National security aide headed for exit after clash with Melania Trump's office
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Source: CNN
Reflecting the fast-moving nature of the events, soon after a Wall Street Journal report surfaced Tuesday afternoon alleging Ricardel was fired and escorted off the White House grounds, a senior White House official denied the story to reporters.
The official said Ricardel was still in her office Tuesday afternoon. The official declined to speculate further about Ricardel's future in the administration.
Her departure would leave national security adviser John Bolton without one of his key allies in the administration, a deputy who has also shared his penchant for bureaucratic infighting.
It was those sharp elbows that sources said led to the first lady's stinging statement, with Ricardel most recently feuding with members of the first lady's staff over her trip to Africa. One person familiar with the matter said Ricardel quarreled with the first lady's staff over seating on the plane and use of National Security Council resources.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/13/politics/melania-trump-mira-ricardel/index.html
Another to add to Rachel's wall...
dawg day
(7,947 posts)paleotn
(17,911 posts)the first pole dancer.
PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)OFF WITH HER HEAD!
wiggs
(7,812 posts)staff go?
jb5150
(1,178 posts).. that the pool boy be sat next to her?
jpak
(41,757 posts)jpak
(41,757 posts)a la izquierda
(11,791 posts)erlewyne
(1,115 posts)We cannot believe anything we read about her even through
no fault of her own.
murielm99
(30,733 posts)Trump is hiding behind his wife's skirts.
Farmer-Rick
(10,154 posts)Weighs in with her own stupidity. She is such a twit, I'm surprised she has opinions. But she surprises us now and then with words strung together to make sentences.
I don't really care, do you?
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)meadowlander
(4,394 posts)duforsure
(11,885 posts)Is another indication of how stormy her relationship is with him now, where she publicly had it announced about this person to get it done.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Duplicate of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142201204