Donald Trump took oath as President of The United States of America on January 20, 2017. Since then, he has faced multiple points of conflict with officials and even with members of his cabinet. He had ideological clashes even with his own appointees. This trust-erosion led to resignations and suspensions from Trump’s administration. The much speculated Russian interference in the US polls also resulted in ouster of some high profile candidates from the oval office. So let’s take a look at 10 such people who are no longer a part of the Trump administration.
Rex Tillerson
Tillerson served as Secretary of State and was fired on March 13, 2018. He was replaced by Mike Pompeo, then-CIA chief. Tillerson’s resignation may come under the scanner when if the high profile meeting with North Korea does happen. Though Trump thanked Tillerson after he fired him, Tillerson thanked the entire state department except Trump. The main reason behind his exit is still unknown but the differences in their views regarding their foreign policy are considered as one possibility.
Gary Cohn
Gary Cohn tendered his resignation on March 6 this year after serving the President as Chief Economic adviser. Cohn was president of Goldman Sachs and opposed the president’s move to levy duty on aluminum and steel products. This is seen as the main reason behind his resignation.
Hope Hicks
Scaramucci and Dubke weren’t the only White House Communications director to face ouster; after them, it was model-turned-WH official Hope Hicks, one of the closest aides of Trump. Her resignation came after she was questioned by a panel on her ‘white lies’. Hope further added that she never lied about the investigation related to Russian interference in the general elections.
Steve Bannon
Bannon served as White House Chief Strategist for a period of about seven months. Though Banon had ideological similarities with Trump, he had points of conflict with other White House officials, including the then-Chief of Staff.
Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci commonly known as ‘the mooch’ resigned on July 31, 2017. Scaramucci’s appointment led to resignation of press secretary Sean Spicer but the mooch had to resign in just 10 days after his appointment.
Sean Spicer
Spicer was the press secretary for about six months and was seen as an important aide of Priebus, who was the Chief of Staff. Spicer said his resignation was more like voluntary retirement but according to a report in Vox, Spicer resigned as Trump appointed Anthony Scaramucci as the Chief of White House Communications department against his wishes.
Reince Priebus
Priebus served as Chief of Staff to the President for a period of about seven months. Unlike the other corporate advisers of Trump, Priebus was a man well-regarded in the Republican Party and enjoyed command over the GOP. The main reason behind his ouster is still unknown but it is said that there was nothing in common between him and Trump. The Chief of Staff and the president should have a bond which they didn’t have.
Mike Dubke
Mike Dubke served as head of communications department for a few weeks till May, 2017. He and Spicer were credited to handle responses regarding the suspension of FBI Director James Comey. The reason behind his resignation was cited as staff shifting.
Michael Flynn
Michael Flynn, a Trump appointee served as National Security Adviser for a brief period of 24 days before he resigned from the post. Flynn spoke to Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak regarding the Russian interference in the 2016 US Elections. According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, Flynn misled Vice President Mike Pence, White HouseChief of Staff Reince Priebus and Press Secretary Sean Spicer regarding the conversations he had had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, allowing all three to make repeated false public statements, until the facts were released by Washington Post which made him resign from the post.
James Comey
Donald Trump is the second US President to fire an FBI director after Bill Clinton fired William Sessions in 1993. James Comey was confirmed as FBI director by US Senate in September 2013 for a term of full 10 years but he was fired just after three and half years in the office. There were three reasons regarding his suspension. The first was his conduct during the investigation of the Hillary Clinton e-mail scam. The second reason was Comey had been investigating Russian Interference in the US elections which made Trump question his loyalty. Donald Trump wanted Comey to go easy with Michael Flynn and make public that Trump was not under any investigation; all these three reasons eroded the trust between Trump and Comey, which resulted in the suspension of the latter.