Trump appointee Craig Deare was fired from the National Security Council on Friday

A senior Trump administration official was fired after he criticized President Donald Trump's policies, spoke of dysfunction in the White House, and made lewd comments about Trump's daughter at a small private event.

Craig Deare, whom Trump appointed a month ago to head the National Security Council's Western Hemisphere division, was on Friday escorted out of the Executive Office Building, where he worked in Washington.

Current and former administration officials say Deare's termination was linked to remarks he made Thursday at a private talk at the Wilson Center, a Washington think tank. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.

According to one person who attended the discussion, Deare slammed the Trump administration for its policies on Latin America, specifically its rocky start to relations with Mexico. That person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a private event.

The person also noted that Deare made several remarks about how attractive Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, appeared, remarks that person described as 'awkward.'

Sources say Deare slammed Trump's approach to relations with Mexico in a private talk (file)

Trump himself has repeatedly commented on his daughter's appearance in recorded interviews.

'She does have a very nice figure,' he said on The View in 2006. 'I’ve said that if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps, I would be dating her.'

The person who attended the talk also noted that Deare made 'awkward' remarks about how attractive Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump (pictured earlier this week) appeared

The person who attended the Wilson Center discussion also said that Deare openly expressed frustration over being cut out of most of the policy discussions about Mexico.

Deare supposedly said that members of Trump's inner circle, including chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner (Ivanka Trump's husband), have not consulted with NSC directorates as the White House formulates policy.

Trump signed an order in the first week of his presidency to build a border wall with Mexico, jumpstarting a campaign promise.

The move prompted Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto to cancel his trip to Washington in late January.

A senior White House official confirmed that Deare is no longer working at the NSC and has returned to the position he previously held at the National Defense University.

Deare has been on the faculty of National Defense University in Washington since 2001. He joined the university's College of International Security Affairs in 2010 and most recently served as dean of administration.

Deare did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Officials with the Wilson Center also declined a request for information, saying the discussion was off the record.

Deare is the second senior NSC official to leave in under a week.

On Monday, Trump's national security adviser, retired General Michael Flynn, resigned after revelations that he discussed sanctions with a Russian diplomat before Trump was sworn in, then misled Vice President Mike Pence about the nature of those conversations.