If Spicer does leave the role, it will end one of the more contentious relationships a White House press secretary has had with the media in recent years. "Nobody else", she said of Trump's possibly wanting her for the gig.
"It's no secret we have had a couple vacancies, including our communications director who has been gone for a while".
At the very first press briefing on the Monday following Trump's inauguration, Spicer famously shouted at the press while wearing a much too large suit, prompting SNL parodies and widespread ridicule.
Politico reports that Spicer is reaching out to prospective candidates to take over his position as part a plan to shake up the White House communications operation. According to The Telegraph, Bannon told a media outlet that Spicer had stopped doing press briefings on camera because he'd gotten "fatter". Spicer is in an impossible situation, even the most eloquent speaker in the world would be hard-pressed to make sense of Donald Trump's incoherent tweets and rambling speeches.
Communications director Mike Dubke stepped down earlier this month.
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Earlier, Syrian forces attacked coalition fighters in Ja'Din, wounding a number of fighters and driving them from the town. Sharif says the missile launch reflects Iran's "military power" though Iran has no intention of starting another war.
The White House has consulted an array of Republicans and Trump allies, including Laura Ingraham, the conservative radio host and political commentator.
Ainsley Earhardt noted that the press secretary has to be "tough as nails", asking if Ingraham would be intimidated by the role. "I don't know why we covered that gaggle today ... if they can't give us the answers to the questions on camera or where we can record the audio".
'We've been meeting with potential people that may be of service to this administration.
The Trump spokesman indicated before he left that no changes would be made in at least the next 24 hours. "That's what a lot of the press is there to advocate for", Spicer said.
"I have not sat down and talked with him about that specific thing", Spicer said. His combative briefings became must watch TV and were parodied on NBC's "Saturday Night Live", with Melissa McCarthy portraying him. Spicer was attempting to condemn Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for using chemical weapons, and tried to clarify that he understood Hitler had brought Jews "into the Holocaust centers".
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