Atlanta's former mayor announced she resigned from her position on President Biden's Export Council on Jan. 4, one day before President Trump claimed she was fired as part of his removal of over 1,000 Biden-era appointees.

ATLANTA — Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms addressed recent claims by President Donald Trump that she was fired from her White House role.

Lance Bottoms says she is leaving her time in Washington behind as she looks forward to rejoining Georgia's political world, possibly as governor.

Formerly Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was among the first names Trump announced as being terminated from their posts. Bottoms was appointed by President Biden to serve on the President’s Export Council, a national advisory committee on international trade.

Watch FOX 5 Atlanta's full, uncut interview with former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. She talks about President Donald Trump, the ongoing ICE raids, her resignation from the White House before Trump's "firing,

With his infamous “You’re Fired!” phrase, Trump terminated Lance Bottoms via social media, but the former mayor reminded him she had already resigned.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta who ushered the city through COVID and the George Floyd uprising in May 2020, is heading back to Georgia and back into Georgia politics. Bottoms hinted at a run for the Georgia governor’s office in a recent interview with Jorge Estevez of Atlanta’s WSB-TV .