Foul-mouthed interview sparks White House turf war

Anthony Scaramucci threatens to sack colleagues in profanity-laden tirade

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Donald Trump's new communications director has ignited fresh conflict among senior White House officials after giving a profanity-laden interview.

Anthony Scaramucci told New Yorker journalist Ryan Lizza that chief of staff Reince Priebus was a "f***ing paranoid schizophrenic" and said he was not like White House chief strategist Steve Bannon because "I'm not trying to suck my own c**k".

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