Keisha Lance Bottoms, fired this week by President Donald Trump from a White House job she had resigned from days earlier, isn’t ready to give […]

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

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,

“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.”

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.

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

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.

Add former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to the list of prominent Georgia Democrats openly considering a run to succeed Gov. Brian Kemp, who cannot seek a third term in office.

He began by dismissing four people: retired Gen. Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; celebrity chef José Andrés from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition; Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, from the President’s Export Council.

🗳️ Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is considering running for governor in 2026. ( WSB) A federal judge has rejected Cobb County's plan to correct past racial bias in how it hired firefighters. ( AJC)

Keisha Lance Bottoms, fired this week by President Donald Trump from a White House job she had resigned from days earlier, isn’t ready to give […]