Did you know that for Donald Trump, there exists a woman who is the perfect blend of Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump? That woman is Hope Hicks, the perfect work daughter-wife. Where Melania behaves as if she’s living in the White House under duress, and Ivanka behaves as if she’s always about to throw a tantrum if daddy doesn’t listen to her advice, Hope Hicks has long been Donald Trump’s rock. Hope actually enjoys being around Trump. Hope never tries to change him. She never tries to convince him to be anything other than what he is. Hope Hicks is one of the few people to successfully transition from working under Trump at Trump Tower to being one of his most necessary people in the White House. She functions as his right-hand lady, and she’s often been in the room when he does or says something crazy. She is Trump’s river of calm – always pliant, always quiet and never on the record. If you’d like to read more about her, GQ profiled her last year, during the campaign.
Obviously, there are rumors that Hope Hicks and Trump have been bangin’ this whole time. I don’t know about that, mostly because I suspect that Trump can’t function without help from little blue pills at this point. But in other ways, yes, Hope functions as his work mistress and she fulfills his needs better than Ivanka and Melania. And now she’s going to fill one more position, apparently: White House Communications Director? That’s the exclusive from the Daily Caller:
Hope Hicks will be named the new White House communications director, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. President Trump has offered the job to Hicks and she has accepted the position, according to a White House insider. Hicks has been close by Trump’s side since the early days of the campaign and is one of his most trusted staffers. She has been serving on the press team in more of a behind-the-scenes role as the director of strategic communications.
The communications director position has been open since President Trump fired Anthony Scaramucci in July, just ten days after the Mooch took over the position from former press secretary Sean Spicer. Trump ditched Scaramucci shortly after he decided to bring on Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as his new chief of staff. Hicks did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
True story: Hope Hicks is only 28 years old, which is pretty young for a WH Comm. Director. She also has no history of working in communications, really. Her position at the White House is more like a catch-all – she helps organize Trump’s day, she sits with him when he watches TV, she helps corral staff, she’s Trump’s sounding board. I would argue that she’s dumb as a rock, but I think it’s more like she’s modeled herself as Trump’s perfect employee/wife/daughter – she is everything he likes in a woman, from the way she dresses and styles herself, to her youth and beauty, and the fact that she never gives him any backtalk. All of which makes for a good assistant, and an absolutely terrible Communications Director.
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I definitely have questions about her–her qualifications, the fact that she is the highest paid member of Trump’s staff, was apparently put up in Trump Tower for a period of time etc. Shady.
Her qualifications are irrelevant. Trump is incapable of staying on message so the comms job is as fake as every damn fact that comes out of Trump’s mouth.
She was mentioned bu those golf magazine people as being very rude and abrasive. So those must be her qualifications.
She’s a friend of Princess Nagini. No qualifications required.
Perhaps, she only has to pee on him.
LMAO!
Best. Comment. Ever.
Anyone who can walk next to Steve Bannon without vomiting – let alone with a smile – has major issues.
yep. she’s a repressed republican wet dream, see also: sarah palin’s entire purpose in 2008.
sigh. good voting, evangelicals! way to be!
sorry for a lack of cogent comment based on the nuances of BS that surround this choice and this president in general. it is hard to believe it is only wednesday.
politico has a great piece on her too and by “great” i mean, mega disturbing.
Yeah, pretty and submissive, the Conservative man’s dream. There to look pretty, stroke his ego, but not take the spotlight from him
exactly! just there to say “yes, dear,” and look pretty.
@snowflake
Exactly!!!! How does she look at herself in the mirror? Isn’t it an open secret she’s having an affair with Lewandowski? I can’t see Trump happy about that.
There is zero way she ia 28. She looks nearly 40. Her droopy skin is horrible.
@Mermaid I could be wrong, but my feeling is that the Lewandowski affair claim is a cover for Hope really being Trump’s girlfriend. There is no way he’s been in DC alone all this time. He has also said in interviews that women over 35 are too old for his taste, so Melania is most likely just a figurehead wife, in place for political purposes.
