Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director after just 10 days on the job – and just hours after President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff, John Kelly, was sworn into office.
Hoping to turn the page on a tumultuous opening chapter to his presidency, Trump had insisted earlier on Monday that there was “no chaos” in his White House as he swore in the retired marine general as second chief of staff.
Not long after, Scaramucci, who shocked many with his profane outburst last week against then-chief of staff Reince Priebus, was gone. Priebus was sacked on Friday.
In the words of the White House announcement, Scaramucci was leaving because he "felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team".
The two-sentence release concluded: "We wish him all the best".
Scaramucci's appointment was not without controversy. It led to the resignation of White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who vehemently disagreed with Trump's decision to hire the former Wall Street banker.
Earlier on Monday in the Oval Office ceremony, Trump predicted Kelly - who previously served as Homeland Security chief - would do a "spectacular job".
The president chose to highlight the rising stock market and positive jobs outlook rather than talk about how things might need to change under Kelly.
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Yes. The Trump administration is a picture of harmony, humility and enlightened progress.
I read one comment that had a theory that Trump hired the Mooch even after he'd said bad things about Trump, just so he could fire him and publicly humiliate him. At this point, it makes as much sense as anything else!
OMG....so THAT explains it! Its a yep - "you're fired", God its amazing how the Orange One just keeps exceeding our expectations of low behaviour....
That is not something I would put past Trump. He's a pretty immature and petty.