United States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will step down by the end of the year, according to President Donald Trump, who tweeted a good-bye message to Zinke on Saturday.
United States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will step down by the end of the year, according to President Donald Trump, who tweeted a good-bye message to Zinke on Saturday.
“Secretary of the Interior @RyanZinke will be leaving the Administration at the end of the year after having served for a period of almost two years. Ryan has accomplished much during his tenure and I want to thank him for his service to our Nation,” Trump wrote.
Trump followed up with a second tweet, announcing that the administration would name a new Interior Secretary sometime in the next two weeks, before the new year.
The resignation seemed to come as a surprise — despite indications that the president intends a major staff shakeup as the Trump administration enters its third year — but The Washington Post reports that Zinke has been under pressure to resign or be fired for weeks, as Congressional investigators and enterprising reporters closed in on a potential ethics violation.
