--- title: See the Moment Hope Hicks Says Goodbye to Donald Trump description: President Donald Trump said goodbye to outgoing communications director Hope Hicks on Thursday, her last day in the White House. canonical: https://time.com/5220721/hope-hicks-leaving-white-house/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-29T16:39:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T19:49:18.843Z article:section: Politics og:title: See the Moment Hope Hicks Says Goodbye to President Trump og:description: She's one of his most trusted aides og:url: https://time.com/5220721/hope-hicks-leaving-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ea2ba0c32ad9535/69892c594ee262ebbb311598/hope-hicks.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2555 og:image:height: 1437 og:image:alt: President Trump Departs White House For Ohio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Moment Hope Hicks Says Goodbye to President Trump twitter:description: She's one of his most trusted aides twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ea2ba0c32ad9535/69892c594ee262ebbb311598/hope-hicks.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Moment Hope Hicks Said Goodbye to President Trump at the White House > Sponsored content. 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Mar 29, 2018 4:39 PM UTC President Donald Trump bid farewell to Hope Hicks, his outgoing communications director and one of his closest confidantes on Thursday, roughly a month after she [announced she would resign](http://time.com/5180078/hope-hicks-resigning/). Photos show Hicks — one of Trump’s longest-serving and most trusted aides — saying goodbye to her boss and posing for photos shortly before he boarded Marine One en route to an appearance in Ohio and, later, Florida. Trump pointed to Hicks, 29, and waved to cameras before boarding Marine One, according to a White House pool report. > [](https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/979384738443153408) > [](https://twitter.com/Jordanfabian/status/979387636107407360) Wednesday was Hicks’ [last official day at the White House](http://time.com/5180300/hope-hicks-resigning-donald-trump/), though she is likely to remain in Trump’s orbit in some capacity. Trump has not yet announced a replacement for the Hicks, who was his fourth communications director in 14 months. > [](https://twitter.com/swin24/status/979392054680850432) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5220721/hope-hicks-leaving-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5220721/hope-hicks-leaving-white-house/"},"headline":"See the Moment Hope Hicks Said Goodbye to President Trump at the White House","datePublished":"2018-03-29T16:39:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:49:18.843Z","description":"It's her last day in the White House","url":"https://time.com/5220721/hope-hicks-leaving-white-house/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ea2ba0c32ad9535/69892c594ee262ebbb311598/hope-hicks.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ea2ba0c32ad9535/69892c594ee262ebbb311598/hope-hicks.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Departs White House For Ohio","caption":"President Trump Departs White House For Ohio","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5220721/hope-hicks-leaving-white-house/","name":"See the Moment Hope Hicks Said Goodbye to President Trump at the White House"}}]}] ```