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demmiblue

(36,922 posts)
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 03:43 PM Jun 2018

White House aide Steven Cheung leaves communications staff

Source: Politico

As the White House communications department undergoes its snail’s-pace overhaul, another top staffer has left the building.

Special assistant to the president and director of rapid response Steven Cheung’s last day of work was Friday, according to multiple people briefed on his departure. President Donald Trump was abroad along with most of his senior staff, but Cheung's last day still marked a low-key end of an era of sorts: he was one of the last remaining campaign-era Trump aides still working on the White House campus.

Cheung was known as the rare aide in the White House who was often in the room, but kept his head down. Unlike many of his colleagues, he never turned himself into a household name.

“Steven has been a part of Trump world for over 700 days,” said Bryan Lanza, a former Trump campaign aide. “He deserves a gold watch.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/11/white-house-steven-cheung-leaving-636589

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White House aide Steven Cheung leaves communications staff (Original Post) demmiblue Jun 2018 OP
He should have his head examined... Thomas Hurt Jun 2018 #1
Wonder what kind of guarantee he got for not writing a book....? pbmus Jun 2018 #2
Longest-lasting staff member. Two years. Oops, truthisfreedom Jun 2018 #3
Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2018 #4

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. He should have his head examined...
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 03:55 PM
Jun 2018

and given Trump's previous choices of outstanding citizens to work for him, you might want to check his pockets for silverware as he leaves.

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