Ex-Fox News Executive Resigns From White House With Trump Angry at Bad Press

(Bloomberg) -- Senior White House aide Bill Shine, a former executive at Fox News, has resigned from his position after eight months amid President Donald Trump’s deepening frustration over negative press coverage of his administration.

Trump had lost confidence in Shine in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, as the White House was battered by public testimony from the president’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the high-profile collapse of a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Shine, the White House deputy chief of staff for communications, spent more than two decades at Fox News, working as a producer and then climbing his way up the ranks of management. He left the network in 2017 after being forced out of his position as co-president.

In announcing the departure, the White House said Shine’s resignation was effective Friday.

The White House said Shine wasn’t ousted from President Donald Trump’s team, and Sanders said he will join the Trump 2020 campaign as a senior adviser.

“We will miss him in the White House, but look forward to working together on the 2020 presidential campaign, where he will be totally involved,” Trump said in a statement. “Thank you to Bill and his wonderful family!”

Shine joins a long line of top Trump communications aides to depart the administration, including former communications directors Hope Hicks and Anthony Scaramucci, as well as former press secretary Sean Spicer.

A New Yorker article published Monday detailed the White House’s close interactions with Fox News and noted that Shine’s arrival last year further cemented the overlap.

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