The Trump White House is a place where turmoil never ends

The Trump show has lost a star player — and it leaves the president a more isolated figure in a stretch that's likely to get significantly more intense. Hope Hicks will be remembered for her youth in a top White House job, for her service to Donald Trump dating back to before he was a candidate, for admitting to white lies, and for being a communications director who rarely communicated directly with the public. But inside the Trump White House, she was known as a loyalist who had the president's complete trust, and someone who managed to engender the trust of those who worked for her as well. That's a vanishing breed. Just hours before Hicks announced her intention to resign, Trump ratcheted up his criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions — among the first political figures to support his candidacy — by labeling his conduct “DISGRACEFUL!” in a tweet. Rob Porter was famously ousted as staff secretary under scandalous circumstances, and chief of staff John Kelly has been on thin ice with Trump since at least then. The president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, lost his top-level security clearances, and may not be long for his job in the White House. Trump values trust and loyalty. He may be looking a little harder to find it going forward.

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