The administration of President Donald Trump has parted ways with a top Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official. 

The official, according to the Washington Post, is George E. Bogden.

The outlet notes that Bogden "was appointed executive director of the Office of Trade Relations at Customs and Border Protection this year."

It is only April, at the time of this writing, nad Bogden has already been asked to resign, to the surprise of many.

Here's what happened:

The Post reports that Bogden was asked to step down "primarily because of his connections to the author of a 2018 opinion piece critical of President Donald Trump."

The outlet writes that this report is based on "an administration official and two other people familiar with the matter." In other words, we are dealing with anonymous sources here, and we are dealing with an outlet that tends to align to the far left.

The opinion piece, written by Miles Taylor - a former Department of Homeland Security appointee - can be read here. It generally speaks about how inside forces resisted Trump during his first administration.

The Post goes on to report:

Bogden attended Taylor’s 2019 wedding, according to a Facebook photo recently circulated among Trump officials. Taylor was married in Jamaica in 2019 — a year before he publicly revealed himself as the author of the anonymous op-ed. The two people familiar with Bogden’s dismissal said that few Trump allies, including Bogden, were aware of Taylor’s role in writing the piece at the time it was published or by the time of the wedding. Bogden was also a guest at Taylor’s second wedding, in 2023, according to an attendee. 

"The administration official confirmed Bogden was asked to resign over his ties to Taylor," the outlet adds.

Cleaning house

The Post, being the leftist, anti-Trump outlet that it is, attempts in the remainder of the piece to make Trump look like a bad guy.

The outlet, for example, writes:

Bogden’s apparent ousting over his past connection to Taylor highlights the extent to which the White House has sought to target anyone with links to those perceived as enemies of the administration. He appears to be the first Trump administration official terminated over ties to Taylor or Krebs.

The truth of the matter is that every leader would do and has done the same thing that Trump is doing.

This is for the simple reason that it is hard to effectively lead when the people underneath you are constantly trying to undermine you.

There is little doubt that, in this regard, Trump is doing far better this time around than he did the first time around.