China News Service, Washington, April 7 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) First Lady of the United States Melania Trump announced on the 7th that White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham (Stephanie Grisham) will return to the East Wing of the White House, full-time Acted as Chief of Staff and Spokesperson for the First Lady.
Melania said in a statement that she welcomes Grisham to return to the team with a new role and believes that she will perform well in the position of Chief of Staff of the First Lady.
Grisham succeeded Sara Sanders in June last year and served as the White House press secretary as the spokesman of the First Lady. In addition to expressing his position in a written statement or email and accepting interviews with a few television stations, Grisham acted in a low-key manner and rarely confronted the media directly at the White House.
In more than 9 months as the "Chief Spokesperson" of the White House, Grisham has never hosted a routine press conference. With the spread of the new crown epidemic in the United States, the White House began intensively launching epidemic briefings from the end of February. She also rarely accompanied President Trump in the White House briefing room.
Grisham, 43, is one of the few members of the Trump campaign still in the White House. Prior to that, she operated a public relations company in Arizona and served as a press spokesperson for the state's state attorney general and state speaker. In 2017, after Trump took office, she briefly served as deputy to the first White House press secretary Spicer.
Grisham is Trump's third spokesperson. In her statement, she said that she was honored to serve both the President and the First Lady. "My successor will be announced in the next few days. During this time, I will stay in the West Wing of the White House to assist the team in a smooth transition."
On March 6, Trump announced that Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina would serve as White House Chief of Staff. The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) said that the White House's personnel changes began to brew after Meadows arrived. During this period, the US government was busy responding to the new crown epidemic situation and public criticism of the slow epidemic prevention work.
The New York Times quoted sources as saying that the 31-year-old Trump campaign spokesman McNee may succeed Grisham. In addition, Meadows also intends to let Pentagon spokeswoman Farah also join the White House press team. (Finish)