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The U.S President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving her post in the White House and heading back to her home state of Arkansas. The president admired his outgoing press secretary in tweets. He said she runs for the governor’s mansion when she returns home. Trump wrote in his tweet, “After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas”. He added, “She is a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job! I hope she decides to run for Governor of Arkansas, she would be fantastic. Sarah, thank you for a job well done”!

The outgoing White House press secretary has become one of the most prominent faces of the Trump administration since taking over as Trump’s 2^nd press secretary in July 2017. She reshaped the way the White House interacts with the press that covers it. Sanders essentially oversaw the cancellation of the daily White House press briefings during her tenure. She was frequently criticized by the press for what has been perceived as a hostile approach to the White House press corps and media that covers the president.

CNN also reported that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is running for the governorship of Arkansas. It might be more than just an afterthought of the U.S President. It was also said that Sanders had discussed regarding that effort in recent weeks. She said that she believes it would be a better career move than taking up a highly paid position in television, as other former Trump aides have done. Sanders would likely need to wait a couple of years because the current governor of the state, Asa Hutchinson recently won re-election in the month of November 2018. So, the governor’s office will not be vacant until after the 2022 election.