TRUMP STAFF New message guru wants ‘positive mojo’

Associated Press

WASHINGTON

President Donald Trump’s new communications adviser says it’s time to hit the “reset button.”

Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci pledged to begin “an era of a new good feeling” and said he hopes to “create a more positive mojo.” He also promised to crack down on information leaks and pledged to better focus the message coming from the White House.

Trump announced Friday that Scaramucci – a polished television commentator and Harvard Law graduate – would take over the administration’s top messaging job.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned in protest over Scaramucci’s appointment. He has been replaced by his former deputy Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

The challenges for Scaramucci’s new role were evident in a series of interviews, where he discussed plans for press strategy, but was beset by questions about the Russia investigation and the president’s Twitter feed.

The president frequently opts to directly speak to the public via Twitter. Scaramucci stressed on Fox that he would “let the president be the president,” adding that he wants to “help aid and abet his agenda.”

Asked about the president’s tweets about the investigation on CBS’ “Face the Nation”, Scaramucci said “if he thinks it’s helpful to him, let him do it.”

He said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that “we’re going to defend him very, very aggressively when there’s nonsensical stuff being said about him. And he will probably dial back some of those tweets.”