Madeleine Westerhout is one of the few employees who has worked in the White House ever since Donald Trump took office as President in 2017. She has been a key person as his personal assistant, but is now suddenly fired. According to media reports, she is not welcome back to work.

According to the New York Times, she commented on the president's family at a dinner with journalists without making sure the conversation was "off the record," which is a well-accepted way of marking that the information may not be cited, but should be considered as background information.

Worked for the Republican Party

Westerhout, born in 1990 with a political science education in California behind him, began working early for the Republican Party in Washington DC. In 2012, she participated in Mitt Romney's campaign. In Donald Trump's team, Westerhout received a special status as the president's closest assistant.

According to sources in Politico, she has recently been trying to expand her area of ​​responsibility, which has caused irritation among close co-workers with the president.

Others fired employees

It aroused great excitement when press secretary Sean Spicer left his job after six months on the post. In an interview with SVT News USA correspondent Carina Bergfeldt, he comments on the president's relationship with the media. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus also had to step down after a short time, as did newly-appointed Communications Manager Anthony Scaramucci.

There is no official comment yet on Madeleine Westerhout's resignation.