00:00A replica sword, a royal gift, and a career in public service suddenly cut short.
00:08Ahead of President Trump's recent state visit to the UK, the administration wanted a symbolic gift for King Charles,
00:15specifically a sword once owned by Dwight D. Eisenhower, honoring his role as Supreme Allied Commander in World War II.
00:23The Eisenhower Presidential Library houses several of those swords.
00:27Here, you're about to see, Eisenhower is seen receiving Napoleon Bonaparte's sword in 1945.
00:34Wow, amazing.
00:35But when a State Department liaison emailed about borrowing one using a personal account under the name GiftGirl2025,
00:43the library said no.
00:45The artifacts, he explained, belong to the American people.
00:48That director, Todd Arrington, says he was forced to resign this week.
00:52After 30 years of government service, he tells the New York Times and CBS News that he was told he could, quote,
00:59no longer be trusted with confidential information.
01:03Arrington denies ever criticizing the Trump administration, but believes the sword standoff may have cost him his job.
01:10Instead of the real deal, Trump ultimately gifted King Charles a replica, a cadet saber from West Point.
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