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My career Senior Executive Service colleagues and I are shocked and severely disappointed in the decision to remove us from our positions without notice or cause. We have dedicated our careers to upholding the rule of law, regardless of the administration. Our continued pursuit of justice will not be diminished,
Alder Reid said
I ask you to have mercy, Mr President,
the Washington National Cathedral's Mariann Edgar Budde told Trump, seated in the front pew for the customary inaugural service
Could you imagine Biden doing this? I don't think so,
Trump told cheering supporters in a sports arena as he tossed them the pens used to sign a first round of orders
I submitted my resignation last week...my 2-year term was already up."
Andrés, a humanitarian known for founding World Central Kitchen and feeding communities in crisis, wrote on X
A day late and a dollar short....My resignation from the President's Export Council was submitted January 4, effective yesterday. You can't fire someone who has already resigned. Of all of the things happening in the world, not sure why I am on Donald Trump's mind at 1:30 am following his Inauguration, but I count it as a badge of honor."
She posted
He didn't build a damn thing,
Biden said frequently of Trump,
No one has ever been as dangerous to this country.”
Last year he told Bob Woodward, the veteran Washington Post journalist, of Trump
I hope @realdonaldtrump exercises his presidential authority so the Council can continue to advocate for fitness and good health for all Americans. These are bipartisan issues … nonpartisan issues.”
He addedThe issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense. Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country,
he wrote
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!”
Trump wroteAfter forty-three years of faithful service in uniform to our nation, protecting and defending the Constitution, I do not wish to spend whatever remaining time the Lord grants me fighting those who unjustly might seek retribution for perceived slights,
he saidOur 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,
Trump posted on Truth Social shortly after midnight