Anything could be possible with this disgusting crew. I’ve heard the same thing. No longer can Republicans claim to be the party of “family values” with this group.
“He has also said in interviews that women over 35 are too old for his taste”
Oh man that means Ivanka’s time is expiring pretty soon.
@kitten
Sad!!!!
😂😂😂
Lol and here is the first piece of stupid news that will only get worse as we progress through another day of hell
For whatever reason I woke up early today. I kept trying to fall back asleep for one reason only… I wanted to delay seeing what fresh hell would be unleashed on us today.
Same here. Every damn day.
Gone are the days when I felt I only needed to tune in for the early AM weather and local news highlights. I now catch the weather just before I flip to the start of Morning Joe, to see what storms are hitting our country in a different way.
Yes! Every morning I wake up and wonder “what has he done now?” And it is always something.
Gross.
Oy Vey
The thought of anyone banging that orange Nazi makes me want to start puking and never stop.
So he’s found the perfect little Stepford for communications. This is probably her big audition for wife position #4. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if he divorced Melania while still in office. What would have once been considered political suicide and unthinkable becomes possible under his reign.
Oh, wow, grabbyhands, now that you mention it… As if she wouldn’t be in like Flynn at such a proposition. Aargh. Please excuse me. I now need to throw up.
I doubt they’re banging; she probably provides a service Trump values way above sex – adoration.
Though it is interesting to see what will make posters on an allegedly feminist site hiss “She’s only getting the job because she’s banging the boss”. Almost everyone hired by this administration has been wildly unqualified… Didn’t hear anyone suggesting these things about the Mooch.
While I don’t think they are having an affair either, I also don’t find it odd at all to wonder if she is “banging the boss” in regard to Hope Hicks specifically.
Trump has not now or ever surrounded himself with women in his business dealings. The only woman who holds a prominent position in his business/administration is his daughter, and only the daughter he’s made several really disgusting sexual comments about. Tiffany is no where to be seen, but then again he and Tiffany don’t have “sex” in common like he’s stated he does with Invanka.
So when a very young, inexperienced and attractive woman (as opposed to inexperienced unattractive men) somehow outlives plenty of other arguably more experienced contestants on Survivor: The White House it’s not hypocritical to wonder or “hiss” that it’s out of character for him unless there is an added sexual layer to his dependence on Hicks as there is with Ivanka.
I’m not likening Hope to this, but the article did make me think of Carolyn Kepcher who managed Trump’s golf properties and appeared next to him on the Apprentice. I remember reading a book by her a while back. In Carolyn’s case though, she had developed extensive professional experience before being raised to a high position.
Wow, you nailed it. He’s all about breaking the rules, so it’s perfect.
Pray for no more Trump spawn.
So the girlfriend got the position of Comm Director.
Lord help her, though the ensuing drama from her (well, anyone) trying to control the White House’s messaging may be entertaining for the general public.
Also, to add, I dislike the rumors of her sleeping with Trump – there had been another rumor that she was sleeping with a former Trump staffer before (Corey Lewendawski, sp?). IMO it seems to arise from the face that she’s young, pretty, and single (?).
OhDear, I wondered about the second part to, but find it hard to understand why she’s the single highest paid member of his staff given her youth and lack of qualifications.
I like the rumours that trump can’t get it up because of the plod pressure medication he takes lol
Well she bullshits Trump and she must be bullshitting about her age. In some angles she looks late 30-s early 40-s.
She totally embodies the perfect Stepford Wife/Republican woman.
Evil ages you as any Disney villain can attest.
She has confused me looks wise as well. It appears she is legit 28, I guess it’s just the heavy handed 80s makeup that ages her. If i didn’t know better I’d think she was a real housewife of Atlanta or some southern city. Sheesh.
