USA | Several Donald Trump officials have resigned

A wave of resignations shakes the foundations of the government of Donald trump following Wednesday’s scandal on Capitol Hill when hundreds of supporters of the US president stormed the Senate and left four people dead.

The highest official to resign was Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. She is the first member of the presidential cabinet to leave office two weeks after Trump ended her term.

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“Yesterday our country suffered a traumatic and completely preventable act when supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building after a rally he led,” Chao said in a statement.

The now-ex-official said he was “deeply concerned” by the events, which took place shortly before lawmakers allowed President-elect Joe Biden to win the election and after Trump repeated his fraud allegations. In addition, he said that these events “bothered me in such a way that I cannot ignore it,” he said in a statement.

Chao had been transport secretary since the start of the Trump administration and had headed the Labor portfolio with George W. Bush (2001-2009), reported Dpa.

Other exemptions

But Chao was not the only official to resign after the scandal which shocked the American democratic system. By Wednesday, Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger was gone.

Mick Mulvaney, former Trump chief of staff and current special envoy to Northern Ireland, also announced his resignation on Thursday to protest the emergence of protesters linked to the president in Congress.

“I can not do it, I can’t stay here after yesterday. You can’t look at yesterday and think, ‘I want to be a part of it in a certain way,’ ”Mulvaney told the TV station. CNBC.

And he added, “Those who choose to carry on, and I’ve talked to a lot of them about it, do it because they’re afraid of making someone worse.”

Stephanie Grisham, former White House press secretary and chief of staff to First Lady Melania Trump, has also announced that she is stepping down. She was joined by Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews and White House Social Events Manager Anna Cristina Niceta.

Various US media have agreed that other White House officials are considering resigning, including National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.