--- title: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary | TIME description: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday morning after President Donald Trump named former New York hedge fund executive Anthony Scaramucci as his communications director. canonical: https://time.com/video/ueZjrc5e/ og:title: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary og:description: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday morning after President Donald Trump named former New York hedge fund executive Anthony Scaramucci as his communications director. og:url: https://time.com/video/ueZjrc5e/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ueZjrc5e/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary twitter:description: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday morning after President Donald Trump named former New York hedge fund executive Anthony Scaramucci as his communications director. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ueZjrc5e/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary ## Video: Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary [Watch (HLS stream): Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ueZjrc5e.m3u8) (1:03)  _Published 2017-07-21. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday morning after President Donald Trump named former New York hedge fund executive Anthony Scaramucci as his communications director._ --- Jul 27, 2023 10:18 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Sean Spicer Says President Trump Considers His Tweets 'Official' White House Statements](/video/ZyYTeB6W/) ### Sean Spicer Says President Trump Considers His Tweets 'Official' White House Statements [Sean Spicer's Greatest Hits](/video/Fvh1mgxB/) ### Sean Spicer's Greatest Hits [Sean Spicer Comments on Wiretapping Allegations ](/video/Emrptahy/) ### Sean Spicer Comments on Wiretapping Allegations --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Sean Spicer Resigns as White House Press Secretary","description":"White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday morning after President Donald Trump named former New York hedge fund executive Anthony Scaramucci as his communications director.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ueZjrc5e/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-07-21T17:15:37.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ueZjrc5e.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/ueZjrc5e/","duration":"PT1M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/ueZjrc5e/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```