President Trump said that he was considering four or five people to replace White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who also got his official endorsement if she decides to run for office.
“Replacing Sarah is not going to be easy … a lot of people want the job,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with The Hill.tv. “We have four or five people that really want it, very good people, very good names but Sarah has done a fantastic job.”
“She’ll be governor,” he joked to interviewers Saagar Enjeti and Jordan Fabian in the Oval Office. “She won’t talk to us anymore.”
“We have four or five people that really want it, very good people, very good names but Sarah has done a fantastic job … she’ll be governor. She won’t talk to us anymore.” https://t.co/JNJ3gc4ma8
— The Hill (@thehill) June 25, 2019
“He’ll move on,” Sanders interjected, adding she would never stop talking to him.
Trump continued by saying, “If she runs for governor she would have my endorsement. I don’t know that she’s gonna run, but I think she should. She’s very popular.”
Trump announced Sanders’ decision to step down as press secretary earlier this month.
Immediately following the announcement, Trump said, “If we could get her to run for governor of Arkansas, I think she’ll do very well. I’m trying to get her to do that.”
Sanders will officially leave the White House at the end of the month after serving for two years as White House press secretary.
