Anthony Scaramucci says he will host live broadcast to tell the American people his side of the story
'I am going to go dark. Then I will re-emerge. As me'
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Your support makes all the difference.Anthony Scaramucci has said he will host a live broadcast to tell his own story after he was removed as White House communications director less than two weeks after being hired by Donald Trump.
Mr Scaramucci told CNN the event, which will be broadcast with help from former Fox News co-president Bill Shine, will give him the opportunity to reach and communicate with the US President's supporters.
He will address the American people directly on Friday.
When he was asked what he plans to do next in an interview with the Huffington Post, Mr Scaramucci said: “I am going to go dark.
"Then I will re-emerge. As me.”
The ousted communications director had high hopes for improved relationships with reporters, according to a memo posted two days after he was dismissed.
The memo lists five priorities for the communications staff, including "Improve the culture" and "Fill the content void."
Mr Scaramucci says Mr Trump "can choose to fight with the media, but Comms can not," and he even suggests "a constructive 'complaint box' for the media to make complaints."
Still, the memo pointed out, "Comms is a Customer Service Operation — POTUS is the Number One Customer." It said the office needs to "humanise" Mr Trump and suggested "a national online lottery to play a round of golf with him... or a charity auction."
Mr Scaramucci also called for "video content that constructively operates as 'The President Donald J Trump' show."
He envisioned running the communications department "like a news channel with producers, scripts, and narration" that would be able to "dictate the news of the day on most days."
After his appointment was announced, Mr Scaramucci was very vocal about leaks coming out of the White House — even telling a New Yorker reporter he wanted to "kill all the leakers."
His memo is a little more restrained. He writes: "No more threats about leaking and internal game playing — anyone who takes actions that do not serve the President will be dismissed — period.
"We will eliminate the bad eggs and send a powerful message to the remaining staff that well-intentioned mistakes are acceptable, but misconduct is not."
The memo is dated 30 July, just a day before Mr Scaramucci was ousted by new chief of staff John Kelly.
Mr Scaramucci has confirmed he wrote the memo.
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