Trump's new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci this morning urged White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus to publicly prove he is not leaking damaging information to the media. “If Reince wants to explain that he's not a leaker, let him do that,” Scaramucci said in a phone interview with CNN, adding that Trump authorized him to discuss Priebus and leaks.
Late last night (after dining with Trump, Sean Hannity, and former Fox executive Bill Shine in the White House) Scaramucci labeled the release of his financial disclosure a “leak” and “a felony,” and added Priebus's Twitter handle to the end of his message. (Ryan Lizza of the "New Yorker" magazine says he can confirm that Scaramucci wants the FBI to investigate Priebus for leaking.)
So what can we conclude from this?
1. Trump is not only gunning for his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, but also his chief of staff, Reince Priebus. But instead of just firing them, his method is to humiliate them.
2. Scaramucci is going to amplify Trump’s efforts to turn the White House into a reality TV show that deflects attention from the failures of Trump to get any of his agenda through the Republican congress (repeal of the Affordable Care Act, tax reform, infrastructure, “the wall”), and from the multiple investigations into Trump’s Russian connection.
3. Trump has created the most chaotic and dysfunctional White House in memory.
What do you think?
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