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A timeline of Trump turmoil and turnover

August 19, 2017 at 1:39AM
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by from second from left, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Senior Adviser Steve Bannon, and White House press secretary Sean Spicer, speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.
In January, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, chief strategist Steve Bannon, and press secretary Sean Spicer were in the Oval Office as President Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin. Today, Pence is the only one still on Trump’s team. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Feb. 13: Michael Flynn resigns after 23 days as national security adviser.

March 10: Attorney General Jeff Sessions abruptly asks 46 U.S. attorneys to tender their resignations.

May 9: FBI Director James Comey is fired by Trump.

May 30: White House communications director Mike Dubke resigns.

July 21: Press secretary Sean Spicer resigns.

July 25: Assistant press secretary Michael Short resigns.

July 28: Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is replaced by John Kelly, who runs the Department of Homeland Security.

July 31: Anthony Scaramucci is removed as communications director.

Aug. 18: Chief strategist Steve Bannon leaves his position.

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