Not only was she one of his closest advisers, Trump often relies on Hicks for helping broadcast his message because he views her as communications savvy.Hicks and Kushner had a key role in planning Trump’s Oval Office address about coronavirus. “She has been a mainstay and true leader in the administration from even before Day 1, and I know she will excel as chief of staff. I appreciate all that Lindsay Reynolds did over the past three years, and wish her well in her future endeavors.”It became clear to aides that a shakeup in the communications team could be coming after the deputy communications director, Jessica Ditto, abruptly announced she was leaving her job last week. But I think we’ve done a great job.
She rarely strayed from interviews with Fox News Channel, which she did from the channel’s Washington bureau, denying reporters the chance to question her during walk-and-talk gaggles on the White House driveway.Once a campaign aide, Grisham wrangled media as Trump canvassed the country ahead of the 2016 election. Aides in those roles have at times struggled with pushing a message for a capricious President who has an iPhone equipped with Twitter with him at all times.Trump recently hinted he was displeased with his White House’s communication effort recently while discussing how his administration has done in managing the coronavirus.“We’ve done a poor job on press relationships, and I guess, I don’t know who to blame for that,” Trump said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool) And Mick Mulvaney even hired his own national security adviser when he occupied the chief of staff’s office.Meadows has hired a top aide from his Capitol Hill office and a former congressman, in addition to poaching a staffer from the White House legislative affairs office.Though press briefings in the Trump administration were once must-see television that garnered high ratings, the press secretary has not taken questions from reporters in the briefing room since in more than a year. I will blame ourselves. Trump’s first chief of staff Reince Priebus ushered in several officials, including Trump’s first press secretary Spicer, into the White House. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, left, attends a news conference by … But I think we’ve done a great job. Farah has remained close with Meadows since her days at the Freedom Caucus.Grisham, who still speaks with first lady Melania Trump on a daily basis, is returning to where she has spent the majority of her time in the administration, the East Wing.Grisham did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment.It became clear to aides that a shakeup in the communications team could be coming after the deputy communications director, Jessica Ditto, abruptly announced she was leaving her job last week. Farah has remained close with Meadows since her days at the Freedom Caucus.Grisham, who still speaks with first lady Melania Trump on a daily basis, is returning to where she has spent the majority of her time in the administration, the East Wing.Grisham did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment.It became clear to aides that a shakeup in the communications team could be coming after the deputy communications director, Jessica Ditto, abruptly announced she was leaving her job last week. It is the longest an administration has gone without an on-camera briefing since they were first aired during President Bill Clinton’s administration.
Aides in those roles have at times struggled with pushing a message for a capricious President who has an iPhone equipped with Twitter with him at all times.Trump recently hinted he was displeased with his White House’s communication effort recently while discussing how his administration has done in managing the coronavirus.“We’ve done a poor job on press relationships, and I guess, I don’t know who to blame for that,” Trump said. Grisham out as West Wing press secretary without having held a briefing. She was now in charge of several staffers, as opposed to the tight-knit first lady’s office.Grisham’s future in the West Wing also seemed unclear after Hope Hicks, one of the President’s closest confidantes, returned to the White House, to work underneath senior White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.