11/13/2018

MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A feud with the first lady’s office is expected to cost a senior national security adviser her job after she sparred with East Wing staff and other key members of the Trump administration. The dispute spilled into public view in extraordinary fashion on Tuesday when the first lady’s office released a statement calling for deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel’s ouster as reports surfaced that President Donald Trump would fire the official. A White House official confirmed to CNN that Trump has told people that Ricardel will be fired. But the official said she has been given some time to clear out her desk. It was not immediately clear when she would officially make her exit…The statement amounted to a stunning public rebuke by a first lady of a senior official serving in her husband’s administration. It came after reports surfaced earlier Tuesday [11-13-18] indicating Ricardel would be pushed out of her post after less than seven months on the job.”

Jeremy Diamond, Kate Bennett, Jeff Zeleny and Pamela Brown, “National security aide headed for exit after clash with Melania Trump’s office,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, November 13, 2018 8:36 pm