Scott Jennings has spent years sparring with the Left and the media as a CNN commentator, developing a combative highlight reel that could have him prepared for the White House briefing room should he leave his lucrative cable news network contract to become President Donald Trump’s next press secretary.

Jennings’s defenses of Trump on CNN, where he has worked since 2017, could be a preview of his approach to an oft-hostile White House press corps should he become the president’s top spokesman.