In the first photo I’d have guessed she was around 45 (nothing wrong with that!). In the second, I would believe 30. Huh.
Nuthin’ at all wrong with being mid-40s. It’s am amazing age of understanding yourself, knowing what you want, rocking the self-confidence. . . Lying and saying you’re 28, though, that’s a little off. Have we seen a birth certificate?
Woah, Trump got his *alleged* side piece to be upfront and centre? Chile…
I don’t think she’s banging him but I do think this sounds like she’s his ego-fluffer. That’s what he likes to have stroked these days. Might be even worse.
She happens to be sleeping with Corey Lewandowski, who is married.
Please do this, Trump. Put her out front in the hot spotlight. It will end up exposing more of your tawdry, criminal operation. You don’t have many loyalists left to pick from, do you? Go ahead, get her up there at the podium. Can’t wait!
Oh,, Hope, today’s communications include yet another MAGA tweet, an attack on Amazon, another message to North Korea, and a whole lot of commercials for Fox News. You’re not doing a very good job, dear.
Honest question: if you saw a resume cross your desk that reflected experience in the Baby Fists White House, what would you do? I have a feeling quite a few people might want to omit this service from their CVs in the future.
I would ignore it. She is friends with Complicity so it is nepotism (ish).
I would consider that a “doesn’t play well with others” tell and an indication that the necessary level of foundation experience and training just isn’t there and then put the resume in the reject pile.
I keep thinking how does he even fill any position? I sort of (maybe) understood during the campaign. I guess some people are gamblers. But NOW? How do you risk the rest of your career, your reputation and karma knowing what you know? I don’t understand.
And I would throw it out immediately, because that person was too dumb to to omit their WH stint.
I would tell everyone I knew in a position to hire about it, because anyone willing to work in the Trump WH is morally compromised (and likely unskilled as well).
That shit would go right in the shredder, if it was my call.
DC is a different deal. I was a staffer for five years, the first a disaster office. They all understand those jobs and give the young ones a pass. Senior staff would get a side eye.
The end is near. The absolutely can not get new blood to join that cesspool. Good. Let’s push him over the edge and out of the WH as soon as possible.
Let’s see how long it will last. The WH Comms seem to be cursed during this administration.
It’s like the DADA position at Hogwarts, no one last long.
Lyla – I love your comment, and so would JK Rowling!
Comment of the day here.
One thing this administration has done effectively is provided supposed to the white entitlement and affirmative action argument. I’ve never seen so many folks without qualifications appointed to positions of power.
Queuing up fourth wife? I’m sure melania is all “Go for it.”
28?
Why the assumption that she’s dumb as a rock? Complicit, sure, but dumb?
I don’t see anyone saying she’s dumb. Just unqualified.
Up in the text, near the end (not comments)
Shee sits with him while he watches TV. It’s kind of like bringing grandpa his slippers and a cup of tea while indulging him by feigning interest in his favourite game show. She’ll probably start helping him tweet, too.
Sounds like a geisha.
Kellyanne Conway must be devastated about being passed over for Hope. Kellyanne is a huge drump ego fluffer, too. But I guess drump doesn’t like her anymore.
How can anyone in the WH think Hope is qualified beyond the fact that she’s a drump apologist? As far as qualifications, she’s Scaramucci in a dress. From the photo it does look like she gets along with Bannon. Maybe that’s her qualification.
Will she carry on the Mooch and Sanders’ conceit of reading fake letters from children who love the president?
Fwiw, I read an anecdote written by a reporter/editor of Golf magazine. It was the magazine that broke the “White House is a dump” controversy. Hicks was one of the WH staff who called the mag demanding a retraction. The reporter said she was rude and demanding from the getgo. No attempt was made to butter up the magazine. The reporter was surprised by how aggressive and rude she was; I imagine people who want a favour from them would normally ask politely. Not Hicks.
