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White House shuffle compared to reality TV

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Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 1 Aug 2017, 8:18AM
(AP).

White House shuffle compared to reality TV

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Tue, 1 Aug 2017, 8:18AM

After just 10 days on the job, Anthony Scaramucci's gone.

The White House communications director has been removed from his role, after an expletive-laden interview with The New Yorker hit headlines last week.

Mr Scaramucci had the White House chief of staff Reince Preibus removed from his role.

He was then sacked by Preibus' replacement, John Kelly.

US correspondent Nick Bryant told Mike Hosking it's hoped Kelly will bring some stability to the White House.

"You wonder whether this is the bottoming out, things will improve from here, but there's just no way of telling. It's such a chaotic and unpredictable White House."

Bryant said the constant White House shuffle is being compared to reality TV.

"Oh the scriptwriters have gone bonkers. It revives that old joke from last year that it's the final season of America, and the scriptwriters have just gone crazy."

LISTEN ABOVE AS NICK BRYANT SPEAKS TO MIKE HOSKING

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