Here Are the Top Officials in the Trump White House Who Have Left

The following article by Larry Buchanan, Alicia Parlapiano and Karen Yourish was posted on the New York Times website August 18, 2017:

Below are the top White House officials who resigned, or were fired, dismissed or reassigned. Mr. Trump also fired James B. Comey as director of the F.B.I. and Sally Q. Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration who was serving as his acting attorney general.

Stephen K. Bannon, Chief strategist

Out after less than seven months

Mr. Trump told aides he had decided to remove Mr. Bannon, a right-wing nationalist who has clashed with other senior White House advisers and members of Mr. Trump’s family. But a person close to Mr. Bannon said that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7. Full story »

Mike Dubke, Communications director

Out after three months
Mr. Dubke told colleagues that the reasons for his resignation were “personal.” Full story »

 

 

 

 Michael T. Flynn, National security adviser

Out after three weeks
Mr. Trump asked Mr. Flynn for his resignation more than two weeks after he was told that Mr. Flynn had lied to the vice president and was vulnerable to blackmail by Russians. Full story »

 

 

K. T. McFarland, Deputy national security adviser

Out after four months
Ms. McFarland, who was brought to the White House by Mr. Flynn, was named ambassador to Singapore in mid-May. Full story »

 

 

 Reince Priebus, Chief of staff

Out after six months
Mr. Priebus was pushed out, tendering his resignation after Mr. Trump told Mr. Priebus he wanted to make a change and offered the job to John Kelly. Full story »

 

 


Anthony Scaramucci, Communications director

Out after one week
He was fired by Mr. Kelly days after a vulgarity-laced telephone call with a New Yorker reporter was made public. Full story »

 

 


Sean Spicer, Press secretary, communications director

Out after six months
Mr. Spicer resigned, telling Mr. Trump that he disagreed with Mr. Trump’s hiring of Mr. Scaramucci as communications director. Full story »

 


Katie Walsh, Deputy chief of staff

Out after two months
Ms. Walsh was forced out by Jared Kushner and other West Wing officials. She joined the pro-Trump outside group America First Policies.

 

 

Ezra Cohen-Watnick, Senior director for intelligence, National Security Council — Out after more than six months
Mr. Cohen-Watnick was appointed by Mr. Flynn. He was pushed out by Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, who succeeded Mr. Flynn. Full story »

Tera Dahl, Deputy chief of staff, N.S.C. — Out after less than six months
A former writer for Breitbart News who was appointed by Mr. Flynn, Ms. Dahl left the White House for a post at the United States Agency for International Development.

Derek Harvey, Middle East adviser, N.S.C. — Out after more than six months
No explanation was given for his exit, but Mr. Harvey was appointed by Mr. Flynn and was widely reported to have been at odds with Mr. McMaster. Full story »

Rich Higgins, Director in the strategic planning office, N.S.C.
Out in July
Mr. Higgins was forced out after writing a memo arguing that Mr. Trump was being subverted by an array of foreign and domestic enemies, including “globalists” and officials of the “deep state.” Full story »

Michael C. Short, Senior assistant press secretary — Out after six months
Mr. Short, who had been close to Mr. Spicer, resigned shortly after Mr. Scaramucci confirmed to reporters that he was planning to fire Mr. Short. Full story »

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