Hope Springs Eternal: WH Officials Try To Pull Hicks Back In For 2020

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: President Donald J. Trump waves beside White House Communications Director Hope Hicks as he walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One to depart from the South Lawn of the White House o... WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: President Donald J. Trump waves beside White House Communications Director Hope Hicks as he walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One to depart from the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday, March 29, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Former White House communications director Hope Hicks’ impromptu ride on Air Force One Saturday got observers buzzing that she may jump back into the fray — a speculation that seems to be the greatest hope of some administration officials.

According to a Thursday Politico report, White House officials have a real desire to get Hicks back on the scene for 2020.

“I think a lot of people would love to see her involved,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told Politico. “She is incredibly smart, talented, and she gets the President. It would be a win across the board for the president if she was involved in any capacity.”

Per Politico sources, Hicks is open to the possibility.

Since her departure in March, Hicks still retains a place of honor within the first family and administration, reportedly taking time to dine with both Sanders and Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump before the Air Force One trip.

However, she left the administration in a time of particular turmoil, after being called to interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller — and admitting that she’d told “white lies” on behalf of the President — and the public revelation of her relationship with staff secretary Robert Porter, who was finally booted from the White House months after initial accusations of domestic abuse from his ex-wives.

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  1. Two things here:

    1. Some people never learn (or are gluttons for punishment)
    2. She is probably having a hard time finding a job that rewards her for lying – or requires the ability to steam the boss’s pants while he’s wearing them…
  2. “She is incredibly smart, talented, and she gets the President.”

    “Plus that death-wish of hers is thrilling and can’t be beat.”

  3. back on the scene for 2020.

    The only scene she’ll be on is visiting hours. She’ll be bringing the chocolate cake with the file in it.

  4. WH is the only house that brings the trash in rather than taking it out.

  5. Donnie Two Scoops misses his Trump Whisperer.

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