Trump’s most trusted aide quits
WASHINGTON— Hope Hicks, one of Donald Trump’s longestserving aides and perhaps his most trusted confidante, on Wednesday announced her resignation in the latest of a string of departures from the White House. The 29-year-old former model and public relations operative was initially spokesperson for Trump’s campaign before joining him in the White House as a communications director in September 2017. While she cut a discreet figure in the White House—refusing all interviews—the former adviser to Ivanka Trump was known for her close relationship with the president’s family and as a keen defender of his image. She was well known to have the ear of the president.