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From The Hill: President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term, Brian Hook, and retired Gen. Mark Milley, whom Trump tapped as Joint Chiefs chair in 2018.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that fired Hook from the Wilson Center; Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, from the President’s Export Council.
Milley, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was given a preemptive pardon by former President Biden in the final hours of his presidency. Milley has at times forcefully criticized Trump, and Trump has suggested he should be court-martialed and executed.
The retired general’s portrait at the Pentagon, hung in the Joint Chiefs hallway, was taken down Monday less than two weeks after it was put up.
In a Truth Social post late Monday night, Trump wrote:
Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again.
Let this serve as Official Notice of Dismissal for these 4 individuals, with many more, coming soon:
Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars, and Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council—YOU’RE FIRED!
( @realDonaldTrump – Truth Social Post )
( Donald J. Trump – Jan 21, 2025, 12:28 AM ET )Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the… pic.twitter.com/LPEKNgsKgc
— Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 TRUTH POSTS (@TruthTrumpPosts) January 21, 2025
BREAKING: General Mark Milley’s portrait has been removed from the Pentagon. It was just unveiled 10 days ago. pic.twitter.com/lkHgaTkiXg
— Mark Lucas (@lucasiowa) January 20, 2025
FLASHBACK: Milley once admitted during a congressional hearing that he literally told China he would give them an advance warning if the U.S. planned to attack, and conducted secret conversations with China behind Trump’s back.
FLASHBACK: Gen Mark Milley said he would tell China ahead of time if the US was planning to attack, and had secret calls with China behind Trump’s back.
This is treason.
Biden just preemptively pardoned him. pic.twitter.com/S6Y6dHBNJK
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 20, 2025
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