Anthony Scaramucci out as White House communications director
White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci is leaving the White House, less than two weeks after President Trump hired him.Â
An administration official confirmed the departure, pending a formal announcement to come later Monday.Â
The brash style of the man known as “the Mooch” rubbed many West Wing officials the wrong way. Scaramucci immediately, and loudly, launched investigations of news leaks stemming from the Trump administration – and vowed to fire anyone caught talking out of school to the media.Â
The Wall Street financier had been named to lead the White House communications shop on July 21, which led to the resignation of press secretary Sean Spicer, who opposed his appointment.Â
Scaramucci’s hire also played a role in the removal of Reince Priebus, Trump’s former chief of staff whose departure was announced late Friday. And Scaramucci himself removed Senior Assistant Press Secretary Michael Short, a former Republican National Committee official who worked with the Trump campaign during 2016 and was brought into the White House by Priebus.
Scaramucci’s sudden departure comes the same day that retired Gen. John Kelly took over as chief of staff to replace Priebus.
It also comes just days after a report of Scaramucci’s graphic and profane comments about Priebus and other staffers, such as senior adviser Steve Bannon.Â
In a now infamous phone call last week to the The New Yorker, Scaramucci called Priebus a “paranoid schizophrenic” and threatened to fire the entire White House communications team.Â
After the interview was published, Scaramucci took to Twitter to apologize.Â
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