Trump said Tuesday his administration is in the process of “identifying and removing” more than 1,000 Biden appointees.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he plans to remove over 1,000 appointees from the administration of former President Joe Biden and that he had fired four individuals immediately, including celebrity chef Jose Andres and former top general Mark Milley.

Former President Joe Biden greeted President Donald Trump at the White House in advance of Monday’s inauguration with a conciliatory gesture, telling him and first lady Melania Trump: “Welcome home.” Trump ended his first day back in that home by posting a sneering message boasting of how his team was hunting down hundreds of Biden appointees to throw out of office.

Trump’s commitment to thousands of changes is in line with his continued pledge to rid the federal government of employees he views as disloyal.

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Jan 21 said he plans to remove over 1,000 appointees from the administration of former president Joe Biden and that he had fired four individuals immediately, including celebrity chef Jose Andres and former top general Mark Milley.

President Donald Trump boasted on social media that world-renowned chef José Andrés was among the appointees he fired on his first day back in office. The only problem with that claim, the chef said Tuesday,

José Andrés is speaking out after President Donald Trump claimed he "fired" the celebrity chef shortly after taking office on Jan. 20. Andrés, 55, was one of four "Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration” who “are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again,

Andrés was removed from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Milley will no longer serve on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.

Celebrity chef José Andrés, who has longstanding ties to the DC area, got the last laugh on Donald Trump after being "ousted" from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. During his flurry of appointments,

José Andrés is firing back on President Trump’s claim that he was “fired” as a presidential appointee, calling on the commander in chief to “put politics and name calling aside.” In a social media message posted by Trump on Tuesday after his inaugural ceremony a day earlier,