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Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump's new communications director, resigns White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci 'forced out by John Kelly'
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Anthony Scaramucci has resigned as White House communications director, less than two weeks after he was hired by Donald Trump.  Anthony Scaramucci has resigned as White House communications director, less than two weeks after he was hired by Donald Trump. 
John Kelly, Mr Trump's new White House Chief of Staff who started on Monday, reportedly asked the President to remove Mr Scaramucci from his role, according to The New York Times.
In a statement announcing Mr Scaramucci would be leaving his role, the White House said he "felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team."  
ABC News reports that Mr Scaramucci offered his resignation to Mr Kelly with a request to be redeployed at the US's Export-Import Bank as chief strategy officer.
Mr Scaramucci's resignation comes after he told a New Yorker reporter last week that Reince Priebus, then-White House Chief of Staff, was a “paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac” and accused him of leaking information to journalists. Mr Priebus resigned from his role the following day.