White House Reporters Fear a Return of Fire and Fury

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming press secretary will start work without one of the traditional trappings of the job: the spacious, high-ceilinged office in the West Wing located steps from the Oval Office .

Frida Ghitis : On eve of Trump ’s second term, they’re bracing not just for his usual rhetorical lashings but for much worse.

She asks: Will Trump throw disfavored reporters out of the White House briefing room? Suspend daily press briefings? Ditch the presidential press pool? Will he continue to sue news organizations?.

The most dangerous figure of all may be Kash Patel , Trump ’s nominee to head the FBI , potentially turning rhetoric into reality.

For all his fulminations against the media, of course, Trump has a parallel record of courting it, craving its attention, and using it for his own ends.

Some journalists optimistically suggest that he will need the megaphone of the press corps more than ever.

Leavitt will be the fifth person to hold the job.

Trump likes to act as his own spokesman, and his press secretaries typically don’t last long.

One of his appointees, Stephanie Grisham , never conducted a press briefing after Trump peevishly decided to suspend them for over a year .