ATLANTA — Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms addressed recent claims by President Donald Trump that she was fired from her White House role.

“I said, ‘Oh, he thinks he fired me too from the job that I didn’t get paid for,” Bottoms said about Trump’s post. “I was quite tickled to see one that the Vice President of the United States was thinking about me the day after his inauguration at 1:30 a.m.”

Keisha Lance Bottoms clarifies resignation: Atlanta's former mayor announced she resigned from her position on President Biden's Export Council on Jan. 4, one day before President Trump claimed she was fired as part of his removal of over 1,000 Biden-era appointees.

Bottoms spoke after Trump posted to Truth Social, calling her out by name, saying that she and others at the White House were fired. But she says she resigned.

On his first day in the White House for his second term, President Donald Trump announced he’d be removing more than 1,000 appointees from their positions, all hired under the administration of former Pres.

On the first day as the 47th President, Donald Trump issued a slew of executive orders and announced White House positions that have been eliminated. Trump used his social media platform to share that Keisha Lance Bottom had been fired,

With his infamous “You’re Fired!” phrase, Trump terminated Lance Bottoms via social media, but the former mayor reminded him she had already resigned.

In the wee hours of Tuesday (Jan. 21) morning, Donald Trump continued his White House takeover by announcing the terminations of four delegates from Joe Biden’s term. “My presidential personnel office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over 1,

Formerly Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was among the first names Trump announced as being terminated from their posts. Bottoms was appointed by President Biden to serve on the President’s Export Council, a national advisory committee on international trade.

Former President Biden also removed many Trump appointees after taking office, including former press secretary Sean Spicer

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is among the first four presidential appointees from the Biden administration fired by President Donald Trump the day after he was sworn in to