Trump weighs downsizing Spicers public role
Source: Politico
President Donald Trump is considering scaling back White House press secretary Sean Spicers public role, according to several officials familiar with the presidents thinking, as Trump also weighs a broader shakeup of his communications shop in the wake of several scandals.
The press secretary, who has turned into a household name over the past five months and garnered sky-high television ratings for his daily press briefings, has also drawn the ire of the president. He is no longer expected to do a daily, on-camera briefing after Trumps foreign trip, the officials said.
The briefings have become one of the most dreaded parts of the presidents day, and Trump has told allies and aides he doesn't want Spicer, who has developed a belligerent persona from behind the podium, publicly defending and explaining the message anymore, officials added.
Plagued by crises that are engulfing his administration, Trump, in recent weeks, has been increasingly pointing his finger at the communications department to explain the administrations failings. But that frustration isnt new in February, during an interview with Fox & Friends, Trump gave himself an A+ for effort and a low grade for communicating.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/will-sean-spicer-be-fired-238548
louis-t
(23,199 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)It's a PR problem. *cough* * cough*
iluvtennis
(19,758 posts)niyad
(112,435 posts)montanto
(2,966 posts)underpants
(182,279 posts)Watching him almost pop blood vessels on a daily basis while doing the impossible job of being the clustertrump's spokesperson.
Oh well. Looks like we're going through have a T&A show everyday now.
barbtries
(28,702 posts)dang. didn't think he had it in him.
firing Spicer would be a favor to Spicer. cutting off press access to the WH would be a very bad idea.
riversedge
(69,727 posts)better.