That was fast. Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director before he could even really begin communicating Donald Trump’s message. He was a kind of Trump mini-me, down to mastering his hand movements. But his wildly objurgatory language over the past week–directed primarily at former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and senior aide Steve Bannon — was apparently enough to ensure that he got the heave-ho. Scaramucci had said that it was Cain versus Abel between him and Priebus, but it was more like Professor Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes grappling with each other as they plunged to their mutual deaths over the Reichenbach Falls. At least Priebus, whom Trump had apparently tasked to swat flies in the Oval Office, must be deriving some satisfaction over Scaramucci’s rapid fall from grace.
The move is widely being scored as a victory for John F.
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