You can't fire me, I quit! How charity chef José Andrés and president Trump parted ways

Just hours after taking office as President of the United States, Donald Trump announced he had fired the well-known chef José Andrés.

"My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again," Donald Trump wrote on social media.

In case there were any doubts, the president clarified that this warning was directed at four people in particular, one of whom was José Andrés, the charitable chef who had been on the Presidential Council for Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.

However, the Spanish businessman, with American nationality, went against Donald Trump's story about a dismissal. While MAGA followers cheered on the dismissal, José Andrés clarified that he had not been fired but quit.

"I submitted my resignation last week," he wrote on X. "My 2 year term was already up."

The other three Trump allegedly fired are Mark Milley of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (pictured), Keisha Lance Bottoms of the President's Export Council, and Brian Hook of the Wilson Center for Scholars.

All of them had been appointed by Joe Biden and, in the case of José Andrés, it was in March 2022 when the former president included the chef in his trusted team.

Now, the adventure of the Spanish businessman, who has been an American citizen since 2013, has come to an end. "You're fired!" insisted Donald Trump on social media, directed at the chef as well as other people.

Curiously, José Andrés has gone from receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor in the United States, from Biden on January 4, to being 'fired', just two weeks later, by his successor in the White House.

The split between Andrés and Trump has not surprised anyone, since they have a history of disagreements, disputes, and even lawsuits, which has lasted for more than a decade.

In July 2015 Donald Trump hired José Andrés and his company, 'ThinkFoodGroup', to take charge of the management of a luxury restaurant in the Trump International Hotel in Washington DC. However, Trump's rants against the Mexican population caused the chef to withdraw from the project.

Faced with such a snub, Trump sued the cook, requesting compensation of 10 million dollars. It was not until April 2017, when Donald Trump was already president, that both parties announced the conflict had been resolved amicably.

However, José Andrés remained an 'enemy' to Trump. We could see it in October 2019, when he threw the first pitch at a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros. Donald Trump, then president, was in the audience and criticized the choice of Andrés for the pitch. As a result, the crowd started booing the chef.

It seemed obvious that the dismissal of José Andrés was going to be one of Trump's priorities and, in fact, he did not even waste 24 hours in office to make his dismissal official.

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