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Agence France-Presse

Ten days ago, Anthony Scaramucci - then newly named as White House communications director - dismissed reports of infighting in the West Wing, saying that things were “on track.”
On Monday, he was out of a job.
The following events trace the meteoric rise and fall of Scaramucci, a 53-year-old former hedge fund investor known to all as “The Mooch”.

Sells company, but no White House job
Anticipating a role in the incoming administration of then president-elect Donald Trump, Scaramucci moves to avoid any potential conflict of interest by selling his stake in his global investment firm, SkyBridge Capital, in January, ahead of Trump’s inauguration.
Trump fires Scaramucci as communications director
Scaramucci is blocked from a White House position, however, by Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon, both of whom were reportedly not overly fond of the brash Wall Street financier.
The White House comes calling
After six months out in the cold, Scaramucci finally gets a White House post.
He is named communications director on July 21 of a White House that is beset by open feuding and leaks, and seeking to counter charges it is in disarray.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who along with Priebus and Bannon also opposed Scaramucci’s appointment, abruptly resigns. Scaramucci names deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders as Spicer’s replacement.
Asked about his relations with Priebus, Scaramucci says he’s a “dear friend” and the two are “a little bit like brothers where we rough each other up once in a while.” He later compares them to Cain and Abel, the Biblical brothers. Cain murdered Abel.
That ****ing New Yorker interview
Scaramucci may have sealed his fate in a now infamous interview he did with The New Yorker less than a week after being named to the White House job.
In an expletive-laden rant, Scaramucci called Priebus a “****ing paranoid schizophrenic” and accused Bannon of serving in the White House just to “build (his) own brand.”
Both he referenced in exceedingly vulgar ways that referenced the male anatomy, likening Bannon’s priorities to a gymnastic act of self-pleasuring.
Scaramucci also predicted that Priebus would be forced to resign - which he indeed did two days later.
Scaramucci did not apologise for the tirade, but said he would try to clean up his language in the future.
“I sometimes use colorful language. I will refrain in this arena but not give up the passionate fight for @realDonaldTrump’s agenda,” he tweeted.
Moochy, we hardly knew ye
Scaramucci is ousted just as the new White House chief of staff John Kelly, a no-nonsense former Marine Corps general named to replace Priebus, takes charge. 
“Mr Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. We wish him all the best,” the White House said in a terse statement.
When asked about Scaramucci’s departure on Monday, Sanders refused to be drawn about the details, but did say that Trump believed his remarks to The New Yorker were “inappropriate.” She declined to elaborate.


The Mooch: his meteoric rise and foul-mouthed fall

Former White house Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci blows a kiss to reporters after addressing the daily briefing at the White Houseon July 21. Photo: Reuters

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 27, 2017 shows (L-R) a file photo taken on February 23, 2017 showing White House advisor Steve Bannon making remarks during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland. A file photo taken on July 21, 2017 showing Anthony Scaramucci, named Donald Trump's new White House communications director speaking during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. A file photo taken on April 24, 2017 showing White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus waiting for a working lunch with US President Donald Trump and UN Security Council member nations of the White House in Washington, DC. White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has launched a searing foul-mouthed attack on his most senior colleagues, describing one as a "paranoid schizophrenic."In an eye-watering exchange with a New Yorker reporter late on July 26, 2017, Scaramucci ranted about chief of staff Reince Priebus

White House Communications director Anthony Scaramucci walks down the steps of Air Force One after arriving at Long Island MacArthur Airport for a speech by President Donald Trump on the street gang MS-13, Friday, July 28, 2017, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post.

epa06119074 (FILE) White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci attends a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House after former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigned, in Washington, DC, USA, 21 July 2017. US President Donald J. Trump has removed Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director at the request of new White House Chief of Staff, John F. Kelly in Washington, DC, USA, 25 July 2017. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

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