Spicer Won't Comment on His White House Future

There has been speculation for weeks over whether Spicer would hand over the press secretary reins, as Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has filled in for him numerous times.

Acosta then linked Monday's off-camera press briefing to Trump's reluctance to hold press conferences - he's held a handful of brief joint press conferences with foreign leaders but only one on his own since becoming president in January.

Like his other rallies, Trump's event Wednesday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will be attended by thousands of his fans - an audience screened and selected by his re-election campaign. "Evidently he gets angry when you don't". "You get attack but no justification", she said.

Meanwhile, press briefings are taking on an increasingly diminished role. Ten of those ran more than an hour, NBC found.

Among the stronger stands, CNN's Jim Acosta declared Spicer to be "kind of useless" and bravely tweeted a photo of the ugly anchor socks he was wearing to drive home his point.

"That's the White House behind me, the White House".

Speaking at his first on-camera press briefing for more than a week, Spicer responded: 'I have not sat down and talked with him about that specific thing.

Trump also told a luncheon of GOP senators last week that the House's version of the American Health Care Act was "mean". This Monday, Spicer announced that reporters will not even be allowed to record any audio clips of the briefings.

According to The Washington Post, the White House has not officially confirmed Spicer's departure nor has it publicly indicated whether or not he is directly involved in the search for new communications team hires.

During his first on-camera press briefing in over a week, the press secretary did not answer a question about whether Trump believed the Russians interfered in the U.S. election, saying he hadn't spoken with Trump about the topic.

Ainsley Earhardt noted that the press secretary has to be "tough as nails", asking if Ingraham would be intimidated by the role.

Smiling, he replied, "I'm right here".