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| Scaramucci: White house plotters seeking Trump exit | Scaramucci: White house plotters seeking Trump exit |
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| Fired White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci says there are people in Washington working against President Donald Trump. | Fired White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci says there are people in Washington working against President Donald Trump. |
| He said there are "elements" within the White House trying to eject Mr Trump. | He said there are "elements" within the White House trying to eject Mr Trump. |
| He spoke to ABC News for the first time since being sacked last month - after just 10 days in office. | He spoke to ABC News for the first time since being sacked last month - after just 10 days in office. |
| It followed the release of a phone recording in which he launched a strongly worded attack on White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. | It followed the release of a phone recording in which he launched a strongly worded attack on White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. |
| He also directed profanity-laced insults at Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. | He also directed profanity-laced insults at Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. |
| Mr Scaramucci said he had thought the interview was off the record. | |
| "What happens in Washington... is the president is not a representative of the political establishment class, so for whatever reason the people have made a decision that they want to eject him," he told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News on Sunday. | |
| "I think there are elements inside of Washington, also inclusive in the White House, that are not necessarily abetting the president's interests or his agenda." | |
| When asked to identify the individuals, he said he had already "named some names" and strategic changes were in place. | |
| However, he said the president needed to bring in "more loyalists" in order to carry out his agenda. |