Donald Trump has wasted no time in dismantling the legacy of the Biden administration, promising to “identify and remove” more than a thousand of his successor’s appointees.
The 47th US president announced on his social media platform Truth Social at 12.38 am (5.38 am GMT) that four officials “not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again” had already been dismissed.
“You’re fired!” Mr Trump wrote, referencing his catch phrase from the reality TV show The Apprentice.
The Republican said he had removed Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars, and Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council.
Earlier on Monday, the US President issued pardons for 1,600 Jan 6 rioters, including those convicted of violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of 14 others who stormed the Capitol four years ago.
He also signed a flurry of executive orders to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement and World Health Organisation, delay the ban of TikTok, stop federal employees working from home, and end government “censorship”.
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