Report: No One Wants to Be Trumps Communications Director

[applegrove]

By Adam K. Raymond at NY Magazine

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/report-no-one-wants-to-be-trumps-communications-director.html

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For weeks, White House press secretary Sean Spicer has been pulling double duty, as he also serves as interim White House communications director. Maybe that’s why he’s making egregious geographical errors. It wasn’t supposed to be this way, but President Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, has had a hell of time filling the role of communications director, with at least two people turning down the job, Politico reports.


There’s a reason people don’t want the job, Politico says, and his name is Trump. The president’s chaotic management style makes the prospect of directing White House communications sound like a total nightmare. And his Twitter habit would surely undermine the work of whoever is unlucky enough to accept this job, which was supposed to go to former campaign spokesman Jason Miller until an alleged extramarital affair got in the way.

Dreadful as this job sounds, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway says the Politico report is “completely false.” An adviser to the president who has picked up some of the communications slack herself, Conway said on Fox & Friends Thursday, “I know people who are interested in the job, actually, as I stand here. They’ve reached out to us. And I think that we’ll be either interviewing or deciding what to do in that regard.”

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[Dawson Leery]

1. kick

[etherealtruth]

2. if Kellyanne said it is has to be true

etherealtruth's alternative fact #2

[GeoWilliam750]

10. Is it my imagination...

Or did she effectively just announce publicly that Mr Spicer will be fired as soon as they can find somebody else to replace him?

“I know people who are interested in the job, actually, as I stand here. They’ve reached out to us. And I think that we’ll be either interviewing or deciding what to do in that regard.”

I am sure that will help Mr Spicer's morale, although it might be the very best thing that could happen to him on a personal basis.

[etherealtruth]

12. He is holding positions historically held by 2 people

I believe she was talking about communications director vs press secretary.

[2naSalit]

3. K&R

[Blue_true]

4. Fake news. Would Kellyanne lie?

[DFW]

5. And no wonder

It's not easy to find someone who can pour out THAT much fictional BS with a straight face.

[Foo Fighter]

6. I'll do it! I'll do it!

Oh man, that would be so fun. You think it's chaotic now? Rookies, all of them. I'll show them chaotic.

Of course, I would need an assistant to help me. I think Triumph the Insult Comic Dog would fill that role rather nicely.

[silverweb]

7. Here's an idea:

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I think Keegan-Michael Key would be perfect for the job! He could translate and react all at the same time.

[Hortensis]

8. What, no one wants to hear "You're fired!"

a couple of miserable, prematurely aging months down the road?

[applegrove]

9. When you build something like a Trump Tower you can say to

your underlings "Indian slate with gold marbling in the foyer- make it happen!" You can't do that with laws or alternative facts.

[Blue_Roses]

11. Qualifications are:

1) Leave your soul at the door.

2) Lie on demand.

3) Have your phone ready for twitter back-up 24/7.

4) Take only questions that compliment the president.

5) Shame those who don't compliment the president.

6) Know your place (which from day to day could be all over the map)

7) Give up your sanity.

Any more?