In one of their final acts as President and First Lady of the United States, Donald and Melania Trump sent White House ushers home for the day on Wednesday morning, leaving the new first family to fend for themselves upon entering, according to several informed sources. “The Trumps sent the butlers home when they left so there would be no one to help the Bidens when they arrived,” a well-placed official not associated with the incoming Biden team told National Journal. “So petty,” the source added.
According to the Journal, White House chief usher Timothy Harleth, a former executive of Trump Hotels hired by Melania Trump, was summarily fired by the Trumps before they left—not by the Bidens, as has been widely reported. “Harleth was shown