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Trump Fires Top Official Over Loose Ties to "Anonymous" Author
https://newrepublic.com/post/194401/trump-fires-tariffs-official-revenge-anonymousTrump Fires Top Official Over Loose Ties to “Anonymous” Author
Donald Trump’s need for payback could soon interfere with the rest of his agenda.
Trump Fires Top Official Over Loose Ties to “Anonymous” Author
Donald Trump’s need for payback could soon interfere with the rest of his agenda.
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The White House fired an official because he knew the guy who criticized President Donald Trump in the famous “Anonymous” op-ed in The New York Times seven years ago, The Washington Post reported Friday.
The executive director of the Office of Trade Relations at Customs and Border Protection, George E. Bogden, was abruptly asked to leave his post over apparent ties to Miles Taylor, the author of the anonymous 2018 op-ed, sources told the Post. Taylor was Trump’s chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security at the time, and the piece revealed he and his colleagues’ internal efforts to thwart parts of the president’s agenda. Taylor made his authorship public in 2020 after leaving his position as chief of staff.