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That role since president trump was elected. it is common practice in washington when the policy and leadership are being questioned to blame the communications staffers. cnn's sara murray joins me now from the white house. sara, the main message had a we're hearing that off the record, on background, is one of frustration. >> reporter: well, that is certainly true, but if you look at the on-the-record message today from sean spicer he says the president's only frustration is with the news media, that the president is pleased with his staff, that the agenda is moving full speed ahead, but, of ...

White house. the communications director michael dubke tendered his resignation on may 18th. no date yet on when he's leaving but it's an important position inside the west wing and we're hearing a lot of talk, a lot of buzz about perhaps a return of some old faces from the campaign. corey lewandowski, david bossi, former deputy campaign manager. they were spotted outside the white house and they've been talked about in terms of being part of this war room rapid response team that's being propped up both inside the white house and among the president's outside supporters. a lot to discuss for ...

White house communications team has officially resigned. kevin corke is live at the white house this morning. tell us about who is leaving. >> when you think about the communications staff of the white house you think of sean spicer or maybe even sarah huckabee sanders. they work for a communication director responsible for messaging outside of the white house. it's mike dubke. he resigned on may 18th. sources telling fox news he will be here at the white house today and will leave on good terms. but this is a reflection others are suggesting of the president's frustration that his administrat...

So as we were discussing, nbc news can now confirm that the communications director mike dubke has resigned. axios first reported that a long-time operative resigned may 18th. he offered to stay through the overseas trip and has continued working at the white house in the interim. peter alexander joins us from the white house. what can you tell us about how this came about? >> reporter: willie, good morning to you. there's been all kinds of talks about changes, specifically in the communications department. initially sean spicer, press secretary, was also communications director. even after th...

This foreign afactory air ffair. though we were talking shakeup before the trip, it's back on, and it's not like dubke woke up this morning and said, hey, i'm out. >> right. the inference is that he is going to train whoever is coming in. based on my reporting, he submitted his letter of resignation on may 18th, before the foreign trip was gei iwas g underway. why did he do it? was it at the request of the president? that remains unanswered at this point in time. we do know that the president is considering some new roles for some people, expanding some profiles here behind the scenes, and he'...