🔵 Trump’s Massive Staff Shakeup

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Citizen Frank
January 21, 2025

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President Trump started purging more than 1,000 appointees from former President Joe Biden’s administration overnight – starting with celebrity chef Jose Andres and embattled retired Gen. Mark Milley.

The new commander-in-chief fired off an “official notice of dismissal” to four Biden appointees in a midnight social media post, bluntly warning that his team is hunting down even more people to ax.

“Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

Vladimir Putin has congratulated the newly-elected U.S. President Donald Trump on his inauguration and reiterated his openness to dialogue on resolving the war in Ukraine.

The Russian leader’s statement was published on the Kremlin’s official Telegram channel earlier today.

In his message to Trump, Putin expressed support for the incoming U.S. administration’s “attitude”.

President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance visibly rolled their eyes as the Episcopal bishop of Washington, Mariann Budde, lectured them on being kind to transgender people and immigrants at Tuesday’s National Prayer Service.

Budde requested that the newly sworn-in president and vice president “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender people as well as illegal immigrants who are allegedly “scared” by the new administration.

The new leaders did not appear amused by her lecture, with Vance repeatedly shooting looks to his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance.

Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to withhold former special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents report from four members of Congress after prosecutors under former Attorney General Merrick Garland fought to release it to the lawmakers.

Cannon, a Trump appointee, said she saw no legitimate reason to allow anyone in Congress to see the volume of the special counsel report pertaining to Trump’s classified documents case while Trump’s two co-defendants were still facing charges.

Garland wanted to give the top Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary committees access to the report, but Cannon observed that none of the lawmakers asked for it.

Vice President JD Vance conducted the swearing-in ceremony for Marco Rubio as the 72nd secretary of state on Tuesday, who became the first of President Donald Trump’s official Cabinet members.

On Monday, the Senate voted 99-0 to confirm Rubio, a former Republican senator from Florida, to take the position previously held by former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who served in President Joe Biden’s administration for his entire term.

Rubio had represented Florida in the U.S. Senate since 2011 and stepped down on Monday as Trump was inaugurated as president.

Barron Trump, 18, appears to be following in his father’s footsteps — as he’s preparing to launch a luxury real estate venture with two young business partners.

The youngest son of President Donald Trump briefly incorporated his business, Trump, Fulcher & Roxburgh Capital Inc., last July in Wyoming, but the company was dissolved just four months later after Donald’s election win, according to a report in Newsweek.

The venture, which had listed Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach as its principal address, according to records obtained by The Post, is reportedly set to relaunch in spring 2025.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) launched a lawsuit against President Donald Trump before the conclusion of his first day in office.

A group of immigrant organizations led by the ACLU sued the Trump administration over an executive order that seeks to withhold birthright citizenship against individuals born on American soil to parents living unlawfully in the country or on certain temporary visas.

The lawsuit is likely a preview of the left-wing resistance to come against the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, which faced an incredible wave of litigation during the president’s first term.

The U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in a shootout with armed suspects Monday has been identified as 44-year-old David Maland, a Customs and Border Protection source told Fox News.

The veteran agent died Monday after a traffic stop on Interstate 91 between Newport and Orleans, Vermont, around 3:15 p.m. Monday, about 20 miles south of the U.S.-Canada border, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

“A Border Patrol agent assigned to the US Border Patrol’s Swanton Sector was fatally shot in the line of duty,” acting DHS Secretary Benjamine Huffman said in a statement. “Every single day, our Border Patrol agents put themselves in harm’s way so that Americans and our homeland are safe and secure.”

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