WASHINGTON — She bad-mouthed the defense secretary. She was the hatchet woman for John R. Bolton, the famously combative national security adviser, and drove out staff members from the National Security Council who were deemed insufficiently conservative or loyal. But in disparaging two members of Melania Trump’s staff who traveled with Mrs. Trump, the first lady, on her trip last month to Africa, Mira Ricardel, a deputy national security adviser, apparently went too far. In a White House where the drama has been constant, but almost always behind the scenes, an email to reporters on Tuesday from Stephanie Grisham, a spokeswoman for the first lady, was unusually direct: “It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that she no longer deserves the honor of serving in this White House.” The email was sent less than an hour after Ms. Ricardel appeared at an official White House event with President Trump. There were nonetheless conflicting reports by late afternoon on whether Ms. Ricardel had actually been fired. The Wall Street Journal reported that she was brusquely escorted off the grounds of the White House, only to be corrected an hour later by two White House aides, who said that Ms. Ricardel, who could not be reached for comment, was still employed. For weeks, Mrs. Trump had warned her husband’s aides that Ms. Ricardel, who is widely distrusted among West Wing staff, was spreading negative stories, including about Mrs. Trump, two people familiar with the discussions said. But the fact that Ms. Ricardel was in limbo on Tuesday reflected an unusual amount of muscle-flexing by the first lady — who normally avoids internecine palace intrigue — as well as the limits of her influence. It also showed the obstinance of Ms. Ricardel’s boss, Mr. Bolton, who has a reputation as a shrewd player in a chaotic White House, and someone who is not intimidated, even by the president’s wife. Mrs. Trump’s problems with Ms. Ricardel seem to date to the first lady’s trip to Africa in October, according to people with
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