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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/trump-threatening-grade-sarah-sanders-press-briefings-struggles-deal-reporters/
Sanders is planning on leaving the White House by the end of this year, according to Politico. Bill Shine, the Fox News alum recently appointed to serve as deputy chief of staff for communications, has been reported to have asked a number of friends and other acquaintances about who they believe should replace Sanders if she steps down. Shine denied this story to Politico, saying that I have not had a meeting or discussion about this and praising Sanders as a total team player.
Of course, a recent report from The New York Times suggests that Trump may not have as glowing a view about his press secretary as Shine claims to possess.
In recent days, Mr. Trump has asked people privately what they think of Ms. Sanders an indication, they say, that the press-obsessed president has begun souring on her. He has also told her, before she heads out to the lectern in the briefing room, that he is going to grade her televised performances. (People who have heard Mr. Trump make the threat say it is in jest.)
Ms. Sanders has been under a more watchful eye from her boss since the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 27, when she remained in her seat during a scathing roasting from a comedian who called her a liar. Mr. Trump has told people in the West Wing that he thought Ms. Sanders should have walked out, as another White House official, Mercedes Schlapp, chose to do in a showy display.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)Next.
procon
(15,805 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)unblock
(52,208 posts)as the media face of the administration, that post really demands someone with less talent.
comradebillyboy
(10,144 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)His non-verbal cues let folks in on the fact that he hated what he was doing. Not enough to stop doing it, mind you, but he hated his job. And himself. Sanders, on the other hand, betrays no reservations whatsoever about lying through her teeth. She appears to enjoy it.
comradebillyboy
(10,144 posts)unblock
(52,208 posts)and that "mistake" was not seizing a moment for drama by storming out at the white house correspondent's dinner.
FSogol
(45,481 posts)lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)genxlib
(5,526 posts)No matter how hard you work at it, the turd never gets shiny.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)She's not blond, not skinny, has no apparent silicone "enhancements" and definitely not a person Don would want to "do." Plus, she sounds more Gomer Pyle than press secretary. She has done a stellar job of making herself look like a subservient imbecile though and apparently that's the quality Don most cherishes.