Who has been fired by Donald Trump: the list

Washington: President Donald Trump fired his embattled Veterans Affairs secretary on Wednesday and tapped as his replacement atop the chronically mismanaged agency the president's personal physician, who gained prominence with his effusive praise of the 71-year-old's physical and mental health.

The ouster of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, who has been mired in scandal over his charging taxpayers for luxury travel expenses and the infighting among his senior aides, had been widely expected and was made official at 5.31pm by presidential tweet.

Trump said he would nominate Ronny Jackson, 50, an active-duty rear admiral in the Navy who has served for the past three administrations as a White House physician.

Shulkin is only the latest in a string of firings by Trump. Below is a list of notable firings and resignations from Trump's White House since he took office on January 20, 2017.

In January, David Shulkin, then-US secretary of Veterans Affairs, right, speaks as US President Donald Trump, centre, and Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of Homeland Security, second left, listen.Credit: Bloomberg

March 28: Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin

March 22: National security adviser H.R. McMaster

March 13: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

March 12: Special assistant and personal aide to the president John McEntee

March 6: Economic adviser Gary Cohn

February 28: Communications director Hope Hicks

February 27: Deputy communications director Josh Raffel

February 7: Staff secretary Rob Porter

December 13, 2017: Communications director for the White House Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault Newman

December 8, 2017: Deputy national security adviser Dina Powell

September 29, 2017: Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price

August 25, 2017: National security aide Sebastian Gorka

August 18, 2017: Chief strategist Steve Bannon

July 31, 2017: Communications director Anthony Scaramucci

July 28, 2017: Chief of staff Reince Priebus

July 21, 2017: Press secretary Sean Spicer

May 30, 2017: Communications director Michael Dubke

May 9, 2017: FBI Director James Comey

March 30, 2017: Deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh

February 13, 2017: National security adviser Michael Flynn

AP, Washington Post