On Wednesday, a report from the White House, which now increasingly resembles the Big Brother House, indicated that Sean Spicer’s days were numbered in his dual role as both the administration’s press secretary and its communications director. Donald Trump, according to CNN, was unhappy with Spicer’s performance, which had recently become the subject of a Saturday Night Live spoof. This news followed another report that Trump was miffed by the spoof itself, allegedly including the fact that Spicer was portrayed by a woman. And this came some days after reports surfaced that Trump didn’t like the way Spicer dressed, either. According to CNN, Trump had begun to accelerate the search for a news communications director, itself an all-consuming job, in order to allow Spicer to grow into his second full-time gig. The story also suggested that the president was feeling some buyer’s remorse. He “regrets it every day and blames [Reince] Priebus,” said a source to CNN.

Unfortunately, Spicer may have to agonize a bit longer. According to a Politico report published Thursday, few Republicans have expressed interest in the most powerful communications job in Washington, and at least two candidates have turned down offers. Sources told Politico that it was largely due to the hesitance among communications professionals to take on a job that Trump wants to micromanage himself, and occasionally undermine with a tweet, while pitting his lieutenants against one another, making it more difficult for anyone to coordinate a unified response. “There is a list of candidates, but I can see why people aren’t interested. It’s a tough job,” said a senior administration official to Politico.

The position was left vacant after Jason Miller, who had been named communications director during the transition, abruptly left in December for personal reasons. This left Spicer running two consequential roles at once. “The communications director job in the White House has always functioned as the strategic planning job, understanding the necessity of building and maintaining public approval for the president’s policies, and when you look at the complete and total chaos emanating from the White House on a number of issues, it’s clear they have no strategic planning function,” Steve Schmidt, the manager of John McCain’s presidential campaign, told Politico.

Less than three weeks into the job, the stress is clearly putting a strain on Spicer, who not only has to serve as Trump’s Baghdad Bob on a day-to-day basis but also take on the overwhelming task of dealing with an endless stream of leaks, a White House that contradicts itself all the time, an increasingly hostile media, and, now, the general scorn of pop culture, all while trying to craft a long-term communications strategy for an untraditional West Wing, and for a president who regularly demonstrates disdain for the Constitution. Only this week, Trump spent considerable time tweeting attacks against judges who ruled against his travel ban, then attacked a senator for telling reporters that his Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch, said that Trump’s feuds with judges were “disheartening,” even though a spokesman for Gorsuch confirmed that the nominee did express that opinion. Hell stretches into infinity.