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Trump hails 'great day' as Anthony Scaramucci loses White House job [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Trump hails 'great day' as Anthony Scaramucci loses White House job
• Scaramucci removed from his post just over a week after his appointment
• White House says: ‘(He) felt it was best to give John Kelly a clean slate’
David Smith, Ben Jacobs and Lauren Gambino in Washington
Tuesday 1 August 2017 10.24 BST
Donald Trump hailed “a great day at the White House” following the removal of communications director Anthony Scaramucci after just 10 days in a move that has only increased the sense of chaos at the heart of the Trump administration.
His late night tweet came as Scaramucci was forced out following a turbulent series of media appearances over the last week by the combative former Wall Street financier, capped by a foul-mouthed tirade to a New Yorker journalist on Thursday.
His shock political demise was precipitated by the appointment of former US marine Gen John Kelly as Donald Trump’s new chief of staff less than six hours earlier.
“Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House communications director,” said press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a statement on Monday afternoon. “Mr Scaramucci felt it was best to give chief of staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. We wish him all the best.”
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• Scaramucci removed from his post just over a week after his appointment
• White House says: ‘(He) felt it was best to give John Kelly a clean slate’
David Smith, Ben Jacobs and Lauren Gambino in Washington
Tuesday 1 August 2017 10.24 BST
Donald Trump hailed “a great day at the White House” following the removal of communications director Anthony Scaramucci after just 10 days in a move that has only increased the sense of chaos at the heart of the Trump administration.
His late night tweet came as Scaramucci was forced out following a turbulent series of media appearances over the last week by the combative former Wall Street financier, capped by a foul-mouthed tirade to a New Yorker journalist on Thursday.
His shock political demise was precipitated by the appointment of former US marine Gen John Kelly as Donald Trump’s new chief of staff less than six hours earlier.
“Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House communications director,” said press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a statement on Monday afternoon. “Mr Scaramucci felt it was best to give chief of staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. We wish him all the best.”
Link to tweet
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/31/anthony-scaramucci-removed-white-house-communications-trump
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