Trump announced Sunday via Truth Social that Will Scharf, currently serving as White House staff secretary, will assume the role of White House counsel effective September 1st. White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles offered warm congratulations to Scharf on X, writing, “Warmest congratulations to Will Scharf as he will soon take the helm as White House Counsel. Conservative commentator Josh Hammer told Fox News Digital during a Monday phone call that Trump “hit a grand slam home run” with the Scharf selection, calling him a “tremendous boon to the White House counsel’s office.”