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You are here: Home / 2016 Campaign / The Impossible Job of Speaking for Trump

The Impossible Job of Speaking for Trump

June 20, 2016 at 7:31 am EST By Taegan Goddard 13 Comments

Olivia Nuzzi profiles Donald Trump’s press secretary Hope Hicks, who wouldn’t speak to her but instead referred her to the candidate himself:

I wanted Hicks to help me understand just how all this had come to pass, how a person who’d never worked in politics had nonetheless become the most improbably important operative in this election. But she declined my request to talk. Instead, she arranged something more surreal: I could talk about her with Donald Trump, in front of her.

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Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Donald Trump, Hope Hicks

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