Anthony Scaramucci out as Trump's communications director
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Daryl McMurphy
Trump will not stand for someone grandstanding with vulgarity better than he.
@Daryl McMurphy Need I say that I am still enjoying the circus bigtime?
Andreas Burnett
@Daryl McMurphy
At least with all the ongoing scandal of the current administration you know there isn't a total monopolistic consolidation of corruption by one group. Trump's greatest personal problem as presented by media -is that he is an outsider.
Reminder: Obama's promises to close Guantanamo, end wars, stop domestic surveillance and give to "Main street instead of Wall Street" turned out to be nothing more than pretty talk.
It is the core nature of politics to be ridden with corruption. Scandals between opposed forces bring the dirt out into the sunlight. Checks and balances on power -in built scandals- provide safety against totalitarianism, even if the totalitarianism is dressed in pretty clothes.
With demise of union power the Democrats are now getting their funding from the same people as the Republicans. This destroys the functionality of the party system. Bring on the opposition, checks, balances, frustration, scandals. Anything is better than totalitarianism.
Go Trump.
At least with all the ongoing scandal of the current administration you know there isn't a total monopolistic consolidation of corruption by one group. Trump's greatest personal problem as presented by media -is that he is an outsider.
Reminder: Obama's promises to close Guantanamo, end wars, stop domestic surveillance and give to "Main street instead of Wall Street" turned out to be nothing more than pretty talk.
It is the core nature of politics to be ridden with corruption. Scandals between opposed forces bring the dirt out into the sunlight. Checks and balances on power -in built scandals- provide safety against totalitarianism, even if the totalitarianism is dressed in pretty clothes.
With demise of union power the Democrats are now getting their funding from the same people as the Republicans. This destroys the functionality of the party system. Bring on the opposition, checks, balances, frustration, scandals. Anything is better than totalitarianism.
Go Trump.
Tanner Moorman
@Andreas Burnett Spin spin spin.
David Raymond Amos
@Tanner Moorman Tut Tut Tut
are you trying to make me sea sick or whatever? Trust that I am already
dizzy from laughing at the circus clowns
John Dirlik
@George Lewis
The only "obvious" thing is your desperate and relentless attempts to deflect from criticism of the state you worship by risible accusations against a non-Believer of being an Ayatollah admirer.
You so very gravely underestimate the intelligence of CBC's audience.
The only "obvious" thing is your desperate and relentless attempts to deflect from criticism of the state you worship by risible accusations against a non-Believer of being an Ayatollah admirer.
You so very gravely underestimate the intelligence of CBC's audience.
Brent Grywinski
Oh, this is awful! Who is
going to do the Fandango now? This guy was hired about a week ago and
now he is already gone. How can anyone, with a hint of intelligence, say
everything is fine at the White House or in America? It isn't. This is a
tire fire that is not going out until Trump is gone.
Rocky Wyspinskio
@Brent Grywinski
Bannon apparently just called the mooch and offered his profound condolences and wished him best of luck in his future endeavors while Priebus and Spicer sang Scaramouch Scaramouch can you do the self tango in the background.
Bannon apparently just called the mooch and offered his profound condolences and wished him best of luck in his future endeavors while Priebus and Spicer sang Scaramouch Scaramouch can you do the self tango in the background.
David Raymond Amos
@Rocky Wyspinskio I see that you have captured the spirit of the Yankee Circus
Daryl McMurphy
Has anyone told Donald that he isn't on the apprentice set?
David Raymond Amos
@Daryl McMurphy Hush now or you will spoil the fun
SarahRose Werner
If the Trump administration
were a movie it would be panned for its completely unbelievable plot.
The scary thing is: it's real.
David Raymond Amos
@SarahRose Werner Scary you jest. Try comparing the Trump Regime to our current liberal mandate if you seek some comic relief
David Jacobs
This WH could not get more dysfunctional (at least until tomorrow).
Enjoy missing your child's birth now Mooch?
Enjoy missing your child's birth now Mooch?
James Frank
@David Jacobs
Why are you bringing in his child into this? That's beyond uncalled for. Pure bile.
Why are you bringing in his child into this? That's beyond uncalled for. Pure bile.
David Raymond Amos
@James Frank I agree
Rory B. Bellows
That's too bad.
I would have liked to see Kevin Bacon play "The Mooch" on SNL.
I would have liked to see Kevin Bacon play "The Mooch" on SNL.
Jason Tremblay (JasonDiggy)
@Rory B. Bellows
Mario Cantone. Google him.
Mario Cantone. Google him.
David Raymond Amos
@Jason Tremblay (JasonDiggy) Google me I dare ya
Brian Bell
It cannot get any better than
this USA dTrump Reality Show.....even if they hired writers from the
GONG Show! What a bunch of failed COMEDIANS! And, they run the COUNTRY?
David Raymond Amos
@Brian Bell Did you just figure out that it is a circus?
Joe Smithson
Patrick Cooper
Greg Lang
Andreas Burnett
@Brian Bell
Long live Rob Ford.
Long live Rob Ford.
