Hicks departed the administration on her own terms and was given a gracious goodbye by Trump outside the Oval Office in view of reporters. The Thursday exit of the president’s most trusted aide, coming one day after yet another Cabinet departure, highlights continuing uncertainty among Trump aides and White House staff about who might be the next to go. White House officials are apprehensive about Hicks’ departure, given her unrivalled position in the president’s orbit. Aides joke he is his own communications director, who upends carefully laid plans with a tweet or digression. White House ethics officials, directed by Kelly, have warned Carson, Pruitt and others that further negative attention could change the dynamic and send them packing.

Source: thestar March 30, 2018 15:11 UTC