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Melania Trump Calls For Deputy National Security Adviser’s Firing
Melania Trump on Tuesday called for the firing of deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel amid reports that President Donald Trump may be weighing several more major shakeups to his administration.
“It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that she no longer deserves the honor of serving in this White House,” a spokesperson for FLOTUS said of Ricardel in a comment to ABC.
The remark is uncharacteristically harsh for the first lady, but there’s a backstory. Read on to find out more about what’s going on.
Who is Mira Ricardel?
Ricardel is the deputy to national security adviser John Bolton. She is a longtime GOP official who previously served in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, as well as the office of former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, the Republican presidential nominee in 1996.
Why does the first lady have an issue with her?
Melania Trump’s beef with Ricardel stems from the first lady’s trip to Africa last month when her staff clashed with the adviser over things like plane seating and requests to use National Security Council resources, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The first lady has also suspected Ricardel of being behind several negative press stories about her. She reportedly discussed the issue with the president during their recent trip to Paris, during which Trump told his wife he would have Ricardel removed.
The first lady isn’t the only one who has clashed with Ricardel. The adviser also butted heads with Fred Fleitz, former chief of staff and executive secretary for the National Security Council, as well as Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and other Pentagon officials.
How does all this relate to chief of staff John Kelly?
Kelly has apparently also drawn the first lady’s scorn over travel requests and reportedly denied her repeated requests to promote several aides.
“There have been instances where the East Wing staff were not treated as equals to the male-dominated decision makers in Chief Kelly’s office,” one unnamed White House official told NBC. “Promotions were denied then finally granted after months of requests.”
Is Kelly’s job in trouble, too?
Trump is reportedly considering firing Kelly, along with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, according to multiple reports this week. In addition to the first lady, Kelly has reportedly also clashed with both Bolton and Ricardel and has been seeking to get Ricardel fired for weeks. Bolton, meanwhile, has reportedly been pushing for Nielsen’s firing.
The president has not officially announced any of these terminations. But on Tuesday, he told reporters, “We’ll be talking about it.”
Nick Ayers, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, is reportedly being considered for Kelly’s job.
President Trump is planning to remove Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, potentially in the coming weeks, a new report claims.
According to sources who spoke with the Washington Post, Trump has told his closest advisers that he will remove Nielsen from DHS, canceling a border trip scheduled for this week with the former George W. Bush official.
“The announcement could come as soon as this week, three of these officials said,” the Washington Post report alleges.
Attempting to thwart Nielsen’s removal from the DHS position is Trump’s Chief of Staff John Kelly, who successfully lobbied for Nielsen’s appointment to the agency last year despite her having no experience dealing with the issue of immigration.
Sources have previously told Breitbart News that they believe Nielsen’s firing could lead to Kelly’s resignation, noting that the two are each other’s closest allies in the White House.
Sources denied Nielsen’s ousting to Fox News:
Sean Lengille tweeted: “Senior Administration officials this weekend told @foxnews @johnrobertsFox that Nielsen’s ouster is NOT happening”
As Breitbart News has chronicled, Nielsen has failed to deter illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and has had to deal with a string of migrant caravans from Central America arriving at the southern border.
Reforms at the border, specifically with asylum rules, have been dealt with by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions while Nielsen has said repeatedly that there is only so much her agency can do as far as building Trump’s proposed border wall and stopping caravans of migrants.
Nielsen has also failed to implement Trump’s “America First” agenda, allowing the business lobby to import more low-skilled foreign workers to take blue-collar U.S. jobs.
Trump’s allies in the administration have blasted Nielsen in the past as a “Never Trumper” who does not support the president’s nationalist-populist immigration agenda.
source: breitbart.com
Cleaning house.
if these removals happen and the reasons are true, they all should be rocketed into outter space with bill nelson from florida. be done with never trumpers and laggards
Cleaning house
deja vu. I remember 30 years ago and then first Lady Nancy Reagan..asking her husband to fire his chief of stuff ,Donald Regan !
