Trump's 'mini me' could (partly) fill Hicks' void
Source: CNN
President Donald Trump has wondered aloud over the past weeks -- to pretty much anyone listening -- who would occupy the singular role of confidant and conspirator that long-time top aide Hope Hicks was leaving behind.
The answer, at least in come capacity, will be Dan Scavino, the social media director who this week moved into the minuscule office a pace or two from Trump's desk that Hicks spent the last week packing up. Described by aides as Trump's "mini me," who can channel his moods and voice as few others can, Scavino is the last remaining staffer from the launch of Trump's presidential campaign still posted by the President's side.
That's left West Wing officials, most with shorter and more distant relationships with the President, eying Scavino as Hicks' natural successor -- not as communications director, but as the White House aide Trump calls upon to vent, plot, confide, boast or reminisce.
If Hicks was able to occasionally act as a taming force on the President, however, there's little expectation that Scavino will follow suit. When the President has come under fire in the past, Scavino has doubled down on the controversy of the moment, at times defending Trump from his own personal Twitter account.
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/30/politics/dan-scavino-white-house-trump-twitter/index.html
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