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A replica sword, a royal gift, and a career in public service suddenly cut short
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Ahead of President Trump's recent state visit to the UK, the administration wanted a symbolic gift for King Charles
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specifically a sword once owned by Dwight D. Eisenhower, honoring his role as Supreme Allied Commander in World War II
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The Eisenhower Presidential Library houses several of those swords. Here you're about to see Eisenhower is seen receiving Napoleon Bonaparte's sword in 1945
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Wow, amazing. But when a State Department liaison emailed about borrowing one using a personal account under the name GiftGirl2025
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the library said no. The artifacts, he explained, belong to the American people
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That director, Todd Arrington, says he was forced to resign this week
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After 30 years of government service, he tells the New York Times and CBS News that he was told he could, quote
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no longer be trusted with confidential information. Arrington denies ever criticizing the Trump administration, but believes the sword standoff may have cost him his job
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Instead of the real deal, Trump ultimately gifted King Charles a replica, a cadet saber from West Point
