Security Escorts Out Official After Trump Decision

Well, well, well—another day, another bureaucrat who thought she was above the rules. This time, it was Phyllis Fong, the longtime Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who apparently decided that getting fired by the President of the United States wasn’t enough to make her pack up and leave. Instead, she had to be escorted out of the building after refusing to vacate her office. Because, in her mind, presidential authority just doesn’t apply when she doesn’t like the outcome.

The mainstream media is already spinning this as some kind of political scandal, but let’s be clear: Inspectors General serve at the pleasure of the President. And President Trump—who was just reelected in a landslide, mind you—has every right to clean house and put people in place who will actually do their jobs rather than cling to their taxpayer-funded positions like their lives depend on it.

Fong, who spent 22 years in the role, apparently thought she had tenure. In an email to colleagues, she tried to argue that the administration hadn’t followed the “proper protocols” in terminating her, citing a supposed legal technicality. She even referenced the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency—an organization that, last time anyone checked, does not have the authority to override the President of the United States.

Let’s be honest: this isn’t about procedure or legalities. It’s about bureaucrats who believe they are untouchable, that they can’t be fired no matter how much incompetence or waste piles up under their watch. This attitude is exactly why Washington, D.C., has become a swamp of self-important, entrenched officials who think the government belongs to them instead of the American people.

Of course, the pearl-clutchers on the left are already screaming about Trump’s decision to fire 18 Inspectors General across multiple agencies. Their argument? That he didn’t give Congress enough “advance notice.” Funny—these are the same people who cheered when Joe Biden purged Trump appointees on day one of his presidency, no questions asked. But when Trump does it? Suddenly, it’s a constitutional crisis.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) was quick to set the record straight. As he pointed out, the Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld the President’s authority to remove executive branch officials. In fact, during Trump’s first term, he successfully fought and won a case at the Supreme Court over his ability to fire the Director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau—despite the left’s attempts to tie his hands. The law is clear: the President has the final say.

And let’s not forget the real reason Trump is making these moves—he’s putting people in place who will actually root out waste, fraud, and abuse instead of protecting the bloated bureaucracies that have been draining taxpayers dry for decades. The swamp is terrified because they know their time is up.