WASHINGTON 91裸聊视频� Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director after just 11 days on the job 91裸聊视频� and just hours after former Gen. John Kelly took over as President Donald Trump91裸聊视频檚 new chief of staff.
Hoping to turn the page on a tumultuous opening chapter to his presidency, Trump had insisted earlier Monday that there was 91裸聊视频渘o chaos91裸聊视频� in his White House as he swore in the retired Marine general as his second chief of staff.
Not long after, Scaramucci, who shocked many with his last week against then-chief of staff Reince Priebus, was gone.
In the words of the White House announcement, he was leaving because he 91裸聊视频渇elt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team.91裸聊视频� The three-sentence release concluded, 91裸聊视频淲e wish him all the best.91裸聊视频�
The statement about Scaramucci91裸聊视频檚 departure used the same 91裸聊视频渃lean slate91裸聊视频� language that departing press secretary Sean Spicer used to describe his own reason for resigning the day Trump brought Scaramucci aboard.
Spicer remained in the White House on Monday, saying he was there to assist with the communications transitions.
Trump predicted Kelly, who previously served as Homeland Security chief, would do a 91裸聊视频渟pectacular job.91裸聊视频� And the president chose to highlight the rising stock market and positive jobs outlook rather than talk about how things might need to change in his White House under Kelly.
Trump on Friday ousted Priebus as chief of staff and turned to Kelly, who he hopes will bring military discipline to an administration weighed down by a stalled legislative agenda, infighting among West Wing aides and a stack of investigations.
Scaramucci91裸聊视频檚 brief tenure shoved internal White House disputes into the open. In media interviews, he trashed Priebus as a 91裸聊视频渓eaker91裸聊视频� and senior White House aide Steve Bannon as a self-promoter. One of Scaramucci91裸聊视频檚 first 91裸聊视频� and it turns out only 91裸聊视频� acts was to force out a communications aide seen as loyal to Priebus.
Spicer, Priebus and Bannon had all objected to Trump91裸聊视频檚 decision to hire Scaramucci, who would have reported directly to the president.
While Trump is looking for a reset, he pushed back against criticism of his administration with this tweet: 91裸聊视频淗ighest Stock Market EVER, best economic numbers in years, unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages raising, border secure, S.C.: No WH chaos!91裸聊视频�
In fact, economic growth averaged 2 per cent in the first half of this year, a pace Trump railed against as a candidate and promised to lift to 3 per cent. The stock market first hit a record under President Barack Obama and has kept growing. The unemployment rate, too, started to decline on Obama91裸聊视频檚 watch. And wage gains have been weak.
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