On January 21st, local time, US President Trump returned to the White House for the second day.

In the early morning of the same day, Trump could not wait to announce his personnel appointment decision: he would dismiss more than 1000 Biden administration employees and officially dismiss four Biden administration members, including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee, Mark Milley.

"The first day in the White House is not over yet!" Trump posted on his self-created social media platform "Truth Social": "The Office of Presidential Personnel is actively selecting and firing more than a thousand former presidential appointees from the previous administration. They are inconsistent with our vision of 'Make America Great Again'. "

This is also Trump’s first post on “Truth Social” after taking office as President of the United States.

Trump also issued formal dismissal notices for four members of the Biden administration: José Andrés, co-chairman of the White House Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley, a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee, Brian Hook, fellow at the Wilson Center for Scholars, and Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President's Export Council.

"You're fired!" Trump said, adding that more pink slips were "coming soon."

The "You're fired" meme originated from Trump's classic line on the reality TV show "The Apprentice." In the show, Trump, as the boss, will directly eliminate poor performers in the selection and use this line to announce their dismissal.

“Trump never forgets a grudge, will pay back every grievance.”

José Andrés is a well-known chef who also founded the international food aid non-profit organization World Central Kitchen, which provided meals to residents of Ukraine and Gaza during the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Gaza conflict. On January 14th this year, Andres received the "Presidential Medal of Freedom" awarded by former US President Biden.

It is worth mentioning that Andres was found to have been photographed with Ryan Wesley Routh, a suspect in the assassination of Trump, which once caused controversy.

On September 15th last year, Trump suffered another assassination attempt. As the investigation deepened, more details of the case came to light: the suspect Routh voted for Trump in the 2016 election and later turned against Trump; he "fanatically" supported Ukraine after the Russia-Ukraine conflict and recruited troops for Ukraine ; He stayed near the Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, for nearly 12 hours before being discovered by Secret Service agents.

Since it was the eve of the U.S. election and he narrowly escaped assassination twice in two months, Trump's security issue once again became a campaign tool for both parties. Trump attacked Democrats for viewing him as a "threat to democracy" and "inciting" the assassination attempt against him.

News of Brian Hook's dismissal attracted the attention of Iranian and Israeli media.

According to reports, during Trump's first term, Hook served as the Trump administration's special envoy for Iran and supported Trump's "maximum pressure" policy on Iran. He was later dismissed by his boss Pompeo. It is unclear why Hook was targeted by Trump this time.

Keisha Lance Bottoms served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 2018 to 2022. In May 2020, Bottoms, who was the mayor of Atlanta at the time, publicly criticized then-President Trump for his mishandling of the Floyd incident and called on Trump to "shut up." Since then, Bottoms has been standing against Trump. Before the election, she said she saw "hate" among Trump supporters.

Mark Milley served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Trump's first term and has always had a tense relationship with Trump.

According to multiple US media reports, on January 20th, local time, less than three hours after Trump was sworn in as President of the United States, the Pentagon removed the portrait of Milley that had just been unveiled on the 10th. Multiple officials confirmed the news, one of whom revealed that the removal was ordered by the "White House."

Before Trump was sworn in on the 20th, former US President Biden signed an executive order announcing a "preventive" pardon for Milley, Liz Cheney (former chairman of the House Republican Conference who supported Harris during the election), and Fauci (former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who accused Trump of ineffective response to the pandemic). The pardon period began on January 1st, 2014.

Biden said in a statement that pardoning does not mean admitting that these people were at fault, but to protect Trump's "enemies."

Will there be a major shake - up in U.S. government agencies?

On the 20th local time, Trump was officially sworn in. His return to the White House also means that many U.S. policies will change again.

According to CNN, Trump repealed nearly 80 policies of the Biden administration that day, signed the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change, and pardoned some people sentenced for the "Capitol riot" , announced that the United States would withdraw from the WHO, and gave TikTok a 75-day grace period for the "Sell or Ban" bill and other executive orders.

Trump also ordered federal workers to return to the office five days a week on the 20th, freezing hiring for all positions except the military and other categories of executive departments such as national security, public safety and immigration enforcement, and weakening the employment security of civil servants. Reuters said this was the "first shot" in Trump's move to weaken the federal bureaucracy.

In addition, two informed U.S. officials revealed on the 20th that the Trump team has asked more than a dozen senior career diplomats to resign as Trump is rapidly formulating his foreign policy and establishing his own diplomatic mission. The White House issued a statement that day, listing Trump's top priorities, including improving the accountability of government officials. "At the President's direction, the State Department will pursue an America-first foreign policy."

Reuters stated that Trump’s new dismissal notice issued in the early morning of the 21st may once again trigger concerns in the United States that Trump will uphold the principle of “loyalty in command” in personnel appointments.

After Trump won the election in November last year, the entire U.S. government was worried that Trump would restart "Schedule F" plan when he returned to the White House.

In 2023, Trump stated in a video that if elected, he would "immediately reissue the 2020 executive order to restore the president's power to remove rogue bureaucrats... We will purge all corrupt elements from the national security and intelligence agencies, There are many such people.”

Trump was referring to "Schedule F" which he first enacted in October 2020. According to reports, tens of thousands of civil servants who are considered to have a certain influence on policies and are involved in confidential and policy decisions have been reclassified as "Schedule F" employees. Once classified into this category, these employees will lose employment protection and become at-will employees, easier to get fired. Biden repealed the program shortly after taking office in 2021.

Axios previously pointed out that when a new president takes office, he usually replaces a group of "political appointees" who oversee the operation of the government, numbering around 4,000. But Trump’s "Schedule F" plan, which could apply to 50,000 people, would allow him to replace non-partisan, non-political appointees in various agencies after taking office. These personnel usually enjoy strong employment protections and will continue to serve from one administration to next.

Reuters reported in November last year that the Trump transition team had drawn up a list of layoffs and planned an unprecedented reorganization of the Pentagon. Sources revealed that the Joint Chiefs of Staff may undergo a "big change", with targets including Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and all other chairs and vice-chairmen. It is also reported that the layoff list "lists all people related to Milley (former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)."