A top aide to first lady Melania Trump has reportedly left her position in the White House. Reagan Hedlund, who joined the first lady’s…
A top aide to first lady Melania Trump has reportedly left her position in the White House.
Reagan Hedlund, who joined the first lady’s staff in January as policy director, departed from her the role last week to work on foreign policy issues, according to Politico.
“I am very grateful to the first lady for the opportunity to help launch her policy initiative,” Hedlund told Politico.
First lady’s Melania Trump did not immediately reply to a request for comment from The Hill. Hedlund could not be reached.
Hedlund declined to offer additional details to Politico. The news outlet added that multiple aides in the Trump administration did not know why Hedlund departed from her role.
“She is no longer with our office and we wish her our best,” Melania Trump’s spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, told Politico in a statement.
Politico noted that Hedlund had previously worked under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo when he was a Republican lawmaker in Congress. She’s also worked as an executive assistant at the National Security Council.
She came into her role right as Melania Trump was making veterans issues, opioid abuse and problems facing children a core focus of her policy goals.
