The Asian Age

Scaramucch­i’s vulgar rant

White House spokesman uses expletive-filled language for his colleagues

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Washington, July 28: White House communicat­ions director Anthony Scaramucci launched a searing foul-mouthed attack on his most senior colleagues, describing one as a “paranoid schizophre­nic.”

In an eye-watering exchange with a New Yorker reporter late on Wednesday, the fast-talking Scaramucci ranted about chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief White House strategist Steve Bannon.

“Reince is a f ***** paranoid schizophre­nic, a paranoiac,” Scaramucci was quoted as saying in an expletive-filled tirade in which the 53-year-old accused the chief of staff of damaging informatio­n leaks.

“They’re trying to resist me, but it’s not going to work,” he said, adding that Priebus would soon resign and using language that American television networks refused to repeat.

Turning his sights on Trump's chief strategist, Scaramucci made it very clear that he believes Bannon is working in the White House to serve his own interests, using particular­ly offensive language.

“I’m not Steve Bannon, I'm not trying to s*** my own c***,” he said.

“I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f ***** strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country”

Scaramucci, a millionair­e New York financier, has arrived at the White House vowing to serve Trump’s interest and right a badly faltering administra­tion.

His appointmen­t gives Trump not just a highprofil­e surrogate, but one cut from the same wheeling-dealing New York cloth as himself.

Since taking on the role, Scaramucci has run to the cameras, firing up the charm and enthusiast­ically hawking the administra­tion's wares, breathing new energy into Trump’s faltering White House.

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