Well, President Trump is cleaning house, slowly but surely; we’ll have to wait to see what happens next!
Our President will have many indited starting this January!
TRUMP IS DOING HIS JOB….EVEN WITH THE DEM’S CONSTANT STONEWALLING. THE BORDER SHOULD BE CLOSED UNTIL TRUMP GETS HIS WALL. ABORTION SHOULD BE STOPPED… THE DEM’S NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE GETTING OLDER…SO EUTHASAIN SHOULD BE STOPPED. GOD PUT ON THIS PLANET TO GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT BE CONSTANTLY BICKERING WITH EACH OTHER. DUE TO THE FIRES , AND THE HURRICANES AND FLOODS GOING ON I BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE END TIMES. WE SHOULD STRIVE TO CLEAN UP OUR OWN HOUSES(LIVES) BEFORE THROWING STONES AT OTHERS. THANK YOU
There’s an OLD adage, “Right or wrong, the Boss is still the Boss”. It seems that in politics, everyone has their own version of “rightness”. However, there is only ONE which counts :^)
the President needs to remove all the people he really CAN’T TRUST, HE DOESN’T NEED CAREER ENTRENCHED PEOPLE, HE NEEDS PATRIOTS WITH NO AGENDAS EXCEPT TO SERVE THE PRESIDENT AND TO HELP HIM SAVE AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT ONCE AGAIN.
because in January when those LAWLESS COMMUNIST DEMORATS take over the house, HE WILL NEED ALL THE HELP HE CAN GET.
Agree, Pres. Trump is cleaning house, slowly but surely; he has had to see for himself those that truly align with his agenda. Those that don’t obviously needed to be ousted.
Support the President or resign, simple. The President represents what we the people voted him in for. So. If you don’t support the President then you don’t support the American people.
Maybe the draining of the swamp is beginning in earnest, MAGA
When I am the President, our goals will be defined
by the content of people’s character, knowledge &
work ethic.
There is a price to pay when you are elected POTUS with no previous experience dealing with the predators in Washington DC politics! Not having a trustworthy Chief of Staff and competent department heads and supporting staff would have been difficult in the best of situations but having to do it with packs of political Democratic dogs nipping at your hind parts and putting a staff together even for a polished political pro! Trump is learning and appointees are improving, just hope he survives to show what he has learned going forward in what has been a term filled with fulfilling campaign promises and reviving what had been hibernating US economy!
President and first Lady Trump knows better what to do. They knows how to drain the swamp and it’s about time to clean the White House that they live.
President Trump and First lady Melania knows best. They should drain the swamp in the White House that they stay.
And here comes the Toady parade to high positions in the swamp
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PRESIDENT GO FOR IT, IT IS TIME SOME OF THEM ARE GONE, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA; DRAIN THE SWAMP.
I have the answer to the border wall without use of the DemocRATS if only someone from the White House would just call & give me 5 minutes of their time! I need public support to get the White House to hear me out! Please retweet & pass this on!!
I will be happy when Our Secretary of State empties out ALL OF CLINTON’s and OBAMA’s left over trash! They have caused so much of the obstruction and Hillary and Obama are using them for their use you best believe! Their should not be any Obama or Clinton left over’s in any office after almost two years period! They feed the deep state and seems everyone stands by taking on more problems because of them!
Finally he should have done alot of this on his first day cant wait for muellar to be thrown out hes a trraitor
God bless President Trump for cleaning house. This country is so very corrupt that it is a miracle someone can stand up to such corruption. Politicians today don’t seem to know what honesty really is, they only want dirty money in their pockets. Money and power seem to be what is important today not what is good and honest for our country. God help us all.
I grew up in a Democrat’s family but ever since Clinton’s were in the White House the morals of this country has gone lower than I could have thought, and Obama went even lower. No longer a Democrat. Thank you Trump.
