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WASHINGTON — Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned Friday after telling President Trump he vehemently disagreed with his appointment of Anthony Scaramucci, a New York financier, as his new communications director. After offering Mr. Scaramucci the job on Friday morning, Mr. Trump asked Mr. Spicer to stay on as press secretary, reporting to Mr. Scaramucci. But Mr. Spicer rejected the offer, expressing his belief that Mr.

Sean Spicer resigned from the position. The promotion for Sanders, who was previously principal deputy press secretary, was announced at the afternoon's press briefing by new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci.

White House press secretary Donald Trump's spokesman, during which he became one of the most well-known presidential representatives. From his first appearance in the James S.

"Hack politician.” “I don’t like the way he talks about women.” No, these weren’t the musings of Donald Trump -– they were remarks about Trump when he was a candidate from Anthony Scaramucci, his newly minted communications director. Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and now staunch Trump defender, was tapped Friday to replace Trump’s former communications director Mike Dubke, who served only three months in the job. But in 2015, during an appearance on Fox Business, Scaramucci lashed out at Trump in respo

George Bush's domestic surveillance program.

Sean Spicer is feeling "relieved" in the wake of his resignation as the White House press secretary, he told ABC News Friday afternoon. When asked how he's feeling, he said: "How do I look like I'm feeling? Relieved." The reason for his departure? "Organizationally, they need to get a fresh start," he told ABC News' Senior White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega. Spicer, 45, confirmed that President Donald Trump asked him to stay on. It's no secret in the White House that Spicer’s departure was in the works.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Hours after offering his resignation, President Trump’s outgoing press secretary, Sean Spicer, assailed the news media for “bias” and said some comedy at his expense has been “mean,” as he appeared on Sean Hannity’s nightly Fox News show on Friday. Spicer said the average American would be shocked by the ways in which news organizations in the “Washington, D.C., media bubble” select stories to tell and stories to ignore.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories The shake-up comes as President Trump is suffering from dismal approval ratings and struggling to advance his agenda.  As of Friday, you can find him in the West Wing, but Anthony Scaramucci spent his formative years in the Boston area.

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