The new president of the United States, Donald Trump, dismissed the Spanish chef José Andrés, founder of the NGO World Central Kitchen, from his position as presidential advisor on sports, physical exercise and nutrition.
“Our first day in the White House is not over,” Trump said in President, Joe Biden.
Trump, who assumed the Presidency on Monday, also announced that he has fired retired US Army General Mark Milley, who has been highly critical of him, as has José Andrés.
The firings of the previous administration’s appointees are because “they are not aligned with our vision of Making America Great Again,” Trump said.
«José Andrés of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Brian Hook of the Wilson Center for Scholars and (former Atlanta Mayor) Keisha Lance Bottoms of the President’s Export Council: THEY ARE FIRED! !” Trump wrote on X using the phrase he made famous on his television show “The Apprentice.”
Who is chef José Andrés?
José Andres, born in Mieres (Spain) 55 years ago and resident in the United States for three decades, was awarded earlier this month by the now former president Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was awarded in the same ceremony to 18 other personalities, such as former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi.
«José Andrés came to the United States with little money and big dreams. Over three decades, he mastered his culinary art with renowned restaurants that embrace cultures and gastronomy and unite people,” said the event’s master of ceremonies, before presenting the medal to the Spanish chef.
He added that José Andrés: “taught us that there is a place for everyone at the table.”
In March 2022, Biden had named José Andrés co-president of the Presidential Council on Sports, Physical Fitness and Nutrition along with basketball player Lena Delle Donne.
The council, known by the acronym PCSFN and whose origins date back to the second half of the 20th century, aims to promote “initiatives and programs that motivate people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to lead active and healthy lives.”
It is part of the Office of Public Health and Science, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
José Andrés is known internationally for the World Central Kitchen foundation, which he founded in 2010 and is dedicated to providing food to people affected by wars, catastrophes and natural disasters thanks to a network of volunteer cooks.
The hotel group of Donald Trump and José Andrés reached an agreement in 2017 to amicably end a legal battle that began two years earlier over the restaurant project that the chef canceled in Trump’s last luxurious hotel in Washington .
Former Vice President Kamala Harris returned to her home state on Monday to join wildfire relief efforts by serving food at two WCK sites in Altadena, as one of hundreds of local volunteers who have helped deliver more than 200,000 meals.
Until now there has been no known reaction from José Andrés to this announcement by Trump, who in the last few hours has sent numerous messages via email and on the networks to report on all the decisions made on his first day as president for the second time, since He was also in the Presidency of the United States between 2017 and 2021.
One of them lists all the decrees signed by Trump on March 20, 2025 with the title “Promises made, promises kept.”
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