Trump returns to White House LIVE updates: US President says he will fire 1000 people, continue flurry of announcements
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Donald Trump’s first full day back in the White House.
Following his inauguration on Tuesday AEDT, the 47th president has spent today meeting with congressional leaders, making an infrastructure announcement and demonstrating one of his favoured expressions of power: firing people.
The new president posted on his Truth social media network that he would fire more than 1000 presidential appointees “who are not aligned with our vision,” including some high-profile names.
Trump fired chef and humanitarian Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, retired General Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, former State Department official Brian Hook from the board of the Wilson Center and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council.
“YOU’RE FIRED!” Trump said in his post — his catchphrase from his reality TV show, The Apprentice.
Former President Joe Biden also removed many Trump appointees in his first days in office, including former press secretary Sean Spicer from the board overseeing the US Naval Academy.
President Donald Trump attends the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral.Credit: AP
