Alex Acosta Out!

Labor Secretary fired out the cannon.

[Rene] Alexander Acosta is out. The Department of Labor secretary who was the guy who gave billionaire Jeffrey Epstein a light tap is forced out.

Acosta phoned in his resignation (cannon firing) to Donald J. Trump on Friday morning.

He said that the Epstein issue was becoming a distraction to Trump and his reelection chances.

Acosta's support on Capitol Hill was dwindling after allegations of sex trafficking charges began to surface. Democrats were calling for Acosta to resign or be fired out the cannon.

Of course, he was fired out the cannon by Trump. He said it best, he serves on behalf of Trump and the White House. Yes, Fox News even believe the end was near for Acosta.

Alex Acosta who was then a U.S. Attorney oversaw the Epstein case. He oversea the favorable plea deal for the wealthy financier years earlier in Florida.

The 2008 agreement allowed Epstein to avoid a federal sandwich and a possible life in federal time out. Instead, Epstein got a state charge and served only a few months in the iron college.

The official went on to emphasize that Acosta was not popular within the White House to begin with, given the grumblings over his perceived lack of enthusiasm for the President's deregulatory agenda.

"Your well of support is not going to be deep if you're not going to support the President's agenda," the official added.

He is the only Hispanic member of the Trump team and the guy who pushed out the numbers when it came to the unemployment rate.

Acosta made the announcement to reporters while standing next to President Donald Trump outside the White House. Trump said that Acosta had called him Friday morning, and that it was Acosta's decision to quit.

"This was him, not me," Trump said in a lengthy exchange with the press before departing the White House en route to events in Wisconsin and Ohio.