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The Spectacular Self-Destruction of Anthony Scaramucci

The White House communications director has been fired, just 10 days after he was named to the job.
Source: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

Anthony Scaramucci’s reign as White House communications director—a reign of terror and vulgarity, marked by two outlandish interviews and the departures of two top West Wing officials—has ended, just 10 days after it began.

, just hours after Trump that there was “No W[hite] H[ouse] chaos!” It was not clear whether Scaramucci would take another post in the administration or exit altogether. His firing reportedly came at the behest of John Kelly, who was installed

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