White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer warned Republican donors not to bet against Trump because he 'wins every time' on Thursday night.

The embattled White House official was the 'special guest' a fundraiser yesterday evening for the Republican Party of Virginia at Trump golf course near Washington.

'The biggest bet that he has is on this country and our people, and they're going to win. Our country is going to win. Our businesses are going to win, because that's the bet that he has on us now,' Spicer said, according to The Washington Examiner.

Spicer did not address the elephant in the room, the report said - the diminished role he is expected to have at the White House after the president's trip that will see him hold fewer on camera press briefings.

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Press Secretary Sean Spicer watches his boss, President Donald Trump, address reporters today alongside Colombia's president. Spicer is expected to play a less visible role in the White House once Trump returns from his first foreign trip

A source told DailyMail.com Thursday that Spicer isn't being fired, but he'll do less of the talking.

The Republican insider pointed to Trump's news conference Thursday afternoon, his first since he fired James Comey, as an example of the president 'taking back the handling of his message personally.'

'Sean's not leaving as press secretary, but that they are shaking up the briefings to scale them back,' said a prominent D.C. Republican with close ties to the administration.

Spicer was at the news conference, perched near the first row of press. Later, he appeared at the fundraiser in Sterling, Virginia, at Trump National Golf Course.

He told a crowd of 75 people or so that 'President Trump has shown us in the last 100-plus days is when Republicans are in office, they get things done.'

Reading through a list of actions the administration routinely promotes as accomplishments, such as the appointment of Judge Neil Gorsuch, Spicer said, 'The interesting thing about President Trump is when you look at his record, he's someone you don't want to bet against. He wins every time.'

'[The media doesn't] understand that the people who surround this president in business are the kind of people that he's surrounded himself with now — quality people who care about putting out a quality product, that care about people, that care about service,' the White House official at one point said, per The Examiner.

The embattled White House official was the 'special guest' a fundraiser yesterday evening for the Republican Party of Virginia at Trump golf course near Washington

Spicer, his deputy, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and much of the the president's senior staff are departing Washington on Friday for Trump's nine-day trip to the Middle East and Europe.

For weeks there have been reports that Trump might dump Spicer, who came onto the Trump team through his work at the Republican National Committee under Chairman Reince Priebus, who now serves as the president's chief of staff.

Spicer, thanks to Melissa McCarthy's portrayal of the press secretary on Saturday Night Live, has become one of the most recognizable faces of the Trump administration, but for many Americans, she's expertly turned him into a punch line.

He was also responsible for a mega-gaffe last month when he more favorably compared Nazi leader Adolf Hitler to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad during a press briefing.

He promptly apologized.

The incident, as well as a number of unsourced quotes, fueled rumors that Spicer was on deck for an ouster, despite the blockbuster ratings his daily briefing receive.

At the same time, Trump has been hinting that he wants to cut down on briefings, which Politico pointed out, are his least favorite part of the day.

Conversations about a retooling of the White House communications department have ramped up over the past week, Politico also reported, with an unnamed source saying 'the status quo won't continue.'

DailyMail.com's source says, at least for now, the shake up won't result in a 'you're fired' offed at Spicer. Instead, he will take on a less visible role at the White House.

Spicer did not return DailyMail.com's request for comment.

In the 'this town' insider Washington, Spicer has become a sympathetic character, forced to deal with a difficult president and subject to his whims and abuse.

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote a column this week charging 'Trump has sucked the lifeblood out of Sean Spicer.'

'Alas, poor Spicer! I knew him well,' Milbank opined. 'He was one of the top Republican flacks in town, affable and quick-witted, always happy to dish with reporters off the record.'

'I liked him. I still like him – or at least that Spicer I knew before he answered Donald Trump’s call,' Milbank said.

Trump's split from his communications team was especially visible this week.

As they sent out a more measured statement in response to Wednesday night's news that the deputy attorney general had decided to appoint a special counsel to the Russia probe, a combative Trump stepped on that message, using Twitter, Thursday morning.

'With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign & Obama Administration, there was never a special counsel appointed!' Trump said, calling the Russia probe 'the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!'

The president continued beating that drum all day.

DOES ANYBDOY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? Trump's split from his communications team was especially visible this week. He picked the reporters he called on yesterday, instead of taking his staff's advice

Meanwhile, Spicer stood to the side as Trump took questions from reporters on Thursday afternoon.

'Does anybody have any questions?' Trump said at the end of the program's prepared remarks portion. 'I’m shocked,' he said to laughter from the press.

Trump unexpectedly called on ABC News' Jon Karl. An aide had to run a microphone over to him.

On the next go around, Trump called on a reporter who wasn't in the room - the New York Times' Peter Baker. Based on the location the president was pointing, staff assumed he meant WJLA's Scott Thuman and gave him a mic. NBC's Peter Alexander was sitting immediately behind the local news reporter, and it is believed the president meant to call on him.

Mic in hand, Thuman, got the question in the confusing ring-around-the-rosie of a press conference.