Keisha Lance Bottoms clarifies resignation: Atlanta's former mayor announced she resigned from her position on President Biden's Export Council on Jan. 4, one day before President Trump claimed she was fired as part of his removal of over 1,000 Biden-era appointees.
Lance Bottoms says she is leaving her time in Washington behind as she looks forward to rejoining Georgia's political world, possibly as governor.
President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight on Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term and retired Gen. Mark Milley, whom Trump tapped as Joint Chiefs chairman in 2018.
Shortly after Midnight on Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was firing Brian Hook, the head of the Wilson Center for Scholars and a prominent Iran hawk. Hook had been involved in hiring for the State Department during the transition.
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was removed from her White House role in a direct action by President Donald Trump on Monday night.
Former President Biden also removed many Trump appointees after taking office, including former press secretary Sean Spicer
With his infamous “You’re Fired!” phrase, Trump terminated Lance Bottoms via social media, but the former mayor reminded him she had already resigned.
President Donald Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump is spending his first full day back in the White House meeting with congressional leaders, announcing an investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and
Former President Joe Biden greeted President Donald Trump at the White House in advance of Monday’s inauguration with a conciliatory gesture, telling him and first lady Melania Trump: “Welcome home.” Trump ended his first day back in that home by posting a sneering message boasting of how his team was hunting down hundreds of Biden appointees to throw out of office.
Donald Trump began his first day as the 47th president of the United States with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump fired Keisha Lance Bottoms from her White House position on the president’s Export Council — a position from which the former Atlanta mayor said she had already resigned.