White House Communications Director Hope Hicks resigning

*and cast a pall over the West Wing *at a tumultuous time.

Ummm . . . The West Wing has been experiencing tumult since Trump walked in the door.

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"Make a deal."

OK! I can help you make a deal! What type of plea deal are you looking for? For example, say 'money laundering' or 'obstruction' or 'I don't know, I just want this to be over.'

Well, I was totally wrong when I predicted yesterday that she'd last a few weeks. Guess she saw the speed with which this ship is going down so decided to abandon with haste; distancing herself from the Trump administration will also facilitate closer cooperation with Mueller.

Next off the ship: Sessions.

My personal opinion: the democrat running against Trump is going to cruise smoothly into the white house.

Excellent. A total amateur, or shall we say a hopeless hick, who should never have been appointed. Good riddance.

A total amateur, or shall we say a hopeless hick, who should never have been appointed. 

Yeah. Look at her. One wonders what led Trump to hire her in the first place.

My personal opinion: the democrat running against Trump is going to cruise smoothly into the white house.

Its all about the economy. If its chugging along the American people will forgive just about anything, especially in the red states and especially at a time when trust in the media, the lens under which all the controversy plays out, is at an all time low.

You still need a good team. Anything without Joe Biden is a mistake imo.

My personal opinion: the democrat running against Trump is going to cruise smoothly into the white house.

The bookies think Trump will either resign or be booted out of office before then.

I hope they are right. I’ve got money on this.

Is the swamp drained yet?

My actual hope is that Trump makes it exactly one day past 2 years. That way, when Pence takes over, he's only constitutionally allowed to run for re-election once, just in case the people somehow like him.

Saw the photo wasn't sure if it was Trumps wife, Trumps daughter, porn star, suprised. Must be a type he likes.

Trump's WH staff remarkably high turnover says it all; it's virtually impossible to work with/for him. Don't think a healthy work environment is high on his list of priorities i.e 'it's just business'.

That is a lot to go through before age 30：working as a fashion model, working for Ivanka Trump's company, working on a shady presidential campaign, promotion to papa Trump's communication director, and more. The fashionable makeover in the photo above cannot hide the troubled conscious showing on her face (can we get GW Bush to do a soul reading like he did on Putin?)

conscience

So is Sarah Sanders going to be the next one to “resign “ or is she going to keep lying for a paycheck?

if she doesn’t resign, I can’t wait to hear her try to explain why hicks left.

Trump's WH staff remarkably high turnover says it all; it's virtually impossible to work with/for him. Don't think a healthy work environment is high on his list of priorities i.e 'it's just business'.

You have to take everything in context and with a grain of salt. It happens. They all go through this, Trump a bit more, but for any administration it is not the end of the world. Move on.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/aug/04/donald-trumps-white-house-turnover-context/

You have to take everything in context and with a grain of salt. It happens. They all go through this, Trump a bit more, but for any administration it is not the end of the world. Move on.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/aug/04/donald-trumps-white-house-turnover-context/

An article from August 2017 to put things into context? I wonder if anyone has resigned, been fired or even maybe indicted since then! Lol!

They all go through this, Trump a bit more, but for any administration it is not the end of the world.

A bit more? Just a bit?

Is the swamp drained yet?

The correct terminology since Trump gussied up D.C. is no longer "the swamp," it is "the cesspool,

"will miss having her by my side."

With his record of sexual harrassment and his comments about her husband and their sexual practices, I have no doubt he'll miss being able to harrass her. She, on the other hand, will be like all others who have willingly left the White House under the Trump regime, and will live a much healthier, happier, and better life.

Because I understand how arduous doing accurate research is, I've done it for a certain poster:

President Trump's White House has reportedly seen the highest turnover rate among its staff in decades.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373554-report-turnover-rate-in-trump-white-house-highest-in-decades?amp

During the president’s first year, the administration saw a 34% turnover rate. This is the highest of any recent White House, according to a Brookings Institution report that tracked departures of senior officials over the last 40 years.

http://fortune.com/2018/02/13/donald-trump-white-house-staff-turnover/

Very easy on the eyes, efficient, loyal. Yeah, Trump is going to really miss this woman who's been his right arm for so long.

Saw the photo wasn't sure if it was Trumps wife, Trumps daughter, porn star, suprised. Must be a type he likes.