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David Raymond Amos
@Andreas Burnett Methinks you jest in a rather sick fashion
Joe Smithson
Yup...Trump hires only the best... ......A whole 10 days he lasted.
You can't make this stuff up. MAGA is a joke LOL!
You can't make this stuff up. MAGA is a joke LOL!
David Raymond Amos
@Joe Smithson I can't help
but wonder how much the Mooch got in the form of a golden handshake so
that he won't spill any more beans
Patrick Cooper
If someone had written a TV
show with the plot lines of the last few weeks, they would be accused of
trying to make Republicans out to be incompetent boobs who could find
their own reflection in a mirror. And yet...
David Raymond Amos
@Patrick Cooper Perhaps you should start studying the Clintons and the Bushs too if you enjoy tragic comedies
Greg Lang
That has to be the fastest hire/fire in WH history!
David Raymond Amos
@Greg Lang I believe you may be correct
Anthony Scaramucci out as Trump's communications director
Dismissal reportedly came at the request of new Chief of Staff John Kelly, sworn in earlier today
Thomson Reuters
Posted: Jul 31, 2017 3:04 PM ET
White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci was removed from
his post Monday by President Donald Trump at the request of the U.S.
president's new chief of staff, retired general John Kelly, according to
the New York Times. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
U.S. President Donald Trump's communications director, Anthony
Scaramucci, is leaving the job after just 10 days, the White House said
Monday, in the latest staff upheaval to hit the
Republican's six-month-old presidency.
News of Scaramucci's removal came hours after Trump swore in a new chief of staff, retired general John Kelly. The New York Times and Politico reported the dismissal came at Kelly's request, citing two unidentified White House officials.
The White House confirmed that Scaramucci was leaving his role as communications director in a statement saying, "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."
Scaramucci has been in the spotlight since he was first announced as communications director 10 days ago.
The New Yorker magazine published an interview Thursday in which Scaramucci went on a profanity-laden tirade against Reince Priebus, Trump's chief of staff at the time. A day later, Priebus resigned and was replaced by Kelly. Scaramucci was also said to be the reason White House spokesperson Sean Spicer left, handing in his resignation the same day Scaramucci was appointed.
In a briefing Monday afternoon, White House press secretary Sarah
Huckabee Sanders declined to comment on whether Scaramucci was asked to
leave or resigned voluntarily.
"The president certainly felt that Anthony's comments were inappropriate for someone in that position, and he [the president] didn't want to burden Gen. Kelly with that line of succession."
She said that Scaramucci "does not have a role at this time in the Trump administration."
Scaramucci's departure follows a rocky couple of weeks in Trump's presidency, with the loss of two key staffers and the failure in Congress of Trump's promised health-care overhaul.
Earlier Monday, Trump hit back at reports that his White House was in chaos.
"Highest Stock Market EVER, best economic numbers in years, unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages raising, border secure, S.C.: No WH chaos!" he said on Twitter.
In another blow to Scaramucci Monday, Harvard Law School apologized for erroneously listing him as dead in a new alumni directory.
Scaramucci is a 1989 graduate of the Cambridge, Mass., school. A directory mailed to alumni this week included an asterisk by his name indicating he had died.
In a statement, the law school apologized for the error and said it will be corrected in future editions of the directory, which is published every five years. It didn't provide an explanation for the error.
With files from The Associated PressNews of Scaramucci's removal came hours after Trump swore in a new chief of staff, retired general John Kelly. The New York Times and Politico reported the dismissal came at Kelly's request, citing two unidentified White House officials.
The White House confirmed that Scaramucci was leaving his role as communications director in a statement saying, "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."
'Inappropriate' comments
Scaramucci has been in the spotlight since he was first announced as communications director 10 days ago.
The New Yorker magazine published an interview Thursday in which Scaramucci went on a profanity-laden tirade against Reince Priebus, Trump's chief of staff at the time. A day later, Priebus resigned and was replaced by Kelly. Scaramucci was also said to be the reason White House spokesperson Sean Spicer left, handing in his resignation the same day Scaramucci was appointed.
Shortly before Kelly was sworn in early
Monday, Trump insisted on Twitter that his administration was not beset
by chaos, as some media have suggested. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters )
"The president certainly felt that Anthony's comments were inappropriate for someone in that position, and he [the president] didn't want to burden Gen. Kelly with that line of succession."
She said that Scaramucci "does not have a role at this time in the Trump administration."
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Scaramucci's departure follows a rocky couple of weeks in Trump's presidency, with the loss of two key staffers and the failure in Congress of Trump's promised health-care overhaul.
Earlier Monday, Trump hit back at reports that his White House was in chaos.
"Highest Stock Market EVER, best economic numbers in years, unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages raising, border secure, S.C.: No WH chaos!" he said on Twitter.
In another blow to Scaramucci Monday, Harvard Law School apologized for erroneously listing him as dead in a new alumni directory.
Scaramucci is a 1989 graduate of the Cambridge, Mass., school. A directory mailed to alumni this week included an asterisk by his name indicating he had died.
In a statement, the law school apologized for the error and said it will be corrected in future editions of the directory, which is published every five years. It didn't provide an explanation for the error.
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