President Donald Trump fired U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin in a tweet in March 2018 after criticism of a trip the secretary and his wife took to Europe was charged to the VA.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/politics/shulkin-tweet-fired-cnntv/index.html
The VA’s inspector general concluded in a report that Shulkin made “misleading statements,” “improperly accepted Wimbledon tickets,” and turned an aide into a “personal travel concierge” to plan “high tea” and “Roman baths” at Shulkin’s wife’s request, CBS News reported.
CBS said that Shulkin was one of several Trump cabinet officials whose travel practices to drain the Swamp had been scrutinized by internal investigators, including:
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And Kellyanne Conway and Steve Mnuchin, who did not resign.
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Shulkin had worked in the Obama administration and had been confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate.
This made him the only Trump cabinet member to receive a unanimous confirmation.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/31/us/politics/trump-cabinet-confirmation-votes.html
Shulkin said he learned that he had been fired in a phone call from Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly, who told Shulkin that the president would fire him on Twitter.
Shulkin said he appreciated the call from Kelly.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/politics/shulkin-tweet-fired-cnntv/index.html
He did not receive the same respect from Trump, a sniveling little man child who doesn’t have the self-respect or courage to fire someone in person – unless he’s on a reality show where he can read a script and pretend that he is an actual businessman.
