Trump demands housecleaning on White House communications team
Source: Politico
President Donald Trump has demanded changes to his communications team long seen as one of the most internally divided offices in his White House in an effort to crack down on the leaks that have plagued his presidency since Day One.
White House chief of staff John Kelly signed off on a plan that would flush out some of the departments midlevel and junior aides, according to three people familiar with the situation. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and other key senior officials are expected to remain, these people said.
Though changes to the structure of the White House communications office had been under consideration for months, sparked by concerns about a lack of organization in the office, the recent leak of a junior staffers callous remarks about Arizona Republican Sen. John McCains health served as a breaking point that moved the president to action.
Trump spoke to the staffer, communications aide Kelly Sadler, during a meeting earlier this month in which he asked Sadler and others present to identify leakers in the communications shop, according to two of the people familiar with the internal discussions. He also expressed deep frustration with the leaks coming out of the White House, telling aides he believes many of the stories that cite leaked information are inaccurate and damage his presidency.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/22/trump-communications-team-changes-603417
When you think YOU'RE brilliant at communication.....
RockRaven
(14,782 posts)he contributes unnamed source statements to the press all the time. But he defines "leaks" as any statement about him which makes him look like the sh*theel he is.
kimbutgar
(20,871 posts)Watch for Kimberly Guilfoyle to be the next press secretary. His presidency really is a reality show and idiocracy nowadays.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)the briefing yesterday without smoky eyes and fake eyelashes. Something must be afoot. She stopped glamorizing herself for the cameras. Looking older, worn out, far from a "10". tRump likes women who are 10 despite he himself being a - 5 on the attractiveness scale.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Murdoch will be running the White House Comms shop?
eggplant
(3,891 posts)dweller
(23,558 posts)I can't breathe 😜
forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)Each one launches a chair into the lava. With sharks in it.
Paladin
(28,202 posts)Keep up the good work, trump.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)who's cell phone is not classified.