Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer walks into the West Wing on Friday after resigning from his post earlier in the day. To a degree unseen before at the White House lectern, Spicer, 45, became a household name, a constant target for critics and late-night comics. He was lampooned on television and social media as the chief spokesman for a White House that is frequently off message and prone to falsehoods. I can’t thank the president enough.”The dramatic denouement was an appropriate metaphor for a Trump White House that has been defined by backbiting and infighting. “The job as White House press secretary is hard to begin with, but when you’re being undercut by your boss and his senior people are providing false information, that makes it nearly impossible to do the job,” said Jennifer Psaki, who served as White House communications director and State Department press secretary under Obama.

Source: Washington Post July 21, 2017 22:56 UTC