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White House communication chief Anthony Scaramucci, the foul-mouthed hedge fund executive who joined President Trump’s West Wing inner circle only last week, is out_ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 31, 2017 7:21 PM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 31, 2017 7:21 PM UTC White House [Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders](http://time.com/4868903/sarah-huckabee-sanders-spicer-press-secretary/) is expected to face reporters at 3:45 p.m. ET on Monday amid a major shakeup in the West Wing: Newly-minted communications director [Anthony Scaramucci](http://time.com/4881241/anthony-scaramuci-white-house-communications-director/) resigned on Monday. In a statement, the Press Secretary said Scaramucci will be leaving his role because he “felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team.” It was already gearing up to be a busy day in the Trump White House. On the heels of a [North Korean missile test ](https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/28/north-korea-appears-to-have-fired-another-missile-reuters.html) and new [Russian actions](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/russia-expels-755-diplomats-response-sanctions-170730201720880.html), the day kicked off with the swearing-in of a new White House chief of staff, retired [Gen. John Kelly](http://time.com/4879523/john-kelly-donald-trump-chief-of-staff/), who was serving as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Kelly replaced former Republican National Committee chairman [Reince Priebus](http://time.com/4879260/donald-trump-reince-priebus-john-kelly/), who resigned last week. Priebus’s exit was the second to come after Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci took on the role as Communications Director. Sean Spicer resigned from his position as White House Press Secretary shortly after the “Mooch” came to 1600 Pennsylvania. Scaramucci made headlines last week for using colorful and offensive language in a conversation with the New _Yorker_ while talking about Priebus and Steve Bannon. By Monday afternoon, it appeared that Scaramucci’s bravado was a bit too much for the White House under Kelly. ## Transcript The President certainly felt that Anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position. He didn't want to burden General Kelly also with that On his succession as I think we've made clear a few times over the course of the last couple of days to several of you individually. 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