Now Starring in the West Wing: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Now Starring in the West Wing: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUMAUG. 8, 2017
WASHINGTON — Pickle did not go as planned.
When Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the newly minted White House press secretary, began her first official briefing by reading a child’s letter to President Trump — “Everybody calls me Pickle, I’m 9 years old, and you’re my favorite president” — the backlash was swift.
Reporters called it a transparent attempt to distract from numerous scandals roiling the White House. Theories surfaced that Mr. Trump, who once impersonated his own spokesman, had written the missive himself. (He didn’t.)
READ MORE: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/busines...
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUMAUG. 8, 2017
WASHINGTON — Pickle did not go as planned.
When Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the newly minted White House press secretary, began her first official briefing by reading a child’s letter to President Trump — “Everybody calls me Pickle, I’m 9 years old, and you’re my favorite president” — the backlash was swift.
Reporters called it a transparent attempt to distract from numerous scandals roiling the White House. Theories surfaced that Mr. Trump, who once impersonated his own spokesman, had written the missive himself. (He didn’t.)
READ MORE: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/busines...
