President Donald Trump will name Hope Hicks as White House communications director, The Daily Caller News Foundation reports. Hicks, who has been serving as director of strategic communications, will replace Anthony Scaramucci, who was ousted after just 11 days in the job.
President Trump has offered the job to Hicks and she has accepted the position, according to a White House insider. The 28-years-old Hicks has been near Trumpsince the early days of the campaign and is one of his most trusted staffers.
The communications director position has been open since Trump fired Anthony Scaramucci in July, after he took over the position from former press secretary Sean Spicer. Trump ditched Scaramucci shortly after he decided to bring on Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as his new chief of staff.
The role has been largely vacant since Trump’s initial communications director, veteran Republican strategist Mike Dubke, resigned from the post in May. Spicer assumed the responsibilities of communications director when Dubke left, maintaining a dual role as communications director and press secretary until he resigned over Scaramucci’s hiring.
Hicks, from Connecticut, was a model and actress before her start in politics. She officially came onto the Trump radar in 2014, when Ivanka hired her to work in her fashion line. The two had built a relationship through Hicks’ work for the line in her prior communications role at Hiltzick Strategies. She quickly won the trust of the Trump family, and was brought on in a communications role from the start of Trump’s campaign. She has survived several staff shakeups and a wildly competitive environment among Trump’s campaign and now White House staff.
“My father makes people earn his trust. She’s earned his trust.” Ivankatold The New York Times about Hicks in an interview for a June profile.
Trump reportedly loves that Hicks can read his moods and execute her job accordingly with professionalism.
“Her most important role is her bond with the candidate. She totally understands him.” his former campaign manager Paul Manafort told TheNYT.
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