NUZZI: I was saying yesterday, it's - I feel like one of my uncles is all of a sudden the communications director for the White House. And the thing about Anthony Scaramucci - I'm sure he's very intelligent. And he's upset that someone has leaked a financial disclosure that seems to have been routinely released. One could argue that Scaramucci is the guy who sounds paranoid in this description of the interview because he's just so upset about leaks that he fears is about him. INSKEEP: If you don't mind me saying, though, he called Reince Priebus a paranoid schizophrenic. But yeah, so he views Reince Priebus as being sort of the person who stood in the way of his hiring.
NUZZI: He talks about himself in the third person as the Mooch, which is his nickname. I think that came through in Ryan Lizza's interview with The New Yorker. He's very happy with himself for being here, even though so many people do not want him to be here. And this is a point of pride for him now. NUZZI: And he has sort of spent the last several months trying to get back into the circle. He was not part of that group of staffers. And then, at the last second, he was not confirmed. He was supposed to be confirmed along with everybody else in the White House. And - yeah, he - but he's under the impression that a combination of leaks and bad-mouthing him to the president led to him being kept out of a job the first time around. He claims that they met at Yankee Stadium, going to games together 10 years ago. INSKEEP: I guess we should remind people - he's been a friend and sometime adviser to President Trump for quite some time. He has been this upset since at least the winter at Reince Priebus and at other people in the White House, who he thinks tried to prevent him from being hired. NUZZI: (Laughter) Well, you know, it's funny. Olivia Nuzzi of New York Magazine is covering this story. He went on to use a vulgar phrase meaning that White House adviser Steve Bannon is all about himself. Later the same day, The New Yorker published more words from Scaramucci, who phoned a reporter to call Reince Priebus a, quote, "paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac." He used a profane adjective - or is it an adverb? - to intensify that. INSKEEP: So he said on CNN, as Cain and Abel's feud broke into the open.
I don't know if this is repairable or not. Other brothers can fight with each other and get along. President Trump's communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, says he feels like a brother to the chief of staff in the White House, Reince Priebus.ĪNTHONY SCARAMUCCI: Some brothers are like Cain and Abel.