Below are the top White House officials who resigned, or were fired, dismissed or reassigned. Mr. Trump also fired James B. Comey as director of the F.B.I. and Sally Q. Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration who was serving as his acting attorney general.
Stephen K. Bannon
Chief strategist
Out after less than seven months
Mr. Trump told aides he had decided to remove Mr. Bannon, a right-wing nationalist who has clashed with other senior White House advisers and members of Mr. Trump's family. But a person close to Mr. Bannon said that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7.
Mike Dubke
Communications director
Out after three months
Mr. Dubke told colleagues that the reasons for his resignation were “personal.”
Michael T. Flynn
National security adviser
Out after three weeks
Mr. Trump asked Mr. Flynn for his resignation more than two weeks after he was told that Mr. Flynn had lied to the vice president and was vulnerable to blackmail by Russians.
Sebastian Gorka
White House adviser
Out after less than eight months
Mr. Gorka served as an adviser to the president on national security issues. Two administration officials said that he was forced out, and a conservative website reported that he had resigned.
K. T. McFarland
Deputy national security adviser
Out after four months
Ms. McFarland, who was brought to the White House by Mr. Flynn, was named ambassador to Singapore in mid-May.
Reince Priebus
Chief of staff
Out after six months
Mr. Priebus was pushed out, tendering his resignation after Mr. Trump told Mr. Priebus he wanted to make a change and offered the job to John Kelly.
Anthony Scaramucci
Communications director
Out after one week
He was fired by Mr. Kelly days after a vulgarity-laced telephone call with a New Yorker reporter was made public.
Sean Spicer
Press secretary, communications director
Out after six months
Mr. Spicer resigned, telling Mr. Trump that he disagreed with Mr. Trump’s hiring of Mr. Scaramucci as communications director.
Katie Walsh
Deputy chief of staff
Out after two months
Ms. Walsh was forced out by Jared Kushner and other West Wing officials. She joined the pro-Trump outside group America First Policies.
Ezra Cohen-Watnick
Senior director for intelligence, National Security Council
Out after more than six months
Mr. Cohen-Watnick was appointed by Mr. Flynn. He was pushed out by Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, who succeeded Mr. Flynn.
Tera Dahl
Deputy chief of staff, N.S.C.
Out after less than six months
A former writer for Breitbart News who was appointed by Mr. Flynn, Ms. Dahl left the White House for a post at the United States Agency for International Development.
Derek Harvey
Middle East adviser, N.S.C.
Out after more than six months
No explanation was given for his exit, but Mr. Harvey was appointed by Mr. Flynn and was widely reported to have been at odds with Mr. McMaster. Fu
Rich Higgins
Director in the strategic planning office, N.S.C.
Out in July
Mr. Higgins was forced out after writing a memo arguing that Mr. Trump was being subverted by an array of foreign and domestic enemies, including “globalists” and officials of the “deep state.”
Michael C. Short
Senior assistant press secretary
Out after six months
Mr. Short, who had been close to Mr. Spicer, resigned shortly after Mr. Scaramucci confirmed to reporters that he was planning to fire Mr. Short.
Stephen K. Bannon
Chief strategist
Out after less than seven months
Mr. Trump told aides he had decided to remove Mr. Bannon, a right-wing nationalist who has clashed with other senior White House advisers and members of Mr. Trump's family. But a person close to Mr. Bannon said that he had submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7.
Mike Dubke
Communications director
Out after three months
Mr. Dubke told colleagues that the reasons for his resignation were “personal.”
Michael T. Flynn
National security adviser
Out after three weeks
Mr. Trump asked Mr. Flynn for his resignation more than two weeks after he was told that Mr. Flynn had lied to the vice president and was vulnerable to blackmail by Russians.
Sebastian Gorka
White House adviser
Out after less than eight months
Mr. Gorka served as an adviser to the president on national security issues. Two administration officials said that he was forced out, and a conservative website reported that he had resigned.
K. T. McFarland
Deputy national security adviser
Out after four months
Ms. McFarland, who was brought to the White House by Mr. Flynn, was named ambassador to Singapore in mid-May.
Reince Priebus
Chief of staff
Out after six months
Mr. Priebus was pushed out, tendering his resignation after Mr. Trump told Mr. Priebus he wanted to make a change and offered the job to John Kelly.
Anthony Scaramucci
Communications director
Out after one week
He was fired by Mr. Kelly days after a vulgarity-laced telephone call with a New Yorker reporter was made public.
Sean Spicer
Press secretary, communications director
Out after six months
Mr. Spicer resigned, telling Mr. Trump that he disagreed with Mr. Trump’s hiring of Mr. Scaramucci as communications director.
Katie Walsh
Deputy chief of staff
Out after two months
Ms. Walsh was forced out by Jared Kushner and other West Wing officials. She joined the pro-Trump outside group America First Policies.
Ezra Cohen-Watnick
Senior director for intelligence, National Security Council
Out after more than six months
Mr. Cohen-Watnick was appointed by Mr. Flynn. He was pushed out by Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, who succeeded Mr. Flynn.
Tera Dahl
Deputy chief of staff, N.S.C.
Out after less than six months
A former writer for Breitbart News who was appointed by Mr. Flynn, Ms. Dahl left the White House for a post at the United States Agency for International Development.
Derek Harvey
Middle East adviser, N.S.C.
Out after more than six months
No explanation was given for his exit, but Mr. Harvey was appointed by Mr. Flynn and was widely reported to have been at odds with Mr. McMaster. Fu
Rich Higgins
Director in the strategic planning office, N.S.C.
Out in July
Mr. Higgins was forced out after writing a memo arguing that Mr. Trump was being subverted by an array of foreign and domestic enemies, including “globalists” and officials of the “deep state.”
Michael C. Short
Senior assistant press secretary
Out after six months
Mr. Short, who had been close to Mr. Spicer, resigned shortly after Mr. Scaramucci confirmed to reporters that he was planning to fire Mr. Short.
