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This is not normal.
Tom Joad
6 hrs ·
This is not normal. Today, via the "failing" New York Times, the "Full List of Major Departures" of Donald's "very best people." So. Much. Winning.
Maj. Gen. Ricky Waddell
Deputy national security adviser
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED APRIL 12, 2018
The White House said Mr. Waddell "will stay on board for the immediate future to help ensure a smooth and orderly transition."
Nadia Schadlow
Deputy national security adviser for strategy
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED APRIL 11, 2018
Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster asked Ms. Schadlow to join his staff as a deputy assistant to the president for national security strategy in March. She took over for Dina H. Powell as deputy national security adviser for strategy in January.
Thomas P. Bossert
Homeland security adviser
FORCED OUT APRIL 10, 2018
Mr. Bossert's resignation coincided with the arrival of John R. Bolton as the president’s national security adviser, and was an unmistakable sign that Mr. Bolton is intent on naming his own people.
Michael Anton
National Security Council spokesman
FORCED OUT APRIL 8, 2018
The White House announced Mr. Anton's plans to leave the administration the day before Mr. Trump's third national security adviser, John R. Bolton, formally took his post.
Rex W. Tillerson
Secretary of State
FIRING ANNOUNCED MARCH 13, 2018
Mr. Tillerson learned he had been fired when a top aide showed him a tweet from Mr. Trump announcing that he would be replaced by Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director.
Hope Hicks
White House communications director
RESIGNED MARCH 29, 2018
Ms. Hicks, one of Mr. Trump‘s most trusted advisers, announced in early March that she would resign in the coming weeks.
David J. Shulkin
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
FIRED MARCH 28, 2018
After weeks of uncertainty, Mr. Trump said he planned to replace Mr. Shulkin with his White House physician, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, a rear admiral in the Navy.
Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster
National security adviser
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED MARCH 22, 2018
General McMaster resigned under pressure after it became clear that Mr. Trump wanted him out. He was replaced by John R. Bolton, a hard-line former United States ambassador to the United Nations.
Rick Dearborn
White House deputy chief of staff
RESIGNED MARCH 16, 2018
Mr. Dearborn had been overseeing a broad cross section of departments, including the political department.
Andrew McCabe
F.B.I. deputy director
FIRED MARCH 16, 2018
Mr. McCabe was fired after the Justice Department rejected an appeal that would have let him retire. He is accused in a yet-to-be-released internal report of failing to be forthcoming about a conversation he authorized between F.B.I. officials and a journalist.
John McEntee
President Trump’s personal aide
FORCED OUT MARCH 12, 2018
Mr. McEntee, who served as President Trump’s personal assistant since Mr. Trump won the presidency, was forced out of his position and escorted from the White House after an investigation into his finances caused his security clearance to be revoked.
Gary D. Cohn
Director of White House National Economic Council
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED MARCH 6, 2018
The announcement of the resignation of Mr. Cohn, Mr. Trump's top economic adviser, came as Mr. Cohn seemed poised to lose an internal struggle over the president's plan to impose large tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
David Sorensen
White House speechwriter
FORCED OUT FEB. 9, 2018
Mr. Sorensen resigned after a news report detailed accusations from a former wife who said he had abused her during their marriage.
Rachel L. Brand
Associate attorney general
RESIGNED FEB. 9, 2018
The No. 3 official at the Justice Department stepped down after nine months to take a job as the global governance director at Walmart.
Rob Porter
White House staff secretary
FORCED OUT FEB. 7, 2018
Mr. Porter resigned one day after his two former wives accused him in interviews of physical abuse during their marriages.
Brenda Fitzgerald
Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FORCED OUT JAN. 31, 2018
Ms. Fitzgerald resigned over troubling financial investments in tobacco and health care companies that posed potential conflicts of interest.
Carl Higbie
Chief of external affairs for Corporation for National and Community Service
FORCED OUT JAN. 18, 2018
Resigned under pressure after CNN surfaced disparaging remarks he had made in the past about black people, Muslims, gays and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Omarosa Manigault Newman
Director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison
FIRED DEC. 13, 2017
A former contestant on Mr. Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice,” Ms. Newman was fired by Mr. Trump's chief of staff, John F. Kelly.
Dina H. Powell
Deputy national security adviser for strategy
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED DEC. 8, 2017
One of the most influential women in the Trump administration, Ms. Powell is returning to Goldman Sachs.
Tom Price
Secretary of Health and Human Services
FORCED OUT SEPT. 29, 2017
Mr. Price resigned under pressure after racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel bills for chartered flights.
