President Donald Trump has hinted that Sean Spicer may not retain his position as press secretary in the near future.
The president revealed Spicer’s position on his communications team may be in jeopardy during an interview with Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro – amid claims that he is considering Fox news personality, Kimberly Guilfoyle for the job.
When the host asked Trump twice if Spicer would be the press secretary ‘tomorrow’, he dodged the question on both occasions. The president responded the first time:, ‘Well, he’s doing a good job, but he gets beat up’ .
‘He’s been there from the beginning,’ he said the second time, equally as coy, as he refused to confirm is Spicer is retaining his job.
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Expanding more about the pressure he says Spicer has faced in communicating with the media, especially amid the controversy surrounding the firing of FBI Director James Comey, Trump said: He just gets beat up by these people, and again you know they don’t show the 90 questions that they asked and answered properly. I’m saying if they’re off just a little bit, just a little bit, it’s the big story.’
Using this thread, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee – the deputy Press Secretary – and even Vice President Mike Pence defended the president’s actions. But Trump later rendered their defense baseless when he said he had already decided to fire Comey before Rosenstein was even appointed.
‘I was going to fire Comey — my decision. There is no good time to do it, by the way,’ Trump told NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt.
‘I was going to fire regardless of the recommendation,’ he said.
His team came under fire and Trump has been on the defense ever since, and has been considering a ‘the most far-reaching shake-up’ of his controversial 113-day term, West Wing officials told the New York Times.
On Friday, he tweeted out multiple times explaining why his interview on the Comey Firing was not in tandem with his team’s and even threatened to end daily press briefings.
‘As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!’ he said.
He added in a later tweet: ‘Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future “press briefings” and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy?’
Trump apparently kept the details of the firing secret from his own communication team so as to avoid any leaks. Vice President Pence and a team he created in secrecy were among the few who knew about the President’s plans to oust Comey, the New York Times reported.
Among those reportedly on the president’s blacklist are Sean Spicer, his chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and his communications director, Michael Dubke.
Kimberly Guilfoyle, 48, – formerly a prosecuting attorney – is one of the cable news hosts whose names has been circulating as a possible replacement. Trump has also been meeting with other Fox news producers to join his communication team, the Association Press has reported.
Since he took on the position, Spicer has been liable to ridicule, especially on Saturday Night Live. Melissa McCarthy plays a caricature of the press secretary – during skits that have gone viral and propelled the ratings of the NBC show -, which have apparently upset Spicer and Trump.
This hasn’t slowed down the comedienne. Yesterday, she donned suit and paraded around the streets of New York. Earlier this week, SNL released a snippet of its show tonight, showing McCarthy dressed as Sean Spicer while she sang ‘I feel pretty’.
But the press secretary maintained a poker face when asked about McCarthy earlier this week.
‘She needs to slow down on the gum chewing; way too many pieces in there,’ he joked in an interview with Extra.
Source: Trump hints that he will replace Spicer with Fox News Host | Daily Mail Online
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