New details about Hope Hicks' White House departure

[smilesammich 10,727]

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On the day Hope Hicks announced she would be leaving her post as White House communications director, she was "a puddle of tears" during the White House communications meeting Wednesday, according to one eyewitness. President Trump was angered by Hicks' testimony before the House Intelligence Committee -- angered by the fact that she admitted to the panel over the course of nine hours of testimony that she told "white lies" on his behalf. It is doubtful that this would have caused her to resign. 

Mr. Trump yelled at her frequently during his first year in office. But his outbursts did not faze her, and in fact, she often withstood his rages in order to protect others in the White House communications shop. She always knew that she could endure it, and that he could never stay mad at her for long. Senior staffers would consult with Hicks on how to anticipate the president's reaction on tough subjects they had to raise with him.

According to two knowledgeable sources, there is a leading candidate to replace Hicks -- Mercedes Schlapp, who is currently the head of strategic communications for the White House.

Several sources tell CBS that in addition to her House Intel testimony, it's believed that Hicks succumbed to renewed pressure related to the Rob Porter situation. She had been dating the White House staff secretary during the period when it was revealed that allegations that he had abused his two ex-wives were standing in this way of his permanent security clearance. 

There's also the perception that White House chief of staff John Kelly is moving against those closely aligned with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Kushner was forced to give up access to the most classified information over the delay in his own permanent security clearance.

As Major Garrett reported on "CBS This Morning" Wednesday, Kelly's security clearance spat with Kushner is part of this power play. Hicks' departure and the Kushner-Kelly security skirmish are seen by Garrett's sources as "two wins in one week" for Kelly. Reed Cordish's departure from the Office of American Innovation -- which was run by Kushner -- would also fall into this category. So would the departure of Josh Raffel. All were loyalists of Kushner and Ivanka Trump. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hope-hicks-departure-white-house/

i think she had to leave for the white lie comment, a crack in the facade trump can't tolerate. she might have been thinking about leaving, but i think that comment left her with no choice.

 

where's jacques? nobody around to post the good stuff..

[Dashinka 24,497]

7 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

i think she had to leave for the white lie comment, a crack in the facade trump can't tolerate. she might have been thinking about leaving, but i think that comment left her with no choice.

 

where's jacques? nobody around to post the good stuff..

Seems you are doing just fine.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

11 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

i think she had to leave for the white lie comment, a crack in the facade trump can't tolerate. she might have been thinking about leaving, but i think that comment left her with no choice.

 

where's jacques? nobody around to post the good stuff..

She  might have been thinking about leaving since her boy toy left and this was a reason why.

 

Why did Jacque leave?

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 minute ago, cyberfx1024 said:

She  might have been thinking about leaving since her boy toy left and this was a reason why.

 

Why did Jacque leave?

from what i read she'd been thinking about it before even that broke out.

 

i don't know, just haven't seen jacque around. 

[cyclone27 710]

Rob Porter thing is what pushed her out. 

[smilesammich 10,727]

Just now, cyclone27 said:

Rob Porter thing is what pushed her out. 

why do you think that? 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

Just now, smilesammich said:

why do you think that? 

Really? I think the position was not what she signed up for and the only thing that was keeping her around was her boy toy. Once he left then she was looking for a reason to leave. It's pretty straight forward and simple.

[cyclone27 710]

2 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

why do you think that? 

Well you are in a relationship with a dubious character (Rob Porter) and looks like you are accepting of it.

 

The optics doesn’t look good.

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 minute ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Really? I think the position was not what she signed up for and the only thing that was keeping her around was her boy toy. Once he left then she was looking for a reason to leave. It's pretty straight forward and simple.

i just think it's a bit presumptuous to assume that the only thing keeping her in her white house communications director job (pretty big deal, considering her experience level and age) was a boyfriend. do men often stay in jobs or leave jobs because of a girlfriend? i've not known anyone to do such a thing. people don't often make career decisions based on things as trivial as that.

1 minute ago, cyclone27 said:

Well you are in a relationship with a dubious character (Rob Porter) and looks like you are accepting of it.

 

The optics doesn’t look good.

yeah i don't think that's it.

[yuna628 9,676]

There's some rumors and rumblings as to why she joined the masses abandoning ship. But we'll have to wait and see.

Remember she wasn't just fooling around with Porter at some point.

[charmander 692]

I think she's got an offer from private sector with a much better paycheck than what she's making now ($179K).

[cyclone27 710]

Less work and less stress.  Working in the whitehouse burns you out very quickly.

[-Trinity- 513]

8 hours ago, smilesammich said:

i think she had to leave for the white lie comment, a crack in the facade trump can't tolerate. she might have been thinking about leaving, but i think that comment left her with no choice.

 

where's jacques? nobody around to post the good stuff..

Has it always been like this in America's politics? People getting fired, or leaving on a weekly base? I'm curious, cause every week someone is leaving, or gets fired.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

9 hours ago, smilesammich said:

 

where's jacques? nobody around to post the good stuff..

 

I’m guessing Exiled On Main Street. 

[smilesammich 10,727]

52 minutes ago, -Trinity- said:

Has it always been like this in America's politics? People getting fired, or leaving on a weekly base? I'm curious, cause every week someone is leaving, or gets fired.

not at all.