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Anthony Scaramucci Is Still Bitter About Being Fired By John Kelly

The former White House communications director also told CNN's Chris Cuomo why hiring Kelly was a "misfire."
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It’s been more than a year since Anthony Scaramucci received his marching orders from former White House chief of staff John Kelly ― and he’s still bitter about it. 

Scaramucci, who served just 10 days as White House communications director, told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that he was humiliated by the abrupt termination. 

“You just don’t have to fire people like that, it’s just nonsensical,” Scaramucci said on Tuesday night. “You don’t fire people like that.”

Earlier this week, Trump announced that Kelly would leave his post by the end of the year. Kelly has been the president’s chief of staff since July 2017. 

Scaramucci told Cuomo that hiring Kelly was a “misfire.”

“I honor his service. I honor his service as a Marine and I honor his service to the military, but yes, I do think it was a mistake because he didn’t have the right personality to deal with President Trump,” Scaramucci said. 

Check out the full interview in the clip above. 

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Anthony Scaramucci As White House Communications Director
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Anthony Scaramucci, then the White House communications director, speaks on the phone as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on July 28, 2017. (credit:NICHOLAS KAMM via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci talks with members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House on July 25, 2017. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci answers reporters' questions during the daily White House press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on July 21, 2017. (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci speaks to a morning television show, from the north lawn of the White House on July 26, 2017. (credit:Mark Wilson via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci, just named President Donald Trump's new White House communications director, speaks in the briefing room at the White House on July 21, 2017. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci talks to the media during a briefing on July 21, 2017. (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci takes questions at the White House on July 21, 2017. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci talks with the media outside the White House on July 25, 2017. (credit:TASOS KATOPODIS via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci talks with the media outside the White House on July 25, 2017. (credit:TASOS KATOPODIS via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci makes his point to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House on July 25, 2017. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci speaks during a press briefing at the White House on July 21, 2017. (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci attends the daily White House press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room on July 21, 2017. (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci points as he follows new White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders into the briefing room at the White House on July 21, 2017. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Scaramucci waves during the daily White House press briefing on July 21, 2017. (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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