The White House press corps has become exasperated with the increasingly opaque methods of communications the West Wing employs to deal with reporters, but one senior official has a pretty simple explanation. “Sean got fatter”, Chief Strategist Steve Bannon told an Atlantic reporter when asked why White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has been holding briefings and gaggles off-camera lately. Whether the text was a joke, or if it was an appropriate one if so, the message was quickly criticised by the likes of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton.



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