Several officials say Spicer is no longer expected to do a daily, on-camera briefing after Trump's foreign trip.
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.
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One senior White House official said deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will likely appear at the podium more often going forward, while Spicer will keep a senior role in the administration. Another official said to expect fewer on-camera briefings in general something that the administration has been toying with since Trump entered office.
For his part, Spicer back is December said publicly that he would like to spend less time behind the podium and instead have a rotating cast of characters available to conduct the daily briefing. And traditionally, administrations work a deputy press secretary into the rotation more quickly than Trumps White House has done.
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A White House official and an outside adviser said Trump on Monday also blasted communications director Mike Dubke because of the stream of negative headlines about his presidency.
But others caution that Trump has not yet made up his mind entirely about Spicer and other changes to the press operation. Since taking office, the president has considered multiple staff changes that have yet to materialize.
Still, "the status quo won't continue," one official said. And conversations about how to revamp Spicers role, as well as the rest of the communications shop, have intensified in the past week.
Two officials said Trump doesn't want to throw Spicer overboard and has also told advisers he thinks the press secretary is treated unfairly.
Officials said Spicer is expected to stay in the White House, "but have less exposure," in the words of one official.
These officials also said rumors of Kim Guilfolye, the Fox News anchor, joining the administration and taking over Spicers spot at the podium were overblown and "not real.
Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/will-sean-spicer-be-fired-238548
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.
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One senior White House official said deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will likely appear at the podium more often going forward, while Spicer will keep a senior role in the administration. Another official said to expect fewer on-camera briefings in general something that the administration has been toying with since Trump entered office.
For his part, Spicer back is December said publicly that he would like to spend less time behind the podium and instead have a rotating cast of characters available to conduct the daily briefing. And traditionally, administrations work a deputy press secretary into the rotation more quickly than Trumps White House has done.
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A White House official and an outside adviser said Trump on Monday also blasted communications director Mike Dubke because of the stream of negative headlines about his presidency.
But others caution that Trump has not yet made up his mind entirely about Spicer and other changes to the press operation. Since taking office, the president has considered multiple staff changes that have yet to materialize.
Still, "the status quo won't continue," one official said. And conversations about how to revamp Spicers role, as well as the rest of the communications shop, have intensified in the past week.
Two officials said Trump doesn't want to throw Spicer overboard and has also told advisers he thinks the press secretary is treated unfairly.
Officials said Spicer is expected to stay in the White House, "but have less exposure," in the words of one official.
These officials also said rumors of Kim Guilfolye, the Fox News anchor, joining the administration and taking over Spicers spot at the podium were overblown and "not real.
Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/will-sean-spicer-be-fired-238548
