President Donald Trump dismissed retired Gen. Mark Milley from a federal position and targeted celebrity chef Jose Andres as one of his first acts as president. Hours after he was sworn into office as the country’s 47th president,

He began by dismissing four people: retired Gen. Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; celebrity chef José Andrés from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition; Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, from the President’s Export Council.

The new commander-in-chief fired off the “official notice of dismissal” to four Biden appointees in a midnight social media post, bluntly warning that his team were hunting down even more to throw

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his team was in the process of removing over a thousand appointees from the administration of former President Joe Biden, as the Republican announced four removals on social media, including of celebrity chef Jose Andres and former top general Mark Milley.

Donald Trump has been in office for less than 24 hours, but his administration is already working overtime to strip personnel from the executive branch who “are not aligned” with Trump’s “vision to Make America Great Again.

Early on Tuesday, returning US president Donald Trump publicly fired the Spanish chef José Ramón Andrés Puerta, better known simply as José Andrés, dismissing the 55-year-old from his White House role with a brutal social-media message.

President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term, Brian Hook, and retired Gen.

Trump said Tuesday his administration is in the process of “identifying and removing” more than 1,000 Biden appointees.

Former President Joe Biden greeted President Donald Trump at the White House in advance of Monday’s inauguration with a conciliatory gesture, telling him and first lady Melania Trump: “Welcome home.” Trump ended his first day back in that home by posting a sneering message boasting of how his team was hunting down hundreds of Biden appointees to throw out of office.

They include celebrity chef José Andrés and the commandant of the US Coast Guard Adm Linda Fagan, as well as retired US army general Mark Milley who had served on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.

Trump is charging ahead with establishing a new order for his second term with a sweeping purge of over 1,000 Biden administration appointees.