Anthony Scaramucci served as White House communications director for 11 days, from July 21 to July 31, 2017.
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Scaramucci → serve → July
The record of the shortest tenure in the Trump world is likely to be broken by Katie Zacharia, the new press secretary who was panned on the very first day on the job.
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who → break → job
Then she appeared on Fox News' Sean Hannity show where she was grilled in such a way that political commentators believed that Hannity must have had the go-ahead from the top because Katie Zacharia was 'set to fail'.
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Zacharia → appear → top
Insiders believe Katie Zacharia was set to fail.
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Zacharia → believe → ?
Trump announced on October 9 that Zacharia would replace Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary.
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Zacharia → announce → secretary
She had worked as a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security earlier in 2026 and was a senior communications adviser to Trump Media & Technology Group.
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She → work → Group
Trump described her as a loyal supporter and a member of the MAGA movement.
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Trump → describe → movement
But the appointment quickly became overshadowed by questions about her professional credentials.
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appointment → overshadow → credentials
Zacharia had described herself as a lawyer and had previously worked at a law firm in Beijing.
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Zacharia → describe → Beijing
Her professional profile also listed a general counsel role at Fix California, an advocacy group founded by Trump ally Ric Grenell.
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profile → list → Grenell
Reports suggested that there was no record showing she was registered as an attorney or a member of the bar in any US state or the District of Columbia.
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she → suggest → Columbia
Trump was asked about Zacharia's law practice to which the president did not have any answer, and he turned to Zacharia to
give the answer.
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he → ask → answer
Zacharia said she practised when she was in China.
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she → say → China
Turns out, she never passed a bar exam and was never a licensed attorney.
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she → turn → exam
By October 16, Trump was publicly suggesting that Zacharia reconsider the position.
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Zacharia → suggest → position
A White House official said she was being let go from the role.
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she → say → role
Her tenure had lasted only days.
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tenure → last → ?
Susie Wiles: The powerful chief of staff facing questions about her own future
Will Susie Wiles be on her way out soon?
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Wiles → face → way
Susie Wiles has occupied one of the most influential positions in Trump's administration, serving as the gatekeeper to the president and a central figure in the operation of the West Wing.
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Wiles → occupy → Wing
But reports of growing internal tensions have put her own position under the spotlight.
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reports → grow → spotlight
Wiles, who helped lead Trump's successful 2024 presidential campaign, entered the second administration with a reputation for organisation and discipline.
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who → lead → organisation
She became the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff, a job that involves managing the president's schedule, coordinating senior aides and trying to ensure that the administration's priorities are carried out.
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priorities → become → aides
Politico reported that Trump was considering replacing Wiles and was reaching out to people asking for names.
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Trump → report → names
But officially he dismissed the report calling it fake news and said Susie Wiles will be serving her role for a long time.
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Wiles → dismiss → time
One source of apparent friction between Trump and Susie Wiles was Trump's decision to approach Zacharia about becoming press secretary without consulting Wiles, according to people familiar with the appointment.
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source → approach → appointment
The move was viewed internally as undermining the chief of staff and creating uncertainty about who was directing personnel decisions in the West Wing.
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who → view → Wing
Wiles has also faced pressure over the outside consulting work of longtime Trump allies Chris LaCivita and Tony Fabrizio Blair, who travelled to Republika Srpska in Bosnia for political consulting work.
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who → face → work
Trump publicly distanced himself from the two men and threatened to fire them if their work presented a conflict of interest.
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work → distance → interest
Wiles has also had a personal health challenge this year.
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Wiles → have → challenge
In September, she announced that tests showed no remaining evidence of her breast cancer after treatment, saying she was grateful for the support she had received while continuing to work.
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she → announce → support
Alina Habba: A multimillion-dollar dispute that has turned into a MAGA feud
Alina Habba asks where his billionaire husband's donation vanished.
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donation → turn → feud
Alina Habba, the former personal attorney to Trump, has found herself at the centre of an extraordinary dispute involving a reported multimillion-dollar donation to the Kennedy Center and one of the president's former senior advisers.
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herself → find → advisers
The controversy became public through an Axios report on October 14, which said Trump had directed White House counsel to examine allegations raised by Habba during a meeting at the White House.
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Trump → become → House
Habba reportedly told Trump that a donation her billionaire husband, Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon, intended for the Kennedy Center had not reached the institution.
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husband → tell → institution
The amount at the centre of the dispute has varied in accounts of the episode.
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amount → vary → episode
Axios reported that Habba initially cited a figure of $17 million, before the amount in question was narrowed to approximately $5.6 million.
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amount → report → million
White House sources described it as nearly $6 million.
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sources → describe → million
The allegation involves Ric Grenell, the former president of the Kennedy Center and a longtime Trump ally.
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allegation → involve → Center
Habba alleged that Grenell had persuaded her husband to include a multimillion-dollar donation in a larger payment linked to a business deal involving a US company.
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Grenell → allege → company
She later discovered, according to the report, that the money did not appear in the Kennedy Center's records.
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money → discover → records
…and 25 more, not listed.
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