Agree. Reckon the stern-looking woman in the pic (in red) knows she's in the 'Need Not Apply" category.

With his record of sexual harrassment and his comments about her husband and their sexual practices,

Here we go with the gossiping again....

I have no doubt he'll miss being able to harrass her.

Ok, Smith...yawn...where is your proof of this?

She, on the other hand, will be like all others who have willingly left the White House under the Trump regime, and will live a much healthier, happier, and better life

Sure, it couldn't possibly be that she works almost 12 hours a day 7 days of the week and maybe she is overworked, I mean, it's not a regular 9-5, she talked about leaving a a long time ago at least 6 months, we are after all talking about working for the highest office in the world. Thank God for her though and her push to get the tax code done, she was instrumental in that. God bless this woman.

Wow, so many of Trump's hires have quit, been fired, or been indicted.

Wow, so many of Trump's hires have quit, been fired, or been indicted.

It’s like 1998 all over again and in that administration, some people even died. Liberals trying to smell that teeny trickle of blood. Lol

@ Tommy Jones

A cesspool is not what we have. It’s more of a toxic waste dump .

During the president’s first year, the administration saw a 34% turnover rate. This is the highest of any recent White House, according to a Brookings Institution report that tracked departures of senior officials over the last 40 years.

Of the people sworn in two days after inauguration, there is a 50% TURNOVER.

Liberals trying to smell that teeny trickle of blood. Lol

There's been a lot of blood this week. It is only getting worse for Trump and company.

Kushner lost his TS clearance. Foreign govs were targeting Kushner as a soft target. Mueller is making inquiries directly related to collusion (Trump pressuring Sessions to quit, asking Prebius to fire Sessions, campaign contacts with Wikileaks after lies about contacts, changes in GoP position re: Ukraine, etc. etc.). Mueller asking about Kushner and Trump financing from Deutsche bank. Hicks admitted to white lies to please the emperor (probably the reason she is out). Sessions under fire again because Fox and Friends said so. Dem memo released contradicts Trump (not hard). Trump ignoring Intel leader' concerns and does nothing to protect elections (another treasonous act).

No day goes by without something stupid from Trump land. Trump has stupid banked up. If only every day could be a trip to the golf course and every night a little quiet time with a porn star followed by a payoff and NDA. Conservatives, hold your water.

Ok, Smith...yawn...where is your proof of this?

The same place as your proof for half the assertions you make.

Sure, it couldn't possibly be that she works almost 12 hours a day 7 days of the week and maybe she is overworked, I mean, it's not a regular 9-5, she talked about leaving a a long time ago at least 6 months, we are after all talking about working for the highest office in the world. 

Okay, Bass . . . yawn . . . Where is your proof of this?

It’s like 1998 all over again and in that administration, some people even died. Liberals trying to smell that teeny trickle of blood. 

Okay, Bass . . . yawn . . . Where is your proof of this?

. . .

The nice thing about challenging certain posters for sources is knowing they will either ignore the challenge because they don't have a source or provide sources that are outdated by six months.

Trump a bit more,

You still haven’t answered why Trump is going through ‘a bit more’.

He said he was the businessman to inject a bit of competence and efficiency unlike the useless politicians.

This is more like a circus than a swamp-draining.

This is more like a circus than a swamp-draining.

The draining of the swamp was redirected to conversion into a cesspool. Trump is ahead of schedule.

Classy, Mr. President. Classy. AF.

So this is what she admitted to lying about. Things like telling someone that Trump was on the phone and couldn’t talk to them.

By the way this was PRIVATE testimony. leaked within an hour. Schiff again?

Hicks was initially asked the broad question of whether she had lied for Trump, which he described as being akin to him asking a staffer to tell someone on the phone that he was not around to talk.

Trump lies a lot.

A house in decline. And those declining are those coming to their senses. May they be an example to all in the now grey house and the GOP who have their doubts but lack the courage to show some spine and rid this administration of a wayward puppet.

A house in decline. And those declining are those coming to their senses. May they be an example to all in the now grey house and the GOP who have their doubts but lack the courage to show some spine and rid this administration of a wayward puppet.

That wayward puppet is the president.

"Wow, so many of Trump's hires have quit, been fired, or been indicted."

