New White House communications director launches strong verbal attack on Chief of Staff The new communications director for US President Donald Trump has launched a strongly-worded attack on the White House chief of staff Reince Priebus. Anthony Scaramucci, verbally attacked the Chief of Staff, in a phone conversation with a reporter from The New Yorker magazine. The former Wall Street financier also attacked Trump's aide Steve Bannon. The conversation with the reporter was littered with profanity-laced insults directed at Mr Priebus and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. Mr Scaramucci, later tweeted his regret at the language he used but did not deny the nature of the conversation as reported. Source: BBC