US President Donald Trump has removed Carrie Prejean Boller from a government religious advisory body for allegedly speaking out against Zionism and criticising Washington’s support for Israel.

Boller, a former beauty queen and conservative commentator, announced her dismissal in a post on X, formerly Twitter, in which she shared what she described as an official email from the White House informing her that her role on the Religious Liberty Commission had been terminated with immediate effect.

The brief message, signed by Mary Sprowls of the Presidential Personnel Office, read: “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the Religious Liberty Commission is terminated effective immediately. Thank you for your service.”

Boller responded with a lengthy public letter addressed to Trump, expressing shock that the decision was conveyed through an email rather than a direct conversation.

“For someone who served faithfully and defended religious liberty, I believe I deserved at least the basic respect of a phone call or formal letter from you,” she wrote.

Boller argued that she had been targeted for her views on Israel and Gaza and claimed she was the only Catholic woman serving on the commission. She described her removal as retaliation for refusing to support what she called a “political ideology that serves a foreign country.”

“The only Catholic woman who opposes Zionism was removed as a prelude to the Iran war,” she wrote in her X post.

In her letter, Boller said she had used her role on the commission to advocate for people who claimed their religious rights had been violated in the United States, including individuals who objected to COVID-19 vaccine mandates on religious grounds.

She also said she had raised concerns about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip during commission discussions and in public forums.

“I wept with Americans watching a genocide unfold before their very eyes,” she wrote, adding that she had spoken with Palestinians and student protesters who opposed Israeli military actions in Gaza.

Boller further claimed she had been told by prominent figures, including Dan Patrick and televangelist Paula White, to avoid speaking publicly about Israel or the war in Gaza while serving on the commission.

According to her account, she was warned to stay off social media and refrain from discussing the issue publicly.

“My job on this commission is to protect religious freedom,” she wrote. “Asking me to deny Catholic teaching in order to satisfy a political ideology is itself a violation of my religious freedom.”

Boller also invoked her long-standing relationship with Trump, recalling that he supported her publicly in 2009 when she lost her title as Miss California after stating during a pageant that she believed marriage should be between a man and a woman.

She said she had attended both of Trump’s inaugurations and defended him publicly for nearly two decades.

“For nearly twenty years I have stood by you,” she wrote. “Now, I don’t even recognize you.”

The White House had not publicly commented on Boller’s claims at the time of publication.

The Religious Liberty Commission was established by executive order during Trump’s presidency to examine religious freedom issues in the United States and make policy recommendations.

Boller said that despite her dismissal, she would continue advocating for what she described as religious freedom and speaking out about the conflict in Gaza.

“Whether I serve on this Commission or not, my voice will only grow louder for those who are persecuted for their faith,” she wrote.