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Navy Secretary’s dismissal reinforces message that nobody is safe in the Trump administration

24 April 2026 at 08:03

During the first year of his return to power, Donald Trump managed to change the image of the White House that people remembered from his first term, often portrayed as a turbulent time when the president, true to his past as a reality TV star who became famous for the cry of “You’re fired!”, could dismiss his staff at any time and in any way, often with a single tweet. He got rid of an attorney general, a secretary of state, a national security advisor, a communications director, and the head of the FBI—a list completed by numerous resignations: 14 members of his administration left between 2017 and 2021, as well as four chiefs of staff and several White House spokespeople.

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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan on December 22 at Mar-a-Lago (Florida).
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