No More Spice: Why White House Press Secretary resigned

by Alexander O. Onukwue

The US President, Donald J. Trump, has lost the services of his first Press Secretary, Sean Spicer.

Spicer, according to US media, turned in his resignation on the morning of Friday, 21st July, over disagreements about the appointment of Anthony Scaramucci to the post of the Director of Communications in the White House.

From the official Twitter handle of the White House Press Secretary – @PressSec – Spicer said, “It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve President Trump and this amazing country. I will continue my service through August”. He confirmed that Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the daughter of former Republican Presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee, would take his place as the new Press Secretary.

Spicer’s work as the chief spokesman for the Trump administration over the past six months has seen him in the constant line of fire between the media and the President. It has been his duty to defend the President and try to provide clarifications for many of Trump’s sensitive statements and actions.

It has, by no means, been a perfect job by Spicer. Upon news of his resignation on Friday, several news media ran articles that were collections of his gaffes while in the job in the White House, some of which Spicer acknowledged and apologised for at the time he said them.

The announcement of Sean Spicer’s resignation comes after 182 days in the job, and according to data by CNN, is one of the shortest tenures for a White House Press Secretary. Of the 31 persons to have held the post, Spicer’s tenure ranks as the “sixth-shortest since the position developed in the 1920s and 1930s”.

According to his Twitter bio, Spicer used to be a former Chief Strategist and Communications Director for the Republican Party. With an end to his time at the White House coming under the circumstances of an apparent fall-out with Trump, it would be interesting to see where next he goes and what things he would be willing to say.

He is not seen as the most affable personality but there will be no shortage of publishers interested in giving him a good deal for a tell-all. The content would certainly be spicey if he, Spicer, would be in the mood to let it all out.

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