Chaos at every level, this administration sure looks like amateurs.
When President Trump became president of the United States, he made promises to the American people that he would reduce taxes, create new jobs, build a wall that would keep out illegal aliens and make America great again. In a very short period of time, he has already made great progress achieving most of his promises. If Congress will allow him to finish building the wall, he will have kept every promise he’s made and more! I believe the President Donald Trump will be known in our history books as one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States!
If they don’t agree with America First and the secure border, out the door!
Maybe since the demorats are cheating and lieing about all the ballots and still counting all the illegal ones Mr President Trump needs to call marshal law until all is restored back to law and order.
Promises made and Promises Kept. I believe President Trump will become known as one of the greatest Presidents in United States history! May God bless him and his wife Melania and his entire family!
Amen!!! That’s the difference when POTUS has a business background vice being a full time politician and doing NOTHING! You gotta “rock the boat” and get rid of the dead wood sometimes! POTUS needs a “thick” skin to ward off all the criticism and complaints! That’s the mark of a LEADER which too many people don’t understand! There’s NO WAY to win a drain the swamp war by being nicey-nicey like the 15 other Republican candidates Trump beat in 2016!!!!!!!!!
Right on Roy! Criminals love criminals and feel sorry for the no goods! Drain that filthy swamp Mr. President….LOVE OUR PRESIDENT!!! ❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??❤️??????????????
I agree with you. Trump is NOT a phony politician. He has hired the people he thinks will direct him to get the job done right. Too many people just “serving” to get a pension; dead wood.
Any Bushie, Obamarxite, and Clintonista stiol remaining in federal service MUST be removed from their job. For the good of the Republic. Get ‘er done, Prez. MAGA
Since when did we have someone who gets oiled up for girl on girl porn images, having the ability to make political decisions in the USA? She did not even have the architectural degree she originally ‘claimed’. And a possible illegal immigrant who dodged immigration controls for herself and her parents.
when Bolton says fire do it. he knows the ropes around Washington. he is also loyal to the president whoever they may be. his is loyalty to the country first and we saw this as he served before—–Grampa
WoW ! I’ve seen Neilsen in several committee meetings and have been impressed with her positive,professional,articulate account of immigration matters when being questioned aggressively . It seems that its always the underlings,with their constant whining and bickering,that sell information to the press,while getting even for some perceived injustice .
How true ! Especially with a president like Donald Trump ! It’s because he demands that the people in position that work for his administration see things the way he does ! And I’m perfectly happy with that ! After all obama replaced hundreds of good Americans in Government with his crap eating anti America scum sucking pigs ! In his 8 years of destruction to our Country ! We have lawless bastards in Government plenty ! All Democrats and liberals !
Reporters are FILTH ! They are AMBULANCE CHASERS,never caring what damage they cause or who’s life they destroy. As long as they get THEIR NAME in print,they could care less. They creep around ,where the underlings hangout and smooze them,making them feel more important than their position really is. I hate being around and listening to their self absorbed worth. PATHETIC LOSERS !
Best President we ever had!
Well, Hayward, seems like you have these ”new age” reporters nailed – to a tee. Hotdogger Acosta, racist and bigot Don Lemon, Clinton’s lapdog Megan Kelly …. too many of them to name. How many of them attacked our FLOTUS and Barron Trump, a child?? And how many promulgated the take-down of our duly elected POTUS?? Wouldn’t that come under Sedition and Insurrection Laws – or what constitutes treason?? I wonder how many of those so-called journalists and reporters are going to find their names on a sealed indictment?? Yes, because they obey their puppet masters, they are the ones who end up the FILTHY AND PATHETIC LOSERS!
Go Trump go! What a leader. Strength, stamina, courage! Lead on. God be with you Mr. President.
Mr. President,
You are doing an excellent job. You must start making examples when people in elected office conduct themselves as thugs. You need to open an investigation on Maxine Waters. Making threats against the President of the United States! I am Black American and I would like to see that happen. Secret Service needs to detain her for questioning.
