--- title: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary description: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has resigned in protest after President Trump hired Anthony Scaramucci as communications director canonical: https://time.com/4868546/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-21T16:08:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T05:32:06.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary og:description: He resigned in protest after Trump hired Anthony Scaramucci as communications director og:url: https://time.com/4868546/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1062b456e17b8c9/6988cafd97cdff40376b074f/170427-sean-spicer-press-secretary-401k-tax.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: 170427-sean-spicer-press-secretary-401k-tax og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary twitter:description: He resigned in protest after Trump hired Anthony Scaramucci as communications director twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1062b456e17b8c9/6988cafd97cdff40376b074f/170427-sean-spicer-press-secretary-401k-tax.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:32 AM UTCPublished: Jul 21, 2017 4:08 PM UTC  White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a member of the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a member of the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in WashingtonAndrew Harnik—AP by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:32 AM UTCPublished: Jul 21, 2017 4:08 PM UTC [White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer](http://time.com/4824455/sean-spicer-white-house-press-secretary/) abruptly resigned Friday morning after President Donald Trump named former New York hedge fund executive [Anthony Scaramucci](http://time.com/4868132/anthony-scaramucci-white-house-communications-director/) as his communications director. Spicer, who had stepped back from most day-to-day press briefings in expectation of taking on a larger role in overseeing the communications shop, viewed his role diminished by Scaramucci’s hire and resigned. Scaramucci’s appointment was opposed by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, chief strategist Steve Bannon, and others in Trump’s inner circle, but Trump was adamant about bringing Scaramucci, the founder of SkyBridge Capital, into the West Wing. Scaramucci, a vocal supporter of Trump’s and frequent defender on cable news and Twitter, had been eyed for several West Wing and administration positions. Political infighting and time-consuming ethics reviews of his financial holdings meant he was unable to fill a role in the White House Office of Public Liaison. But he has lobbied Trump and others for another West Wing role for months. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was named new Press Secretary, delivered a statement from Trump on Spicer’s resignation. “I am grateful for Sean’s work on behalf of my administration and the American people,” Trump’s statement read. “I wish him continued success as he moves on to pursue new opportunities. just look at his great television ratings.” The announcement was delivered by Priebus to White House communications staffers just before noon Friday in an all-hands meeting in Spicer’s office. The communications director position had been vacant for nearly two months after the May departure of Mike Dubke. For the last month, Sacaramucci served as senior vice president and chief strategy officer at the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Spicer [said](https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/888454528550490114) Friday afternoon that he will “continue my service through August.” > [](https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/888454528550490114) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4868546/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4868546/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary","datePublished":"2017-07-21T16:08:48.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T05:32:06.000Z","description":"He resigned in protest after Trump hired Anthony Scaramucci as communications director","url":"https://time.com/4868546/sean-spicer-resigns-anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1062b456e17b8c9/6988cafd97cdff40376b074f/170427-sean-spicer-press-secretary-401k-tax.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1062b456e17b8c9/6988cafd97cdff40376b074f/170427-sean-spicer-press-secretary-401k-tax.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170427-sean-spicer-press-secretary-401k-tax","caption":"White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a member of the media during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2017. 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