Keith Schiller
Director of Oval Office operations
RESIGNED SEPT. 20, 2017
Mr. Trump's longtime aide and former bodyguard decided to leave the White House soon after Mr. Kelly arrived.
Sebastian Gorka
Adviser
FORCED OUT AUG. 25, 2017
Mr. Gorka was forced out shortly after Mr. Bannon left the White House.
Stephen K. Bannon
Chief strategist
FORCED OUT AUG. 18, 2017
Mr. Trump's populist chief strategist was pushed out shortly after Mr. Kelly took over as chief of staff.
George Sifakis
Director of White House Office of Public Liaison
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED AUG. 18, 2017
Mr. Sifakis stepped down soon after Reince Priebus, Mr. Trump’s first chief of staff, was forced out.
Anthony Scaramucci
White House communications director
FIRED JULY 31, 2017
Mr. Scaramucci was fired on Mr. Kelly's first day in the White House. His dismissal came days after he unloaded a crude verbal tirade against other members of the president’s staff in a conversation with a reporter for The New Yorker.
Reince Priebus
White House chief of staff
FORCED OUT JULY 28, 2017
Mr. Priebus was forced out after a stormy six-month tenure.
Sean Spicer
White House press secretary
RESIGNED JULY 21, 2017
Mr. Spicer resigned after telling Mr. Trump he vehemently disagreed with his appointment of Mr. Scaramucci as his new communications director.
Mike Dubke
White House communications director
RESIGNED JUNE 2, 2017
Mr. Dubke told colleagues he was resigning for reasons that were “personal.”
K. T. McFarland
Deputy national security adviser
FORCED OUT MAY 19, 2017
Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster pushed Ms. McFarland out after he took over for Michael T. Flynn, Mr. Trump's first national security adviser. She was nominated as ambassador to Singapore but withdrew her nomination after it stalled in the Senate.
James B. Comey
F.B.I. director
FIRED MAY 9, 2017
Mr. Trump said on national television that he fired Mr. Comey because he was frustrated over the F.B.I.’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 campaign and its possible contacts with Mr. Trump’s advisers.
Katie Walsh
White House deputy chief of staff
FORCED OUT MARCH 30, 2017
Ms. Walsh was forced out by Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and a top White House adviser, and other West Wing officials.
Michael T. Flynn
National security adviser
FORCED OUT FEB. 13, 2017
Mr. Flynn was forced to resign amid questions about whether he lied to administration officials about the nature of his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
Deputy national security adviser
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED APRIL 12, 2018
The White House said Mr. Waddell "will stay on board for the immediate future to help ensure a smooth and orderly transition."
Nadia Schadlow
Deputy national security adviser for strategy
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED APRIL 11, 2018
Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster asked Ms. Schadlow to join his staff as a deputy assistant to the president for national security strategy in March. She took over for Dina H. Powell as deputy national security adviser for strategy in January.
Thomas P. Bossert
Homeland security adviser
FORCED OUT APRIL 10, 2018
Mr. Bossert's resignation coincided with the arrival of John R. Bolton as the president’s national security adviser, and was an unmistakable sign that Mr. Bolton is intent on naming his own people.
Michael Anton
National Security Council spokesman
FORCED OUT APRIL 8, 2018
The White House announced Mr. Anton's plans to leave the administration the day before Mr. Trump's third national security adviser, John R. Bolton, formally took his post.
Rex W. Tillerson
Secretary of State
FIRING ANNOUNCED MARCH 13, 2018
Mr. Tillerson learned he had been fired when a top aide showed him a tweet from Mr. Trump announcing that he would be replaced by Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director.
Hope Hicks
White House communications director
RESIGNED MARCH 29, 2018
Ms. Hicks, one of Mr. Trump‘s most trusted advisers, announced in early March that she would resign in the coming weeks.
David J. Shulkin
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
FIRED MARCH 28, 2018
After weeks of uncertainty, Mr. Trump said he planned to replace Mr. Shulkin with his White House physician, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, a rear admiral in the Navy.
Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster
National security adviser
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED MARCH 22, 2018
General McMaster resigned under pressure after it became clear that Mr. Trump wanted him out. He was replaced by John R. Bolton, a hard-line former United States ambassador to the United Nations.
Rick Dearborn
White House deputy chief of staff
RESIGNED MARCH 16, 2018
Mr. Dearborn had been overseeing a broad cross section of departments, including the political department.
Andrew McCabe
F.B.I. deputy director
FIRED MARCH 16, 2018
Mr. McCabe was fired after the Justice Department rejected an appeal that would have let him retire. He is accused in a yet-to-be-released internal report of failing to be forthcoming about a conversation he authorized between F.B.I. officials and a journalist.
