With last week’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey and all the communications chaos that followed, reports have surfaced that President Trump may be pursuing a shakeup among some core members of his team, including oft-embattled press secretary Sean Spicer. It’s somewhat ironic that in the aftermath of a public relations mess largely precipitated and exacerbated by the president himself, Spicer’s handling of this incident may be what ends up severing the ties that bind.

Although the Comey firing, and the process leading up to it, is the latest and most pronounced of the Trump administration’s communicative missteps, it’s not the first instance where Spicer’s been trotted out to do a near-impossible job. And yet despite the degree of difficulty, the clear lack of trust and coordination between the president and his communications staff suggests that changes are sorely needed.