Dan Scavino
| Dan Scavino | |
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| White House Director of Social Media | |
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Assumed office January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 (age 40–41) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | State University of New York at Plattsburgh (BA) |
Daniel Scavino Jr. (born 1976) is the White House Director of Social Media under President Donald Trump. His appointment was announced on December 22, 2016. Previously he was the general manager of Trump National Golf Club Westchester and the director of social media of Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016.
In 1990, Scavino was selected caddie for Trump's golf party at Briar Hall Country Club (later renamed Trump National Golf Club Westchester). He graduated from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1998 with a B.A. in communications. Scavino worked a few years at Coca-Cola Enterprises and Galderma Laboratories before being promoted to general manager of Trump National Golf Club Westchester.
Scavino started with Trump from the very beginning, in June 2015. In October 2016, Trump appointed Scavino as director of social media for his presidential campaign. Scavino traveled for 18 months with the President, managing Trump's Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram social media platforms. In addition, Scavino managed his social platforms after creating the Trump train. Over the July 4, 2016 weekend, controversy arose when Trump's Twitter account posted an image selected by Scavino of Hillary Clinton with a text in the shape of a Star of David calling her the "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever"; said image had originally appeared on an anti-Semitic, white supremacist message board. Trump's team defended its use saying that the star was a "sheriff's badge", before eventually deleting it and posting a new picture with a circle replacing the star.
On December 22, 2016 Scavino was announced to be White House Director of Social Media under President Donald Trump.
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