President Trump’s flame-throwing communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been fired after only 10 days on the job.
His obscene rant to a reporter about his colleagues led to the departure of chief of staff Rance Priebus.
President Trump reportedly fired Scaramucci at the behest of his new chief of staff, John Kelly.
That is a very good sign, the prospect that General Kelly is going to impose some discipline on Trump’s unruly, leaking, in-fighting staff!
From Trump Removes Anthony Scaramucci From Communications Director Role – The New York Times:
President Trump has decided to remove Anthony Scaramucci from his position as communications director, three people close to the decision said Monday, relieving him just days after Mr. Scaramucci unloaded a crude verbal tirade against other senior members of the president’s senior staff.
Mr. Scaramucci’s abrupt removal came just 10 days after the wealthy New York financier was brought on to the West Wing staff, a move that convulsed an already chaotic White House and led to the departures of Sean Spicer, the former press secretary, and Reince Priebus, the president’s first chief of staff.
The decision to remove Mr. Scaramucci, who had boasted about reporting directly to the president not the chief of staff, John F. Kelly, came at Mr. Kelly’s request, the people said.
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Photograph of Trump chief of staff John F. Kelly as Marine general: By DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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