The change comes days after Scaramucci delivered a profanity-laced tirade against other top Trump aides - and hours after Trump swore in John Kelly, a new chief of staff, to bring discipline to his West Wing.
"Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team," the White House said in a statement. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Peter Cooney)White House communications director Scaramucci leaves in order to 'clean slate'
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