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The Washington Post

US President Donald Trump has fired his White House personal assistant John McEntee, who had been with the president since early in his campaign, an administration official confirmed on Tuesday.
The president’s campaign then announced McEntee will rejoin the campaign as a senior adviser of operations.
McEntee is the latest in a series of departures by West Wing officials, including Communications Director Hope Hicks, Staff Secretary Rob Porter and - also on Tuesday - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
It was not clear why McEntee was let go, although The Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the firing, cited an unspecified security issue.

Trump has had a record rate of turnover in his senior staff. Before McEntee’s departure, 43 per cent of the president’s executive staff had left in the first 13-and-a-half months.
McEntee’s departure was overshadowed by the news that Trump had fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and nominated CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him.
Gina Haspel - the deputy director at the CIA - will succeed Pompeo at the CIA, becoming the first woman to run the spy agency, if confirmed.
US President Trump fires top diplomat Rex Tillerson
Also on Tuesday, the Trump campaign announced that Katrina Pierson, who served as the campaign’s 2016 national spokeswoman, will rejoin the effort as a senior adviser.
“We need the help of proven leaders such as Katrina and John to promote the President’s growing portfolio of achievements across the country,” campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement.


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Trump fires White House assistant John McEntee  - who promptly rejoins his campaign

John McEntee walks to Marine One to join US President Donald Trump for travel to Florida in Washington on February 16. McEntee was let go on Tuesday and promptly rejoined President Donald Trump’s campaign team. File photo: Reuters

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2018 file photo, White House aide John McEntee, right, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's Chief of Staff Eli Miller, left, stand in the Oval Office as President Donald Trump speaks at a tax reform meeting with American workers at the White House in Washington. Trump’s personal aide is leaving the White House and will rejoin his campaign. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)