Anthony Scaramucci Out As White House Communications Director

WASHINGTON, DC — The most positive spin Anthony Scaramucci may be able to put on his fleeting time as White House communications director is that he wasn't left on a tarmac during a rain storm just after being fired. That'll be small consolation, though, for the bombastic, foul-mouthed businessman from Long Island, whose tenure in the Trump administration came to an abrupt, inglorious end Monday when he was canned a mere 10 days after he started.

What a 10 days it was, though. In a meltdown rarely seen at the student council level of government, let alone in the White House, Scaramucci had threatened everyone in sight that they could be fired and called a New Yorker reporter with a profane, on-the-record rant against two sitting top White House officials during which he naively asked for the names of sources that had been critical of him. He railed against the "leak" of his financial documents, seemingly unaware that the information was public and readily available to anybody who asked for it.

Within a few days of his appointment by President Trump, he demonstrated an explosive temperament and woeful lack of experience for any managerial job at the White House or anywhere else for that matter. (For more information on this and other political stories, subscribe to the White House Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

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His ouster came the same day former Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly joined the White House as chief of staff.

"Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House Communications Director," the White House said in a statement. "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."

Last Wednesday, Scaramucci unleashed a string of profanities and insults in a conversation with New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza, mostly targeting his colleagues.

“Reince [Priebus] is a f------ paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac,” Scaramucci said of the then-chief of staff. Later, he targeted another high-profile official in Trump's administration. “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c---,” he said, speaking of Trump’s chief strategist. “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f------ strength of the president. I’m here to serve the country.” He also threatened to fire the entire White House communications staff if Lizza, the reporter, didn't reveal who had been leaking White House information, adding that he wanted to "kill all the leakers."

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It was, to say the least, an unconventional start to a career in public relations.

But this screed — and the disposition it revealed — wasn't the only obstacle to a successful career at the White House. Scaramucci owns the investment company SkyBridge, which he was attempting to sell as a prerequisite for joining the administration. However, the sale came under scrutiny when reports suggested that the Chinese were one of the interested buyers and were willing to pay above market price.

For this reason, Scaramucci had not even officially put on the White House payroll by the time he was fired.

On Friday, the day after the report of the swear-leaden conversation broke, Trump announced that he was replacing Priebus with Kelly. In a stark move, Priebus' van was expelled from the presidential motorcade just after the announcement on a rain-soaked tarmac following the team's return to D.C. from a trip to Long Island.

The New York Times, citing unnamed sources, said that Scaramucci's removal came at Kelly's request.

"It was not clear whether Mr. Scaramucci will remain employed at the White House in another position or will leave altogether," the Times writes.

When Scaramucci was hired on July 21, then-Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigned his post in response. Spicer's statement about his resignation, which said that he wanted to give Scaramucci a "clean slate" and a chance to build his own team, was echoed by the White House's statement on the communication director's dismissal.

Reports last week found that Scaramucci and his wife are getting a divorce, in part because of his political ambitions.

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