Was Preibus fired, or did he resign?

[Orrex]

I thought that Trump gave him the boot, but this morning NPR said he'd resigned.

[unblock]

1. priebus claims he resigned the day before it was announced.

[COLGATE4]

3. It's popularly referred to as "You can't fire me - I quit!"

[politicat]

9. And you can't quit, you're fired!!

I'd say it was mutual, but that implies agreement. Mutual hate, I'm sure.

[ksoze]

2. He was shown the door to resign.

[meow2u3]

4. I think Priebus was constructively fired

Tramp abused him until he was forced to resign. IANAL, but this is a constructive termination AFAIK.

[tblue37]

5. Yes, both. One way to fire someone is to demand that they resign, or to indicate without coming

right out and saying it that they really need to submit that resignation letter if they don't want the embarrassment of being openly fired.

Usually in politics they let the person submit the resignation and thus claim to have their own reasons for leaving the job, so they will not be humiliated, since humiliating someone you might need on your side later is not a good way to succeed in politics.

But Trump simply cannot refrain from humiliating people. He is all about chimpanzee dominance displays.

[jberryhill]

6. He was fired

It is not unusual to demand a resignation.

[Orrex]

8. That's kind of how I interpreted it...

but I wasn't sure that I was reading it correctly.

Thanks!

[TheBlackAdder]

7. I think he resigned, but Trump loses power, so he created the fascade of firing him to regain it.

[lapfog_1]

10. Many highly placed positions in industry or government

the PTB (powers that be) allow one to resign rather than be fired.

I was "terminated" from one job in my career as a high tech executive but I tendered my resignation. Looks better on the resume and "saves face" for all concerned.

In this case, because it is all out in the open, it is clear that he was "fired" but allowed to resign.

[marylandblue]

11. From the news reports

He was escorted off Trump's plane and sent away in his own SUV. That sounds like a firing to me, and I am little surprised we didn't find his dead body in the Potomac.

[Wellstone ruled]

12. With Robert Mueller's dropping the Hammer on the RNC

demanding capture of all 2016 files,tapes,tweets,and e-mails. Did anyone thing Rinse Penus was going to stay in the White House? This is the take down of the Republican Party in real time.

[FSogol]

13. More importantly, without his flop sweat leaving his body whenever someone asks him a question,

where is all that water going to go?

Enquiring minds want to know!