A major sting operation need to be executed against antifa and the organization shall be deemed a terrorist organization!!!
National Guards need orders to raid every Muslim training facility in the United States! Detain all personnel!
Unseal all of Obama records!!! Religion and School. Make public if he used an alias!!!
Determine if he ever practice the Muslim faith and what was his connection to Ayers! It’s time to go hard, bring out the facts and make arrests!!!
Hillary, if she sold weapon grade Uranium to Russia, lock her up for treason! It is time!
Throw the bums out!
M. Boesel Blacklick, oh 43004
The swamp still needs further cleansing…& HE”S doing it!! Good on him.
GET RID OF THE CROOKED DEMOCRATS. .
PROBLEM RESOLVED…
Just because you are a politician or hold a government position does not make you a professional. Amazing to me in the business world most time jobs are earned not given or acquired due to time on the job unless you are union. Seems government uses the Peter Principle at the beginning of job
We need TERM LIMITS!!! NOW!!
Keep cleaning house of those not doing their jobs.
I take issue with the language of the last line of the article, “nationalist-populist immigration policy”. How is protecting the border, i.e., preventing illegal entry into the US by foreign nationals, any different than what any other president did who stated this as a policy goal??? The terminology used is deliberately bogus! It is ONLY different, in the case of President Trump, because he is actually trying – despite all efforts against him coming from all quarters of Washington – to efficaciously execute the policy of preventing those who would enter the country illegally, from doing so. In addition to it already being the law, and the stated position of all previous administrations, it is also, in his case, a central campaign promise which got him the majority of the majorities (i.e., the majority of the popular vote in a majority of the states – 30 out of 50)! So, don’t give me any of this unnecessary, pseudo-political science, language, President Trump’s position is none of that; instead it is simple, straight-forward, common sense: we have laws stipulating that crossing of the international border into the United States without permission is illegal /that “immigration” is exclusively a legal entry into the country, and as the head of the executive branch of the US Govt he is duty and oath bound to enforce such laws with any measures deemed necessary. Period!
It is sad that tis President can’t even trust the so called Republicans in his own Party. I don’t understand why people claiming to be on his side still fight him and his agenda. When I was working I would disagree with my bosses to try and tell them they were making mistakes but as soon as they told me to do my job I did and let their mistake s be on their head. This is the Leader of the almost free world and when he try’s to do the right thing and his own people fight him then they all need to go.
Clear out the swamp and get in better qualified personnel. Has needed to be done for a long time and by now the President has a much clearer picture of who is working against him.
That woman Ricardel must be about 85-90 years old by now, if she served under Reagan.
President Trump needs people supporting his agenda, since he was the one elected to decide the agenda to be pursued. Who cares what a Secretary of Department thinks, as long as they roe the boat in the course set by the President. They ALL SERVE, at his pleasure!
Mr. Donald J. Trump.. is the President of the United States of America! It is HIS responsibility to Add to, or Subtract, members from his Administration, without chide or sarcasm. Try being a GOOD BOSS…! Learn the following rules…# 1. and # 2.
1. Tell your employees precisely what you want done… then get the Hell out of there and let them do the job you gave them to do!
2. If the person you chose to do the job, failed… then remove them and install another, more competent, person. But remember this:
A good employee will not perform as well with someone constantly looking over their shoulder~!
It is unfortunate, not to be able to trust those one have hired and confided in, nowadays. Not to be able to trust our public officials, on both sides of the aisle. Most of them corrupt, greedy power seekers without a conscience, self serving humanoids, morally and economically, destroying, rather than helping make our nation great again and “US”, true American citizens. One have to be real blind or stupid, not to recognize that the ship is sinking, and when it does, we,”ALL”, regardless of position, title and socioeconomic status, are going down with it.
I think President Trump is on the right track eliminating the closet democrats surrounding him.