I’d bet the farm that trump likes that approach, which worked in her favour to get the job. But I don’t think we need to worry that the WH is going to get its act together wrt media relations!
Lacia, thank you. I remembered that anecdote too this morning but couldn’t recall where I read it. It happened just a few days ago (my, how time flies when you have a monster in the WH).
You’re right, Hope’s rudeness to the reporter impressed drump and got her this position. However, I’m now reading online that she has been appointed interim communications director while they look for a permanent director.
I thought that situation was about the fake Time magazine cover? Is this a second incident?
Hope spoke by phone to the editor’s of the golf magazine and told them not to print what several people had said that drump complained the WH was a dump. She was extremely rude.
i wanna see her birth certificate
28 my ass
though climbing on top of that orange land fill every night would turn you into dorian grey’s painting
Wonder what poor General Kelly is thinking. Can’t believe he’d be okay with totally unqualified person getting named to very important position. Again, what has our country come to?
After the last few days, Kelly must be planning his exit strategy. This entire farce is beneath him.
And yet working for Trump in two capacities so far was not beneath him. No sympathy here.
Right, I don’t know why people are making Kelly out to be some kind of a saint. He is pro-wall and rabidly anti-Muslim. Nope.
Is anyone else getting Evil Duchess Kate vibes from her?
My first thought was that she kind of looks like a homlier but better fed Kate Middleton l, lol.
Funniest comment on the thread. Evil (but healthy) Waity AHAHAHA
I though about Duchess Kate too, particularly because of the heavy make-up and similar style.
28? Like…born in 1989 28? Homegirl, we all want to lie about our age from time to time but come on….
I cosign this. I need to see the receipts.
She’s a hard-looking 28 in that header photo. Honestly, scared the bejeebus out of me.
Nope, she’s definitely 28. Went to school with her – gorgeous, but incredibly boring and weird.
Was she always so heavy-handed with the makeup?
It’s unusual to see an under-30 professional wear that much these days. I think that is what deceives the eye as to her age.
Wow, what could go wrong? Nothing! Hehe
This piece from Yahoo had some interesting points as well:
17 Theories & Facts About Hope Hicks, Her BIG White House Job & Rumors She’s Actually Donald Trump’s Girlfriend
https://www.yahoo.com/style/17-theories-facts-hope-hicks-051311592.html
It also links to Melania’s rumored boyfriend 😉
I was reading up on how her family/friends have expressed concern that working from the Trump administration will hurt Hope Hick’s credibility and reputation (well no duh!). There is no doubt she could take a page from Kellyanne Conway or Omarosa’s playbook and try to make money as an over-the-top media personality with no shame. But from what I have read about her, she takes herself quite seriously and prefers being low-key.
Taking this job as Comms Director will most certainly torpedo her reputation beyond repair and she will regret going down with this sinking ship later on in life. And from what I have read, she acts like a personal assistant to Trump; there is nothing to indicate she has the experience to do this job well, especially a job with director-level duties. The only thing that will help sustain her longer than other WH senior staffers is her complicity and that she is Trump’s little pet (note: I think she may be his mistress from an emotional standpoint, but I get the impression he probably no longer gets physical).
She looks older than me, and I’m 45. I she banging (throw up in my mouth) the Donald?
OMG, SHE is 28?!?! What working for Trump does to women is unbelievable. Like living with or working next to the devil who sucks their blood out and infuses it into Ivanka while she sleeps in her coffin at night.
LOL!
The Onion did a “Five Things to Know about Hope Hicks.”
https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/897878711026012160
Haha That is funny.
Brilliant!
When this ship comes crashing down hopefully Keri Russell could play her
I wish her well in her new assignment. I hope she might be able to make a change in the White House Communications team. I would rather not believe everything the author has assumed about her. and I hope if she won”t be able to handle it, she will do the honourable thing and resign
She looks old as hell. If you just showed me her picture and ask me to guess her age I would have said easily…..45.