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Ben Ferguson, the conservative commentator and national radio host, is reportedly the name administration insiders are pushing forward as President Donald Trump closes in on a new press secretary. Ferguson hosts The Ben Ferguson Show, a nationally syndicated weekend program, and has spent the past several years serving as a political commentator for CNN. He has also served as an American commentator on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
As per a report shared by Fox News Digital, a source close to the president went on record on Tuesday about the growing momentum behind Ferguson’s name.
“His name has been brought up to the president by many people,” the source shared.
Those same insiders are advocating for a pick that will, in their own words, “break the mold.” The same source also commented on the president’s personal approach to the decision.
“[Trump’s] instincts are to pick a man,” the source shared,
The source also added that “many people have told him that’s a good idea.”
(The publication notes this comes from one unnamed source and has not been confirmed by the president or his office.)
Ferguson has amassed more than a hundred and fifty thousand followers on X, and over twenty-three thousand on Instagram.
The case being made for Ben Ferguson inside the Trump administration:
The press secretary’s podium has sat empty since mid-October. As the search drags on, Ben Ferguson is the name insiders are pushing hardest. Whether the president bites is another matter.
As per a report shared by Fox News, a source close to the president was candid about where things stand.
“POTUS is not sold on the idea. I think it’s safe to say [Ferguson is] pursuing the job, and the president is aware,” the source shared.
Ben Ferguson isn’t alone in contention. Scott Jennings, the conservative CNN contributor known for his regular appearances on Newsnight with Abby Phillip and his prior work in the George W. Bush administration, is also being considered. The same source offered a read on how that one is trending.
“The president keeps going back and forth on Scott Jennings. I don’t think it will happen,” the source shared.
As per a report shared by Fox News, additional names have come up without gaining real traction, among them White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, Breitbart chief Matthew Boyle and Ari Fleischer, who held the same role during Bush’s first term. Several women also made the short list, though two sources who spoke with Fox News Digital both suggested the next pick will likely be a man. That would end a streak of seven consecutive picks.
Every press secretary since Sean Spicer has been a woman. Spicer served from January to June of 2017 and was succeeded by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, now the governor of Arkansas. Inside the administration, the support for Ben Ferguson is vocal. A senior White House official told Fox News Digital that Ferguson shows up where most supporters won’t.
“While many supporters don’t have the courage to take to the fake news, Ben consistently walks into the lion’s den and faces the media bias head on,” the official shared.
(The terms “fake news” and “media bias” are this official’s own framing, presented here as attributed commentary.)
A second official backed that view, noting that both Ben Ferguson and Jennings regularly absorb the kind of hostility on cable news that closely mirrors life behind the White House briefing room podium.
“The president needs a tireless, talented communicator at the podium who’ll relay his success for the nation,” the official added.
Ben Ferguson defends Trump’s business dealings on CNN as panel pushes back over income and investments:
Ben Ferguson had also made headlines for a different reason back in July 2026. Disclosures revealed that Trump’s income surpassed $2.2 billion in 2025, with more than $1.4 billion coming from the family’s cryptocurrency ventures. The New York Times also reported that Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump had become linked to a tungsten mining project in Kazakhstan, with the Trump administration preparing to approve up to $1.6 billion in federal financing.
On NewsNight with Abby Phillip, Ben Ferguson defended the Trump family’s business dealings, saying he “loves it when people succeed” in America. Phillip pressed him on whether he’d have said the same if Hunter Biden had used his father’s name. Ferguson cited Burisma, calling it “massive corruption,” and pointed to Don Jr.’s history with the firearms industry.
(The Burisma framing is Ferguson’s own characterization of a contested matter.)
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His answers drew laughter from Phillip and the panel, including CNN commentator Bakari Sellers, former Biden White House staffer Yemisi Egbewole, and former George W. Bush official Ashley Davis. Sellers had also called out the ethics of a sitting president executing thousands of stock trades while holding regulatory authority over those same companies. The White House, for its part, has maintained that Trump’s investments are handled by outside traders described to CNN as running “computer-based model portfolios.” Sellers was blunt with Ferguson.
“I take hot yoga. I feel like you’re doing a little yoga too, for that pretzel that you got yourself into,” Sellers added.
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