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Trump’s Personal Assistant Was Fired Monday, Hired by His Re-Election Campaign Tuesday

  • Aide was president’s “body man,” always ready with a comb
  • First lady and Trump treated McEntee like a son, people said
John McEntee follows President Donald Trump to Air Force One on Sept. 27, 2017.

John McEntee follows President Donald Trump to Air Force One on Sept. 27, 2017.

Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s personal assistant, John McEntee, was fired on Monday, according to three White House officials.

The president’s re-election campaign announced Tuesday that McEntee had been hired as a senior adviser. It wasn’t clear why McEntee, a well-liked figure in the White House, had been dismissed, and campaign aides weren’t given a reason. McEntee told fellow Trump aides that he had resigned.