Dan Scavino


Daniel Scavino Jr. is an American political advisor, currently serving as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Director of Social Media. Scavino previously worked as the general manager of Trump National Golf Club Westchester, and the director of social media for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign.

Early life

Scavino was born in New York, the son of Italian immigrants. He was raised in the New York City area. In 1992, Scavino was selected as a caddie for Trump's golf party at Briar Hall Country Club. He graduated from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1998 with a B.A. in Communications.

Career

Scavino worked for a few years at Coca-Cola and Galderma before being promoted to general manager of Trump National Golf Club Westchester.

Trump presidential campaign

Scavino was involved with Donald Trump's presidential campaign since it began in June 2015. In February 2016, Trump appointed Scavino as the campaign's director of social media. Over 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." The 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.

White House

On December 22, 2016, Scavino was announced to be White House Director of Social Media under President Donald Trump.
In April 2017, ethics attorney Richard Painter accused Scavino of violating the Hatch Act of 1939 after Scavino, from his personal Twitter account, had called for defeating Congressman Justin Amash. The United States Office of Special Counsel then informed Scavino that his tweet had indeed violated the Hatch Act and warned that future violations "could result in further action." In May 2019, Politico reported that Scavino frequented the R/The Donald subreddit.
On June 18, 2019, USA Today released an article stating that Scavino is the one who writes Trump's tweets.
To date, Scavino is the longest-serving aide in the Trump Administration.

Personal life

Daniel and Jennifer Scavino were married in 2000; they have two children. His wife filed for divorce in January 2018.