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.

Trump’s commitment to thousands of changes is in line with his continued pledge to rid the federal government of employees he views as disloyal.

President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term, Brian Hook, and retired Gen.

Former President Donald Trump has announced plans to remove over 1,000 appointees from previous administrations, citing misalignment with his agenda. Among those affected are notable figures such as celebrity chef Jose Andres and former General Mark Milley.

President Donald Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight on Tuesday.

Humanitarian and chef José Andrés spoke out Tuesday after President Donald Trump claimed he had "fired" Andrés from the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition shortly after being sworn in for his second term.

On Monday evening, just hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Senate passed the Laken Riley Act, an extreme bill that would allow for the deportation and detention of any undocumented immigrant merely suspected of a nonviolent crime. And they did it with the help of 12 Democrats.

President Donald Trump’s political retribution tour began this week with firings of his perceived enemies inside the federal government, the targeting of former intelligence and national security officials and a directive to investigate actions by the Biden administration.

President Trump kept his Day 1 actions going after midnight Monday by firing four presidential appointees from the Biden administration.

Lee said that Article II of the Constitution should give the president the power to fire anybody in the executive branch, noting that the vice president is the only exception to this rule. The president doesn’t enjoy the same power over the legislative or judicial branches, he said.

Shortly after Midnight on Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was firing Brian Hook, the head of the Wilson Center for Scholars and a prominent Iran hawk. Hook had been involved in hiring for the State Department during the transition.