John McEntee
President Trump’s personal aide
FORCED OUT MARCH 12, 2018
Mr. McEntee, who served as President Trump’s personal assistant since Mr. Trump won the presidency, was forced out of his position and escorted from the White House after an investigation into his finances caused his security clearance to be revoked.
Gary D. Cohn
Director of White House National Economic Council
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED MARCH 6, 2018
The announcement of the resignation of Mr. Cohn, Mr. Trump's top economic adviser, came as Mr. Cohn seemed poised to lose an internal struggle over the president's plan to impose large tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
David Sorensen
White House speechwriter
FORCED OUT FEB. 9, 2018
Mr. Sorensen resigned after a news report detailed accusations from a former wife who said he had abused her during their marriage.
Rachel L. Brand
Associate attorney general
RESIGNED FEB. 9, 2018
The No. 3 official at the Justice Department stepped down after nine months to take a job as the global governance director at Walmart.
Rob Porter
White House staff secretary
FORCED OUT FEB. 7, 2018
Mr. Porter resigned one day after his two former wives accused him in interviews of physical abuse during their marriages.
Brenda Fitzgerald
Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FORCED OUT JAN. 31, 2018
Ms. Fitzgerald resigned over troubling financial investments in tobacco and health care companies that posed potential conflicts of interest.
Carl Higbie
Chief of external affairs for Corporation for National and Community Service
FORCED OUT JAN. 18, 2018
Resigned under pressure after CNN surfaced disparaging remarks he had made in the past about black people, Muslims, gays and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Omarosa Manigault Newman
Director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison
FIRED DEC. 13, 2017
A former contestant on Mr. Trump’s reality TV show “The Apprentice,” Ms. Newman was fired by Mr. Trump's chief of staff, John F. Kelly.
Dina H. Powell
Deputy national security adviser for strategy
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED DEC. 8, 2017
One of the most influential women in the Trump administration, Ms. Powell is returning to Goldman Sachs.
Tom Price
Secretary of Health and Human Services
FORCED OUT SEPT. 29, 2017
Mr. Price resigned under pressure after racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel bills for chartered flights.
Keith Schiller
Director of Oval Office operations
RESIGNED SEPT. 20, 2017
Mr. Trump's longtime aide and former bodyguard decided to leave the White House soon after Mr. Kelly arrived.
Sebastian Gorka
Adviser
FORCED OUT AUG. 25, 2017
Mr. Gorka was forced out shortly after Mr. Bannon left the White House.
Stephen K. Bannon
Chief strategist
FORCED OUT AUG. 18, 2017
Mr. Trump's populist chief strategist was pushed out shortly after Mr. Kelly took over as chief of staff.
George Sifakis
Director of White House Office of Public Liaison
RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED AUG. 18, 2017
Mr. Sifakis stepped down soon after Reince Priebus, Mr. Trump’s first chief of staff, was forced out.
Anthony Scaramucci
White House communications director
FIRED JULY 31, 2017
Mr. Scaramucci was fired on Mr. Kelly's first day in the White House. His dismissal came days after he unloaded a crude verbal tirade against other members of the president’s staff in a conversation with a reporter for The New Yorker.
Reince Priebus
White House chief of staff
FORCED OUT JULY 28, 2017
Mr. Priebus was forced out after a stormy six-month tenure.
Sean Spicer
White House press secretary
RESIGNED JULY 21, 2017
Mr. Spicer resigned after telling Mr. Trump he vehemently disagreed with his appointment of Mr. Scaramucci as his new communications director.
Mike Dubke
White House communications director
RESIGNED JUNE 2, 2017
Mr. Dubke told colleagues he was resigning for reasons that were “personal.”
K. T. McFarland
Deputy national security adviser
FORCED OUT MAY 19, 2017
Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster pushed Ms. McFarland out after he took over for Michael T. Flynn, Mr. Trump's first national security adviser. She was nominated as ambassador to Singapore but withdrew her nomination after it stalled in the Senate.
James B. Comey
F.B.I. director
FIRED MAY 9, 2017
Mr. Trump said on national television that he fired Mr. Comey because he was frustrated over the F.B.I.’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 campaign and its possible contacts with Mr. Trump’s advisers.
Katie Walsh
White House deputy chief of staff
FORCED OUT MARCH 30, 2017
Ms. Walsh was forced out by Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and a top White House adviser, and other West Wing officials.
Michael T. Flynn
National security adviser
FORCED OUT FEB. 13, 2017
Mr. Flynn was forced to resign amid questions about whether he lied to administration officials about the nature of his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
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