And the rest are asleep in the backrooms or playing spin the bottle to see who is next!

There will be others that will replace them, no big deal. This will be forgotten in a few weeks.

Okay, Bass . . . yawn . . . Where is your proof of this?

. . . 

James McDougal, Vince Foster, that's just a few of a long list.

The nice thing about challenging certain posters for sources is knowing they will either ignore the challenge because they don't have a source or provide sources that are outdated by six months.

The great thing about proving certain posters wrong is that it's just too easy.

She certainly had someone else's....

Bravo. At least she didn't end up with a black eye.

Trump is completely Hope-less.

Along refusing to answer questions, this shows just how much she is trying to hide. Slap her with a subpoena! Make her tell "little white lies" under oath!

Trump lies a lot.

Not only Trump.

Dem memo released contradicts Trump (not hard).

Actually not much, it more or less did back up Nunes memo as to Warrant being issued, but the Dems note doesn’t elaborate definitively as to the reason for it.

Trump ignoring Intel leader' concerns and does nothing to protect elections (another treasonous act).

Lying to a judge in order to get a warrant in order to weaponize and use the intelligence agency to spy on a Presidential candidate is unethical as well as treasonous.

Bass: Not only Trump.

Sorry, I'll change it: Trump and his supporters lie a lot.

Lying to a judge in order to get a warrant in order to weaponize and use the intelligence agency to spy on a Presidential candidate is unethical as well as treasonous.

They lied to downplay the dossier, making it mostly insignificant?

James McDougal, Vince Foster, that's just a few of a long list.

That's a list of names, not proof.

The great thing about proving certain posters wrong is that it's just too easy.

Agreed. But I haven't seen you prove anybody incorrect.

Not only Trump.

Agreed. As Super said, so do Trump's cheerleaders. Some of them even lie about where they live.

Lying to a judge in order to get a warrant in order to weaponize and use the intelligence agency to spy on a Presidential candidate is unethical as well as treasonous.

Agreed, but that hasn't happened. A warrant was obtained to surveil a member of Trump's campaign team, but there was no lying or surveillance done on Trump, unless it was incidental surveillance.

You still haven’t answered why Trump is going through ‘a bit more’.

Ever gotten any answers from that poster?

some people even died. Liberals trying to smell that teeny trickle of blood. Lol

Not sure what's so funny about dead people? Which people are you referring to, btw? Any links/citations/evidence? Thanks.

That Hicks, eh? Lying seems to be a thing with Republicans and their wider entourage.

It’s like 1998 all over again and in that administration, some people even died.

James McDougal, Vince Foster, that's just a few of a long list.

James McDougal was not in the Clinton administration. So now your list includes just one person, who committed suicide. Care to add to you "long list" of Clinton administration members who died on the job?

Sorry, I'll change it: Trump and his supporters lie a lot.

Not as much as the left wing media does, they take it to a whole new galactic level.

They lied to downplay the dossier, making it mostly insignificant?

Oh, so that’s what the liberals think? Lol, they try so hard these people.

That's a list of names, not proof.

So they re till alive??????

Agreed

Yup.

Agreed, but that hasn't happened. A warrant was obtained to surveil a member of Trump's campaign team,

When a court is asked for a warrant, the government must provide the judge with a basis to believe the information proffered is credible — by vouching that the source has been reliable in the past, by corroborating the information offered, or both. If Comey adjudged Steele’s information unverified in June 2017, it had to have been unverified ten months earlier. That’s when the FBI and Justice Department obtained a FISA warrant for Carter Page, who had been loosely described as a Trump campaign adviser.

So even Comey said the same thing that it was unverified and salacious. So either Comey is an honest man with integrity or he’s lying through his teeth.

James McDougal was not in the Clinton administration.

But associated was was closer to the Clinton’s as close as my left thumb to left index finger. So almost the same, he was equally being investigated and sent and died in prison, so we are right back to two and a bunch more.

Another point, which you and the National Review missed: the warrant was to surveil a member of Trump's campaign, not the campaign.

two and a bunch more.

Can you name at least one more of that "bunch more" in the Clinton administration who died? If you have time.

Another point, which you and the National Review missed: the warrant was to surveil a member of Trump's campaign, not the campaign.

Which makes it worse, you just made my point.

Sessions looking shaky.

Swamp time beckons.