"I am right here", a smiling Spicer said.
Trump officials approached Laura Ingraham, a conservative talk-radio host and friend of the president; Geoff Morrell, who served as the Pentagon press secretary for more than four years under former Defense Secretary Robert Gates; and Scott Reed, the senior political strategist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, among others. "We have been meeting with potential people that may be of service to this administration, I don't think that should come as any surprise".
"The president has said he will make an announcement on this, I expect it this week, and so when he's ready to make the announcement, I'll let you know", Spicer said.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer takes a question at a press briefing at the White House on June 20, 2017.
That's what Spicer claimed Tuesday afternoon during the first on-camera press briefing in over a week. The press secretary has reportedly already undergone one sartorial makeover to please the commander-in-chief - a workout regimen could be the next employment requirement.
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"Some of my longest briefings were on days when the news was not good for the Obama administration and part of that was because I wanted to make clear that the White House wasn't scared to make our case", Earnest said.
There was a time when White House reporters did their work and didn't cry like little babies.
Spicer's controversial comments and other responses such as the firing of former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey led to criticism and doubt that the Trump administration is credible due to the fluctuating statements the Trump officials have been giving. When Papa Bannon was asked why White House press briefings were being held off camera, a move that is so ridiculous, I can't even explain it, Papa Bannon replied, "Sean got fatter".
The reporter who asked Spicer the question - Trey Yingst of One America News - wasn't satisfied with that response, and sought clarification. But representatives of Trump's team have offered a myriad of other excuses for their policies, including attacking the media as an opposition party. "And can you also tell us why he would feel that way after holding a press conference in the Rose Garden supporting the House version of the health care bill?" Trump has at times cast doubt on that conclusion, and Spicer said Tuesday that he has yet to discuss with the president whether he believes that Moscow was behind the election interference.
He also became a staple character parroted by Melissa McCarthy at the "Saturday Night Live" show just like the president is imitated by actor Alec Baldwin. Inside the White House now: the most media-savvy president in history, Donald Trump.
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