United States: Donald Trump's Director Of Communications Resigns

The resignation of Donald Trump's communications director could bode well for radical changes in the White House team.

In the United States, White House communications director Mike Dubke handed in his resignation to President Donald Trump. A resignation three months after his recruitment, which could augur a large reshuffle within the White House, splashed by the Kremlin's interference affairs and the presumed collusion of the Trump team with Russia.

"  It has been a great honor to have been at the service of President Trump and his administration," said Mike Dubke, Director of Communications for President Donald Trump, without giving further details as to why he left.

Mike Dubke, who has been in office for three months, resigned on May 18, according to Axios News, the first media to report. He had however decided to remain in office until the end of Trump 's first official visit abroad, which ended Saturday, according to the news site.

This resignation illustrates the communication difficulties of the Trump administration, especially since the press revelations about alleged links between the Donald Trump campaign team and Russia, accentuated after the dismissal of James Comey, director of the FBI, On 9 May.

Wind of Change

For Corentin Sellin, associate professor of history, specialist of the United States and moderator of the blog Once upon a time in America, the "  expected  " resignation of this media consultant "  rather close to the traditional wing of the Republicans  " could be the first Change of a vast reshuffle.

"Since the return of Trump, the White House has been rumored about a palace revolution that would dismiss much of the White House members to bring in the elders of the countryside, the faithful,  " said the researcher, who prefigures according to him "  A tightening, or even perhaps a "bunkerisation" of the White House which is at this moment beset by the investigations on Russia.  "

Pressure of Investigations

Corinne Sellin considers that the American president, dissatisfied with his team and the management of communication, wants to "  take things in hand by relying on the faithful, the elders of the campaign.  "A strategy that is explained by the pressure that intensifies on the White House.

"The Senate Intelligence Commission has been asking for the first time all the Trump campaign documents from the beginning," says the historian. And besides, Jared Kushner is now a priority target of the FBI investigation and therefore the pressure gets stronger on Trump. This explains the upheaval. "

However, the researcher believes that this reshuffle may be more complex than expected. "  When he is dissatisfied, he immediately changes the staff. But it will take time because there are fewer and fewer applicants. And it is for that reason that it belongs to those who were with him at the beginning, that handful of people who believed in him. According to him, fidelity avoids leaks. And his obsession now is to avoid leaks, especially to investigations on Russia. "