# You can't make this stuff up: the Mooch is out already **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 31, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527 "2017-07-31T19:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/1 "2017-07-31T19:14:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director, two sources tell CNN. > It’s the latest high-profile departure from the Trump White House. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus resigned at the end of last week, replaced by John Kelly, whose first day is Monday. > A White House official said Kelly wanted Scaramucci removed from his new role as the communications director because he did not think he was disciplined and had burned his credibility. > Scaramucci, a colorful and controversial figure, was brought on during the latest in a long list of White House shake ups that have rocked the presidency with a sense of chaos. > Scaramucci is the third White House communications director to leave the post that had been vacant since late May, when Mike Dubke left after about three months on the job. Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary, also assumed some of the communications director role before he resigned when Scaramucci was hired July 21. Link: [http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/anthony-scaramucci/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/anthony-scaramucci/index.html) My head is spinning. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/2 "2017-07-31T19:16:39Z")
The _best_ people. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/3 "2017-07-31T19:18:47Z")
Never mind! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/4 "2017-07-31T19:18:48Z")
Is the divorce off now? ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/5 "2017-07-31T19:19:20Z")
As a small business owner, this is making me think I need to start firing, hiring, and then again firing some people. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/6 "2017-07-31T19:20:06Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Is the divorce off now? Probably not but at least he doesn’t have to redo his financial disclosure with everything divided by two… ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/7 "2017-07-31T19:20:38Z")
We’ve been deprived of seeing Melissa McCarthy play him on SNL. Woulda been epic! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/8 "2017-07-31T19:21:05Z")
The true victims here are all of those poor deleted Twitter posts. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/9 "2017-07-31T19:28:50Z")
I think Mr. Trump needs to be a bit less thoughtful and should act on the spur of the moment more often. Having someone in a senior white house spot for an entire week just seems overly well-thought-out and stuffy. Also dude needs to step up his fake news game, no one thinks Steve Bannon is capable of that level of acrobatics. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/10 "2017-07-31T19:31:45Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Probably not but at least he doesn’t have to redo his financial disclosure with everything divided by two… Now he doesn’t have to file one at all. Maybe that’s part of it? ETA: Rumor has it that Pence will bring back his boy Spicey when he takes over. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/11 "2017-07-31T19:35:27Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > My head is spinning. While your head may be spinning remember Trump is made of sterner stuff: > [@](#): > > Trump, however, had denied the reports of disorder in the West Wing. “No WH chaos!” he tweeted on Monday morning. [http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/31/trump-ousts-scaramucci-as-communications-director-241172](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/31/trump-ousts-scaramucci-as-communications-director-241172) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/12 "2017-07-31T19:43:06Z")
> [@Donald Trump](#): > > “No WH chaos!” he tweeted on Monday morning. Is the Monday referred to this Monday or last Monday or next Monday? I have trouble keeping track any more. At this rate, the current administration is going to fly apart under centrifugal force. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/13 "2017-07-31T19:43:14Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > While your head may be spinning remember Trump is made of sterner stuff: > > [http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/31/trump-ousts-scaramucci-as-communications-director-241172](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/31/trump-ousts-scaramucci-as-communications-director-241172) What no one fails to understand is that when Trump uses the abbreviation “WH,” it’s short for “we have,” not “White House.” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/14 "2017-07-31T19:56:07Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > What no one fails to understand is that when Trump uses the abbreviation “WH,” it’s short for “we have,” not “White House.” The punctuation was messed it up. It was supposed to say, “Everything is fine? No, WH Chaos!” ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/15 "2017-07-31T19:59:58Z")
Say what you will about Reince Priebus, his public statement about his own shitcanning was extremely polite and very professional. Has the Mooch made a public statement yet? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/16 "2017-07-31T20:03:01Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Has the Mooch made a public statement yet? We’re still in the “sources are reporting” phase. Somebody should sue somebody else for felony leaking. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/17 "2017-07-31T20:05:08Z")
Lucky number seven. Trump’s going to have to step it up if he’s going to keep up this one-a-month clip; he’s got less than three weeks to go for the next one. Hope Scaramucci had a conditional clause in the sale of his company where he could buy it back if he was fired or resigned. (Actually, I don’t. :)) This is one of the few times I can say I actually agree with an action taken by Trump’s administration. If I was Kelly, I’d’ve done _exactly_ the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/18 "2017-07-31T20:10:11Z")
I’m starting to lose track. How many high-profile departures have we had so far? Michael Flynn James Comey Michael Dubke Sean Spicer Reince Priebus Anthony Scaramucci And we know it’s only a matter of time before Sessions and Tillerson are out, one way or another. Have I left anyone off? (I’m not counting many others, like Katie Walsh or Michael Short, who weren’t in the highest level post, or Obama holdovers like Sally Yates and Preet Bharara). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/19 "2017-07-31T20:12:02Z")
Bannon and Conway are in the freezer; do they count? ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527/20 "2017-07-31T20:13:08Z")
“According to a senior editor at the Wall Street Journal, Scaramucci is the short-serving communications director in history, and joins Priebus as the shortest-serving chief of staff in history and Gen. Michael Flynn as the shortest-serving national security advisor in history.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-the-mooch-is-out-already/792527.md?page=2)