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Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director who was brought in to bring order to a press shop in turmoil, called into CNN’s “New Day” on Thursday and all but blamed chief of staff Reince Priebus for leaking information in a more then 30-minute-long interview.
The interview comes hours after Scaramucci copied Priebus in a tweet about leaks, later deleted the tweet and then told CNN — before his interview — that the message was not a call for the FBI to investigate the chief of staff.
“When I put out a tweet and I put Reince’s name in a tweet, they’re all make the assumption that it’s him because journalists know who the leakers are,” Scaramucci said. “So if Reince wants to explain he’s not a leaker, let him do that. But let me tell you about myself. I’m a straight shooter and I’ll go right to the heart of the matter.”
“Now, if you want to talk about the chief of staff, we have had odds, we have had differences,” he said. “When I said we were brothers from the podium, that’s because we’re rough on each other. Some brothers are like Cain and Abel. Other brothers can fight with each other and get along. I don’t know if this is repairable or not. That will be up to the President.”
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Trump is running the White House as if it was a reality TV show. That’s what the people voted for.
If the voters wanted a government run like a dull documentary, they would have elected someone who works for the History Channel or PBS – or at least a dull boring policy wonk. In truth there were many dull boring idea-oriented policy wonks running for offices in 2016, but the voters preferred a “reality TV star” and a “drama queen”.