High-level White House departures

White House chief economic advisor Gary Cohn has resigned, joining a string of recent departures by high-level personnel and further fuelling concerns that the Trump administration is in chaos

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Team Trump is sworn in, January 22, 2017

Gary D. Cohn. Chief economic adviser:
Free trade advocate and former Goldman Sachs president quits after losing battle over Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium
Resigned, Mar 6, 2018 – 411 days in office

1 Reince Priebus. White House chief of staff: Trump announces sacking of Priebus on
Twitter and offers job to John Kelly
Fired, Jul 28, 2017 – 190 days

2 Steve Bannon. Chief strategist: Describes meeting of Trump family members and
Russian attorney as “treasonous”
Fired, Aug 18, 2017 – 211 days

3 Omarosa Manigault-Newman. Director of communications-public liaison: Quits
over “concerns” about administration
Resigned, Jan 20, 2018 – 366 days

4 Hope Hicks. Communications director: Admits to House Intelligence Committee that
she told “white lies” on Trump’s behalf
Resigned, Feb 28, 2018 – 405 days

5 Sean Spicer. Press Secretary: Leaves in protest over Trump’s decision to hire Anthony
Scaramucci as communications director
Resigned, Jul 21, 2017 – 183 days

6 Rob Porter. Staff Secretary: Quits amid allegations of domestic violence from two
ex-wives. Porter denies accusations
Resigned, Feb 7, 2018 – 384 days

7 Katie Walsh. Deputy chief of staff: Quoted saying working with Trump is “like trying to
figure out what a child wants”
Resigned, Mar 30, 2017 – 70 days

8 Michael Flynn. National security adviser: Forced to resign after secretly discussing
U.S. sanctions with Russian Ambassador
Fired: Feb 13, 2017 – 25 days



Sources: Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff, New York Times Pictures: Associated Press
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