Mike Dubke, an experienced Republican strategist, was hired in March to revamp the White House media strategy.
As
part of the shake-up, White House press secretary Sean Spicer will
reportedly hold on to his position, but there will be fewer media
briefings.
The reshuffle follows reports of disarray in the White House communications team.
Mr
Dubke tendered his resignation on 18 May and is leaving on good terms,
according to Axios News, a politics website which first reported his
exit.
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Mr Dubke had agreed to stay
on until Mr Trump returned from his overseas trip to the Middle East
and Europe on Saturday.
"He has expressed his desire to
leave the White House and made very clear that he would see through the
president's international trip," she told Fox News.
According to news website Politico, Mr Dubke, 47, provided few details on his departure in an email to friends.
"The
reasons for my departure are personal," he wrote, "but it has been my
great honor to serve President Trump and this administration.
"It
has also been my distinct pleasure to work side-by-side, day-by-day with
the staff of the communications and press departments.
"This White House is filled with some of the finest and hardest working men and women in the American Government."
BBC North America Reporter Anthony Zurcher
Mike
Dubke was an outsider hired to bring focus and discipline to the Trump
White House communications operation. After just three months on the
job, he's back on the outside again.
In the vast scheme of things,
whether Dubke willingly quit or was forced to resign isn't all that
important.
Despite his title, it's difficult to gauge how much influence
he ever had with the president.
What's worth noting is that the
first change in what could be a larger White House shake-up has come in
the communications department, with rumours of further reorganisation
imminent.
This lends credence to earlier reports that the
president views his administration's ongoing difficulties as a messaging
problem, and not one of policies or management.
If that's the case, it appears the new message will be delivered with bare knuckles.
Old
campaign hands, like the pugnacious Corey Lewandowski, are being
considered for White House jobs and the president could be hitting the
road for more unscripted big-venue rallies with his supporters.
It
would mark a return to the campaign tactics that won Mr Trump the
presidency - where every stumble or controversy was countered
aggressively, political decorum and tradition be damned.
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