LOL, that actually is the only negative here.

Spicer must be grinning from ear to ear.

All of that ... just to get rid of Preibus?

Even I can't figure out THIS one.

Does it actually count? His official start date was August 15th.

yeah some reports have Spicer helping with the resignation message, so it must be a very big grin indeed. I like that Kelly is taking over like this from Day 1. but I will reserve my judgment until he names a replacement.

Hope he goes after Bannon next

Doesn't firing Bannon complicate matters since he can use Breitbart against the Trump administration?

well he already has all the media except Fox and Breibart against him already, so what's one more? I think he could get away with it with the same excuse he used with "mooch".

Eh... Bannon has been a huge fan of Kelly's, so I doubt Kelly is going to turn around and fire one of the guys that was instrumental in getting him the CoS job.

This probably won't help Rep. Flake make any friends in the White House (not that he had many)

My Party Is in Denial About Donald Trump - POLITICO Magazine

Mooch is the Quentyn Martell of the Trump administration.

Well his supporters only read those outlets. When state media turns against you, it makes things a little harder.

I do think Fox will stay loyal but Bannon has the power to hammer away at him online if they want.

FWIW, I saw Huckabee Sanders press conference today. I thought she did well in the parts that I saw, much better than Spicer

Happily, some pushback against Scaramucci's "hair and makeup" comments.

Hell, he just got my vote next time he runs.

When you start firing close staff in embarrassing ways, they're going to talk. This is a doozy.

Trump dictated son’s misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer - The Washington Post

What a CF. Scaramuicci blows in and forces Spicer and Preibus out, then gets bounced by Kelly. Seems Spicey and Reincey got put out to pasture for nothing...

The 4D chess explanation is that Scaramucci was brought in to force Preibus out because that's how it works in the business world and Trump is a businessman.

Which made sense, and worked ... but surely that isn't the only person that needed to be chased off, so I'm not getting chasing the chaser so quickly.

Maybe it's personalities though, maybe Kelly will rub the next one/batch more wrong than Mooch.

Which would mean Mooch destroyed his life because Trump was too much of a puss to fire people on his own.

And what's the explanation for Trump not just doing that himself?

The NYT folks keep hinting at a re-rise of Bannon, who may now be licking his lips, in forcing the Mooch ouster.

Just a bad day all around for the Mooch.

Anthony Scaramucci erroneously listed as dead in the new Harvard Law alumni directory - The Washington Post

Oh, and his estranged wife also ...

I believe I half jokingly questioned whether or not Trump understood that he could be charged with obstruction even if a crime wasn't committed at some point in this thread and reports are saying no, he in fact doesn't understand that.

Today in Trump WTF:

A story that says Trump dictated Don Jr's initial meeting statement

and

A story that says Spicer met with the Seth Rich conspiracy guy before the story aired on Fox.

And the white house worked with Fox news directly on it.

He's never had to tell anyone theyre fired.

From Wired:

I think that promoting General Kelly is a smart move by Trump.

:lol:

Maybe his lawyer can inform him...


...oh.

The good news from there is if he's working as his own publicist that could mean that we'll get John Barron as his next Communications Director.

Apologies if this Michael Lewis/Vanity Fair article was posted last week. I had it open on my work laptop and finally got around to reading just the first 20% or so of it. I think this came out among the transgender ban/HC failure/Mooch going crazy hoopla so may have overlooked it.

Why the Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming from Inside the White House | Vanity Fair

Good God these two sentences are so condescendingly brilliant.

Thanks for the link, Logan.

maybe youve just been wrong?

Thanks, Logan. I shat my pants, barfed a little and now I can't sleep.

There's that, but there's also the "Trump creates chaos to distract from other things" narrative.

How true? Who knows. OTOH, there was Senate testimony going on about how Russian intelligence uses kompromat during Mooch's brief tenure.

Which seems more likely? That he was used for 10 days to get rid of Spicer and Priebus, or that he was used as a circus act to distract from the hearings?

Nah, cause too much of it has made sense to this point really. And they did shed themselves of Preibus so things fit pretty well right up to there.

There's been too much that made sense for it to be mere stopped clock exceptions.

Incidentally, I'm still stuck on how to set the over/under line for Kelly as CoS.
I'm leaning toward the high side and thinking 32 days.

You know, even if I agreed with the man's politics or thought he was brilliant, I don't honestly know how I could remain in the company of such a man for more than a few minutes. I mean, at some point, I am pretty sure I would tell him he needs to shut the f $#!@ up. Or I would physically attack him and get shot by the secret service.

Or maybe Trump creates chaos....because Trump creates chaos?

I wouldn't be shocked to hear that Trump wasn't aware of Mooch's pre-election comments about him until after he was brought in. As in, maybe he had a vague idea but not exactly quotes or audio. I mean, it's plausible anyway.

Also regarding Russia and Don Jr, etc....seems to me that Trump is a good example of terrible ineptitude mixed with narcissism. He doesn't even think to ask if there are rules against something because he is convinced they don't apply to him anyway. Whereas your average scumbag politician at least tries to appear above board.

This.

I think we have enough evidence to put to bed the notion that he's playing 11 dimensional chess. He's a toddler. It's as simple as that.

Bingo

JiminMGA is just overthinking it IMO

But that speech he gave in West Virginia.

Boy Scouts dispute Trump claim that their leader called his speech 'the greatest' | TheHill

I like imaging the White House administration having an intern call Trump pretending to be the Head of Boy Scouts to tell him it was the greatest speech they ever heard.

Lies > Truths

My finger in the breeze says this change is for real (whatever that even means in this context) and he'll be there forever... like several months, even.

Especially not while golfing.

Great article, though it is completely one-sided. Interesting to read about my company in there - I did a little of the preliminary work on the Metcalf investigation, definitely some scary stuff. The precision and obvious intent behind it was slightly terrifying...the fact that we couldn't tie it to anything more than what was done even moreso.

God I wish I was a WH intern right now!