David Remnick: “Scaramucci, who was endorsed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, seems to have been installed to carry out Trump’s form of personnel management—to help demean and get rid of retainers who have proved disappointing or threatening to his interests. Sean Spicer. Reince Priebus. Steve Bannon. Jeff Sessions. And, ultimately, Robert Mueller.”

“In other words, the Mooch matters because the Mooch helps to clarify what matters most to the President and his family. What matters most is Trump’s grip on his base voters and his survival in office. Everything else—a sane health-care policy, the dignity of the transgender people who have volunteered to serve their country, a rational environmental policy, a foreign policy that serves basic democratic values, rule of law—is of tertiary interest.”

“Trump’s focus is not impossible to divine. He is increasingly anxious that Mueller and congressional investigators are exploring the details of his business transactions and financial holdings, and how they might have exposed him to being targeted by the Russian government.”

White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci “has told associates he plans to dramatically pare back his interactions with journalists following his jaw-dropping comments to The New Yorker,” Axios reports.

“Scaramucci’s aggressive entrance rattled West Wing staffers, and, like any aide representing President Trump on TV, he runs the risk of upstaging POTUS, who insists on being the star of his own show.”

“I’m more of a front stabbing person.”

— White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, in an interview on Fox News, on “backstabbers” in Washington, D.C.”

“If the leaks continue then I’ve got to let everybody go.”

— White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, quoted by the New York Daily News.

New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci told Fox News that stopping damaging West Wing leaks is a top priority.

Said Scaramucci: “We have to get the leaks stopped. What’s going on right now is a high level of unprofessionalism, and it’s not helping the president… I will take drastic action to stop the leaks.”

He added: “If the leaks don’t stop I’m going to pare down the staff because it’s just not right…. Something is going on inside the White House that the president does not like. We will fix it.”

“Here’s what I’ll tell you about the president: He’s the most competitive person I’ve ever met. I’ve seen this guy throw a perfect spiral through a tire. I’ve seen him at Madison Square Garden with a top coat on and he’s hitting foul shots and swishing them. He sinks three foot puts. I don’t see this guy as a guy who’s ever under siege.”

— Anthony Scaramucci, at a press briefing on his first day as White House communications director.

“President Trump is expected to announce that Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci will be White House communications director,” Axios reports.

“Trump has left the role open since Mike Dubke resigned in May, and the President has vented frequently to his friends about the performance of his press operation… Trump’s plans to appoint Scaramucci came as a surprise to Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, who found out after the plans had already been made.”