Administration officials have yet to explain the reasoning for Bossert’s sudden departure.
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Tom Bossert, President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser, resigned Tuesday, the White House confirmed. Administration officials have yet to explain the reasoning for Bossert’s sudden departure.
“The president is grateful for Tom’s commitment to the safety and security of our great country. Tom led the White House’s efforts to protect the homeland from terrorist threats, strengthen our cyber defenses, and respond to an unprecedented series of natural disasters,” press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. “President Trump thanks him for his patriotic service and wishes him well.”
Neither Bossert nor the Department of Homeland Security has put forward a statement at this time.
Bossert’s resignation comes two days after the seasoned security official made the rounds on Sunday’s cable news shows to discuss the administration’s decision to deploy the National Guard to the U. S.-Mexico border and the deadly gas attack in Syria.
“American troops aren’t going to fix the six or seven different ongoing conflicts and wars going on in the Middle East or in Syria at this stage,” Bossert said of the United States‘ involvement in Syria to ABC’s “This Week” host Martha Raddatz. “We need regional partnership increased, and we need U. S. presence decreased.”
Bossert’s exit continues the trend of historic departures — voluntary or not — from the Trump White House. In his first year in office, employee turnover hit a whopping 34 percent, according to a recent study from the Brookings Institute, more than triple that of former President Barack Obama’s first year and doubling former President Ronald Reagan’s.
A series of shake-ups continue to rock the Trump administration. Just last month, the administration fired two major players: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Senior members of his staff have pushed back on the narrative that the unceasing peeling off of staff is indicative of larger chaos within the West Wing.
“This is an intense place, as is every White House, and it’s not abnormal that you would have people come and go,” Sanders said during a press briefing back in March.
A replacement for Bossert has not been announced.
Brittany Shepherd covers the White House for IJR. Before becoming the White House Correspondent, Brittany used to cover entertainment and pop culture… more
