Op-ed: After Mooch, Kelly’s first order: Control Trump’s troops

While many were willing to give Anthony Scaramucci a chance as White House communications director, it became readily apparent to everyone that this wasn’t going to work out. It was an outside-the-box choice by President Trump, one of the most — if not the most — outside-the-box presidents we’ve ever had.  

However, last week, with his epic and deeply disturbing rant to Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker, Scaramucci made an error most often committed by young interns in their first congressional office. He demonstrated that he might not know the how to lay the basic ground rules with a reporter at the beginning of a conversation: clarifying that a conversation is on background.  

Even still, the interview displayed Scaramucci’s total lack of discipline, both in sticking to the narrative he is supposed to be promoting and in presenting a united front to the media and the public. In short, he demonstrated why in fact he could not be White House communications director.

Contrast this with the excellent appointment of Gen. John Kelly.

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