The Daily Telegraph

Scaramucci planned video network from White House

- By Helena Horton and Harriet Alexander in New York

ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI had plans to launch a video network from the White House entitled The President Donald J. Trump Show before he was ousted as communicat­ions director, according to an internal memo.

“The Mooch”, whose 10-day tenure at the White House came to a crashing halt on Monday, drew up detailed proposals for how he wanted the communicat­ions team to work, with suggestion­s including offering a round of golf with the president in an online lottery, in a bid to “humanise” him. “People are fascinated by the lives of their presidents and the operation of the White House,” he wrote in his memo, published by Mike Cernovich, a conservati­ve blogger.

“Comms should produce video content that constructi­vely operates as ‘The President Donald J. Trump Show’. Obama scratched the surface of this. POTUS should take it to the next level.”

Mr Scaramucci, 53, a Wall Street financier and television pundit before he was drafted into the White House, said he wanted to cultivate better relations with journalist­s. He recommende­d introducin­g a special box for journalist­s to post suggestion­s and grievances, and not letting staff leave the office until every email and text from journalist­s have been answered.

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Anthony Scaramucci, wanted to launch The President Donald J. Trump Show in an attempt to “humanise” him

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