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| Scaramucci: White House plotters seeking Trump exit | Scaramucci: White House plotters seeking Trump exit |
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| There are people in Washington DC working against President Donald Trump, the former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has said. | There are people in Washington DC working against President Donald Trump, the former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has said. |
| He said there were "elements" within the White House trying to eject Mr Trump, and he had "named some names". | He said there were "elements" within the White House trying to eject Mr Trump, and he had "named some names". |
| Mr Scaramucci spoke to ABC News for the first time since being sacked last month - after just 10 days in office. | Mr Scaramucci spoke to ABC News for the first time since being sacked last month - after just 10 days in office. |
| It followed a phone recording in which he strongly attacked then-White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. | It followed a phone recording in which he strongly attacked then-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, and he had "paid the consequences for that conversation". | Mr Scaramucci said he had thought the interview was off the record, and he had "paid the consequences for that conversation". |
| "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. | "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." | "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." |
| However, he said the president needed to bring in "more loyalists" in order to carry out his agenda. | However, he said the president needed to bring in "more loyalists" in order to carry out his agenda. |
| The Wall Street financier criticised the influence of Mr Bannon and the right-wing Breitbart News website, which he helped to launch. | |
| He suggested the president needed to move more towards the mainstream and moderates in order to push through "a very successful legislative agenda". | He suggested the president needed to move more towards the mainstream and moderates in order to push through "a very successful legislative agenda". |
| Mr Scaramucci made a lasting impact in his short term in office, triggering a White House shake-up that saw the departure of both Mr Priebus and spokesman Sean Spicer. | Mr Scaramucci made a lasting impact in his short term in office, triggering a White House shake-up that saw the departure of both Mr Priebus and spokesman Sean Spicer. |