Steven Cheung has acquired a reputation for his cutting and sometimes brutal verbal attacks on Donald Trump's political rivals.

Steven Cheung, who has served as a top press aide on the Trump campaign for the past two years, will join the incoming administration as White House communications director, President-elect Trump announced Friday.

President-elect Donald Trump has named Steven Cheung as his White House communications director, promoting the campaign spokesman to one of the top communications roles in the White House.