During the press briefing Monday afternoon, Press
Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the President and General Kelly believed
Scaramucci's comments to The New Yorker were inappropriate for someone in his
position.
It's been just a few hours since General John Kelly was
sworn in as President Trump's chief of staff and he's already making it clear
who's in charge.
Kelly has removed Anthony Scaramucci from his position as
White House Communications Director after he was hired just ten days ago.
"Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as
White House Communications Director. 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," White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders
released in a statement.
The move comes after Scaramucci gave a profanity laced
interview to the New Yorker, in which he berated former White House Chief of
Staff Reince Priebus as a "f–king paranoid schizophrenic, a
paranoiac." He also referred to Chief Strategist Steve Bannon as
"trying to suck his own c*ck."
Kelly's hiring is seen as an effort by the President to
bring order to a White House in chaos.
It is unclear who will replace Scaramucci or whether he
will be reassigned to another job in the West Wing. Former Press Secretary Sean
Spicer, who has been acting as the defacto communications director, is still
technically employed and was officially departing tomorrow.
