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HAS DISCONTINUED: United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos during a press conference with Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump in March. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP
On Friday night, US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos handed over her resignation to Donald Trump. Previously, both the Transportation Minister and several White House employees have done the same.
After President Donald Trump now bears much of the responsibility for the president’s political supporters who stormed Congress Wednesday night, it is time for the Trump administration to stop.
On Friday, another Trump administration employee, Education Minister Betsy DeVos, announced that she was resigning.
“The significance of his rhetoric on the situation is unmistakable and it was the turning point for me,” he wrote in a resignation letter sent to the president, reproduced in the Washington Post.
According to the newspaper, DeVos has been one of Trump’s most loyal and longest-serving ministers.
Begging Trump employees not to resign: – Please stay!
Early Thursday, Transport Minister Elaine Chao announced her resignation.
CLOSE TIES: Current Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is married to Republican Sen. Mich McConell. Photo: KEVIN DIETSCH / PISCINA
– Our country experienced a traumatic and completely avoidable event, when the president’s supporters broke into the Congress building.
“Like many of you, this has deeply bothered me in a way that makes me unable to look away,” Chao said in a statement.
Chao has been the transportation minister since Trump became president. She is also married to Republican Mitch McConnell, who is the outgoing leader of the Senate.
On Friday night, Elinore McCance-Katz, who works at the United States Department of Health, also announced that she would resign.
– I had planned to stay until the administration changed, but my plans abruptly changed last night. I saw the violent takeover of the Congress building. I think this behavior was totally unacceptable and I cannot continue, he writes in a letter reproduced by CNN.
Several end up in the Security Council
The American television channel also reports that national security adviser Robert O’Brien, who is one of Trump’s top employees, is considering resigning.
Previously, Security Council Deputy Chief Matt Pottinger resigned due to Trump’s role ahead of the congressional storm.
During Thursday, four other advisers to the National Security Council will also be said to hold posts, reports the Reuters news agency.
Trump’s biodefense adviser Anthony Ruggiero has also resigned, Bloomberg reports. According to Politico, financial advisor Tyler Goodspeed has also thanked himself.
The first to withdraw after the unrest was First Lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham. News came Wednesday night that he had withdrawn with immediate effect due to the uprising in Washington.
GOODBYE: Sarah Matthews was a White House press secretary. After taking over Congress, he had enough and left his job immediately. Photo: Al Drago / Bloomberg
NEW: More layoffs around the corner
White House press secretary Sarah Matthews also resigned after the unrest in Washington on Wednesday.
– As someone who has worked in the halls of Congress, it was very disturbing to see what I saw today. I want to retire from my role with immediate effect. The nation needs a peaceful transfer of power, Matthews said in a statement according to Fox News.
Rickie Niceta, responsible for events at the White House, also announced that he will resign, reports the New York Times.
The newspaper reports that several layoffs are likely to be around the corner.
IT WILL STOP: Just six months have passed since Robert O’Brien became President Trump’s national security adviser. Now he wants to give up. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP
Former Trump aide
Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has not yet accepted the election result, but promises that there will be a peaceful handover of power.
According to Alex Ward, a White House correspondent for Vox, Deputy Chief of Staff Chris Liddel will also resign Thursday.
Alyssa Farah, the former White House director of strategic communications, decided to resign in December.
On Wednesday, he gave a clear message to Trump voters about the president’s repeated allegations of voter fraud, while writing that he still identifies with them.
“You must listen to me: the election was NOT stolen from us. We lost,” writes the former director of communications:
Former chief of staff and current special envoy to Northern Ireland, Mick Mulvaney, has also resigned.
WANTED NO MORE: Mick Mulvaney was the President’s chief of staff, so he became a special envoy to Northern Ireland and has now resigned. Photo: ERIK S. LESSER / EPA
Mulvaney told CNBC that he called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday night and said: “I can’t do more. I can’t stay (… in office), the former chief of staff said in an exclusive interview with CNBC. .
“Whatever he chooses to be, and I have talked to some of them, they do so because they fear the president could do something even worse,” added Mick Mulvaney, without specifying what it should be.
(VG / NTB)
