Formerly Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was among the first names Trump announced as being terminated from their posts. Bottoms was appointed by President Biden to serve on the President’s Export Council, a national advisory committee on international trade.
Bottoms spoke after Trump posted to Truth Social, calling her out by name, saying that she and others at the White House were fired. But she says she resigned.
In the wee hours of Tuesday (Jan. 21) morning, Donald Trump continued his White House takeover by announcing the terminations of four delegates from Joe Biden’s term. “My presidential personnel office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over 1,
On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump fired former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms from her White House position on the president’s Export Council.President Trump made the announcement on his TruthSocial media account.
With his infamous “You’re Fired!” phrase, Trump terminated Lance Bottoms via social media, but the former mayor reminded him she had already resigned.
Bottoms, who also served on Atlanta City Council, is part of a promised purge of Biden administration officials.
He began by dismissing four people: retired Gen. Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; celebrity chef José Andrés from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition; Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, from the President’s Export Council.
Donald Trump's dismissal of Biden-era appointees backfired as Keisha Lance Bottoms and others revealed they had already resigned.
Keisha Lance Bottoms clarifies resignation: Atlanta's former mayor announced she resigned from her position on President Biden's Export Council on Jan. 4, one day before President Trump claimed she was fired as part of his removal of over 1,000 Biden-era appointees.
Former President Biden also removed many Trump appointees after taking office, including former press secretary Sean Spicer
On his first day in the White House for his second term, President Donald Trump announced he’d be removing more than 1,000 appointees from their positions, all hired under the administration of former Pres.