You are fired! Donald Trump purges over 1000 Joe Biden appointees; here are some notable names in the list

Donald Trump has now begun a 'layoff' of federal appointees from the Biden administration, and some of the names are indeed very interesting to see. Over a thousand Biden appointees have been reportedly purged by Donald Trump as soon as he became ...

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Trump purges Biden appointees including a former Joint Chiefs of Staff
If signing a series of executive orders was the first thing on Donald Trump's bucket list after being the US President, purging nearly 1,000 Biden appointees who are not aligned with the goal of 'Making America Great Again'. As soon as Trump became President, he started off with an official notice of dismissal to four top Biden appointees in a midnight social media post.

Trump purges Biden appointees including a former Joint Chiefs of Staff

If this was not enough, the Trump administration is now hunting for more Biden-aligned federal officials to purge in the coming days, with the target being early a thousand, according to a Truth Social post by the President himself. Many more notices of dismissals will follow soon in the coming days, according to the latest statements by the President.

Among the first officials to be booted by Trump was Milley, who was given a preemptive pardon by Biden just hours before leaving office. Miley is a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and has been an outright opposition to Donald Trump, having also called him a 'wannabe dictator' on occasion.


A chef sacked by Donald Trump?

Next on Trump's list is Andres, a renowned Spanish-American chef who has previously been in a court fight with Trump over a restaurant opening. This is a rather surprising name, as Andres has already resigned since his two-year term is up, according to the New York Post.

Among other names comes former diplomat Brian Hook, and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council, who Trump has reportedly purged in his latest calls as US President.

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