Sean Spicer, the press secretary to US President Donald Trump, has resigned.<br /><br />The decision came about as Spicer opposed Trump’s appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director, according to NBC.<br /><br />Scaramucci is a New York financier and longtime Trump supporter. <br /><br />Spicer served six months in the president’s administration and took on the responsibilities associated with the communications role in the interim when Mike Dubke resigned from the role in May.<br /><br />The former press secretary caused a media frenzy when he tried to highlight the brutality of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by saying “not even Hitler” used chemical weapons when the Nazis poisoned millions using gas during the Holocaust.<br /><br />Spicer said he “made a mistake” and “screwed up”.<br /><br />Melissa McCarthy memorably mocked Spicer on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.<br />
