WASHINGTON: Sarah Huckabee Sanders was named as the new White House press secretary Friday following the resignation of Sean Spicer, part of a dramatic major shake-up in President Donald Trump´s inner circle.
Anthony Scaramucci, himself named the new White House communications director by Trump, made the formal announcement to reporters.
Spicer quit in opposition to Trump´s appointment of Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and longtime supporter of the billionaire investor-turned-president, a White House official told AFP.
In a brief statement read out by Sanders, a combative Trump said: "We have accomplished so much and (been) given credit for so little."
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