Just over a week into his new role as White House communications director, New York financier Anthony Scaramucci has been removed from the position, the White House confirmed Monday.
“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,” the White House press secretary said in a statement.
Multiple sources told the New York Times that President Donald Trump chose to remove Scaramucci at the request of the administration’s new chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly.
Scaramucci’s short tenure was certainly a whirlwind: after giving an expletive-laden interview to the New Yorker about his colleagues, Scaramucci’s wife filed for divorce on Friday.
Some on the left were, tongue in cheek, sorry to see him and his colorful language and antics go. Tweeted Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, “Is Gen Kelly gonna take ALL the fun out of covering this WH or what?”
Is Gen Kelly gonna take ALL the fun out of covering this WH or what? #TheMooch
— Hilary Rosen (@hilaryr) July 31, 2017
Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo also praised Kelly for the move, tweeting that the retired general is “1 for 1.”
General Kelly is 1 for 1. Let's keep it going.
— Carlos Curbelo (@carloslcurbelo) July 31, 2017
Trump has authorized Kelly to bring military-style disciple to the White House staff, and has been given given almost carte blanche by the president to make significant changes, reports the Washington Post.
According to a senior editor at the Wall Street Journal, Scaramucci is the short-serving communications director in history, and joins Priebus as the shortest-serving chief of staff in history and Gen. Michael Flynn as the shortest-serving national security advisor in history.
The Trump White House has had the shortest-serving communications director, chief of staff, and national security adviser in history. #Mooch
— Warren Bass (@warren_bass) July 31, 2017
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Sources told CNN Scaramucci was escorted off the White House grounds after his resignation.