's press conference with Pres. Putin, as well as certain policy differences, most especially on trade, I could no longer fulfill that duty."
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/17/republican-resigns-over-trumps-summit-putin/791700002/
September 5: Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez said on Wednesday that he sent President Donald Trump a letter asking him to resign “for the good of the United States and her people,” a FOX 32 story reports.
On the House floor, Gutierrez announced the letter and its contents in a speech.
“It has become clear… that for decades, the President led a vast criminal enterprise that went on to engage in criminal activity during the 2016 campaign for the White House and has engaged in criminal activity since the President took office,” he said.
In the letter, Gutierrez asked Trump to save himself and the nation from impeachment, saying it would create a national spectacle.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article217887050.html
October 9: President Trump has accepted Nikki Haley’s resignation as UN Ambassador, the two said Tuesday morning in a public Oval Office meeting. She will exit at the end of the year, Trump said, and he plans to decide on a replacement in the coming weeks.
Haley discussed her resignation with Trump last week when she visited him at the White House, two sources said. Her news shocked a number of senior foreign policy officials in the Trump administration.
Trump told reporters Tuesday that Haley raised the possibility of taking a break six months ago, and that she's welcome back at any time.
https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-nikki-haley-resignation-d25b64a9-264e-483a-a79b-ae8a48e367db.html
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November 7: Trump fires Jeff Sessions, names Matthew Whitaker as interim attorney general
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/07/jeff-sessions-resigns-attorney-general-trump/512600001/
November 8: You’re Hired! You’re Fired! Yes, the Turnover at the Top of the Trump Administration Is … “Unprecedented.”
A New York Times analysis of 21 top White House and cabinet positions back to President Bill Clinton’s first term shows how unusual the Trump administration’s upheaval was through the first 14 months of a presidency. Nine of these positions had turned over at least once during the Trump administration, compared with three at the same point of the Clinton administration, two under President Barack Obama and one under President George W. Bush.
[See graphs depicting all firings]
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/16/us/politics/all-the-major-firings-and-resignations-in-trump-administration.html
November 14: Departed members of Trump's administration and orbit
[See graphs and bios]
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/08/politics/trump-admin-departures-trnd/
December 8: Jim Mattis and other notable Trump resignations, firings and departures
https://abc7news.com/politics/jim-mattis-and-other-notable-trump-admin-departures/2264148/
December 15: [Ryan] Zinke ... is the fourth member of Trump’s Cabinet to resign under an ethics cloud in less than two years. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt also relinquished their posts amid scrutiny on subjects including how they spent taxpayer money on their travel.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/interior-secretary-zinke-resigns-amid-investigations/2018/12/15/481f9104-0077-11e9-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2463fe0687ea
December 23: Just days after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced he would step down from that post in late February, President Donald Trump announced he would push the popular Cabinet member out even earlier.
In a tweet Sunday morning, Trump announced that Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan will become acting secretary of defense starting Jan. 1.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/12/23/trump-fires-mattis-early-shanahan-to-take-over-jan-1/
December 23: President Donald Trump tried to downplay and distance himself from the resignation of Brett McGurk, presidential special envoy to the global coalition to counter ISIS, late Saturday. McGurk submitted a letter of resignation on Friday in protest of Trump's decision to immediately begin removing troops from Syria, according to a State Department official.
Trump announced on Wednesday that ISIS had been "defeated" and it was time to bring troops home. The announcement came in direct opposition to his own military leaders. including McGurk, and ignored calls from many Republicans to keep troops engaged.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-downplays-resignation-anti-isis-special-envoy-calls/story?id=59983078
December 28: Trump fires all members of HIV/AIDS council without explanation
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/12/28/trump-fires-members-hivaids-council/
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January 6: Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney, USN (Ret.) has resigned as Pentagon chief of staff, a Saturday news release from the U.S. Department of Defense said.
“After two years in the Pentagon, I’ve decided the time is right to return to the private sector,” Sweeney said in a brief statement. “It has been an honor to serve again alongside the men and women of the Department of Defense.”
According to CNN, an unnamed source said the Trump White House forced Sweeney out.
https://www.wsbradio.com/news/national/kevin-sweeney-resigns-trump-pentagon-chief-staff/Ro5lh4wDVMYhZLlJX3mFjO/
January 14: Facing Disbarment, Manafort Resigns as Lawyer
https://www.courthousenews.com/facing-disbarment-manafort-resigns-as-lawyer/
January 15: Trump Appointee Who Compiled Loyalty List at U.N. and State Steps Down
Mari Stull faced investigations from an internal watchdog and a House committee.
A top Trump appointee at the center of federal probes for retaliating against career civil servants not deemed loyal enough to the president is leaving her post at the State Department, three current and former U.S. officials tell Foreign Policy.
Mari Stull, a senior advisor for the bureau that oversees U.S. relations with international organizations, stepped down on Jan. 11 as the State Department’s internal watchdog was finalizing a report into politically motivated reprisals against career officials at the department.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/15/trump-appointee-who-compiled-loyalty-list-at-u-n-and-state-steps-down-mari-stull/
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January 15: Two Utah Republican lawmakers are calling on Iowa Rep. Steve King to resign after he was accused of making racist comments.
During a recent interview with The New York Times, King questioned how the terms "white nationalist" and "white supremacist" had "become offensive."
After the story was published, the Iowa Republican lawmaker was removed from his committees in Congress.
Utah Rep. Chris Stewart told CNN that this isn't the first time King has said something that "the party cringes at."
https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/romney-stewart-call-on-iowa-rep-to-resign-after-white-nationalist-controversy
January 15: Raj Shah, the first Indian-American to hold a top White House Press Office post, has quit to join an arm of a prominent communications and lobbying firm, becoming the latest of several senior officials to leave the Trump administration in recent months.
Shah's departure comes as the White House press and communications teams have been depleted. Several aides have moved on to roles at government agencies or have left the Trump administration entirely.
Shah will lead the Media Group, the press wing of Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with offices in Florida and Washington, The New York Times reported.
He will work with Jamie Rubin, a Democrat who was a spokesman for Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state, the report said, quoting the officials.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/indian-origin-white-house-deputy-spokesman-raj-shah-quits-trump-administration/articleshow/67539524.cms
Undated: Heather Ann Nauert (born January 27, 1970) is an American broadcast journalist and government official serving as Spokesperson for the United States Department of State since 2017.[1]
Despite Trump’s announcement of her selection, Nauert was never formally nominated. In filling out paperwork for the appointment, she reportedly revealed that she had employed a nanny who was in the country legally but lacked a proper work visa.[22] Citing family considerations, Nauert withdrew her name from consideration on February 16, 2019.[27]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Nauert
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