You're fired': The people Trump has sacked since taking office
President Donald Trump took over the White House less than a month ago, and in keeping with his reality television show catchphrase from The Apprentice - "You're
You're fired': The people Trump has sacked since taking office President Donald Trump took over the White House less than a month ago, and in keeping with his reality television show catchphrase from The Apprentice - "You're Fired" - he has already removed more than 200 employees.Some amount of turnover is typical for a new administration, but Trump has made massive changes during his first weeks in office.
He offered buyouts to millions of government workers and put a stop to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes.On Friday, Trump fired the nation's top record keeper, US Archivist Colleen Shogan.Later that night, he pledged to fire board of trustees members for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - and to name himself as chairman Trump's new Republican administration began with a splash when the White House began offering nearly all of the more than 2 million federal employees offers to resign, part of Trump's efforts to slash the size of the federal government.
A US judge temporarily paused the plan, which had offered federal workers eight months of pay to quit by 6 February. The White House says more than 40,000 employees already accepted the offer.Trump has also targeted specific government officials, firing Democratic Federal Elections Committee (FEC) chair Ellen Weintraub, according to a letter she shared online. Weintraub alleges her firing was not legal.
The FEC enforces campaign finance laws and oversees federal elections.The president also dismissed Gwynne Wilcox, the first black woman to serve on the National Labor Relations Board
