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Financier Anthony Scaramucci Named WH Communications Director
A look at the man rumored to be the next White House communications director
Scaramucci, who became the senior vice president and chief strategy officer of the Export-Import Bank in June, met with President Donald Trump Friday morning.
The appointment of the Goldman Sachs alumn to the White House communications department may not please chief of staff Reince Priebus, who isn’t Scaramucci’s biggest fan, according to Axios.
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Scaramucci will likely join the White House after being blocked for other senior jobs, including director of the office of public liaison, which is in charge of managing the administration's relationship with big business groups.
A natural schmoozer and fixture on the global financial scene from Davos to his own lavish hedge fund conference in Las Vegas, Scaramucci drew resistance from others in the White House, including chief of staff Reince Priebus, White House officials said.
One source with knowledge of the conversations between Trump and Scaramucci said the latter’s likely new post could be read as a message to Priebus, a former Republican National Committee chairman who has not built a strong relationship with Trump.
Message for Reince?
Comedy Central’s In Memorium Reel
Jonathon Karl’s early warning (hour ago):
SneakySnu in the comments passes this along:
SPICER TO PRIEBUS: “SOYLENT GREEN IS STAFF!”
Scaramucci took winding path but finally landed a top job with Trump
He further dismissed Trump as someone who would become president of “The Queens County Bully Association.”
“You are an inherited money dude from Queens County, bring it,” Scaramucci said.
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“People love him at first, but he’s extremely vindictive,” says a SkyBridge employee who spoke on condition anonymity for fear of reprisal. “I would say 70 percent to 90 percentof employees dislike him.”
He seems nice.
A final note:
That was the largest audience to witness a Daily Kos diary, period.