American financier and broadcaster Anthony Scaramucci, who served as Donald Trump’s communications director for 11 days in July 2017, reacted to White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia’s inaugural briefing after netizens compared the two and expressed doubts about the latter’s tenure.A Threads user shared a picture of Scaramucci from 2017 and jokingly captioned the post:“A moment of silence for Anthony, who is about to lose his title.”Scaramucci appeared to take it in good spirit and replied:“Don’t count me out yet!”Anthony Scaramucci reacts to the comparison with Katie Zacharia. (Image via Threads)Later, Anthony Scaramucci, 62, joked on X:“The clock is running. Thus far, 1/11th of a Scaramucci.”It was accompanied by a repost of ABC News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl’s video post of former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer captioned:“A new press secretary flashback.”X influencer Covie also debated Katie Zacharia’s tenure by writing:“The only person who is happy with Katie Zacharia's performance as press secretary is Scott Jennings.”An individual named George Sisca commented, “Maybe @Scaramucci because his record might get broken.” Anthony replied with a tweet of his own. He wrote:“Not me. I hope she makes it.”Exploring the timeline of Anthony Scaramucci's 11-day tenure as the White House communications directorOn July 21, 2017, Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci was appointed by Donald Trump as his White House Communications Director, succeeding Michael Dubke, and acting director Sean Spicer. During a press briefing on his first day, Scaramucci said he would be getting acquainted with Trump’s staffers in the next few days and addressed reports about his ongoing tension with then-Chief-of-Staff Reince Priebus.“We are a little bit like brothers where we rough each other up once in a while, which is totally normal for brothers. There are a lot of people in here who have brothers, and so you get that. But he’s a dear friend,” Anthony stated.The following day, he deleted his past tweets to begin his White House career with a clean slate, including advocating for gun control and supporting Hillary Clinton.“Past views evolved and shouldn’t be a distraction. I serve POTUS agenda, and that’s all that matters,” Anthony Scaramucci tweeted at the time.On July 23, The Mooch sat down with Fox News’ Chris Wallace and spoke about White House employees.“We’ll see how they do with me at the helm. If the leaks don’t stop, I’m going to pare down the staff because it’s just not right.”Anthony Scaramucci later sparked controversy after he praised then-White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ hair and makeup person during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union; the remarks were deemed “sexist.”“Sarah, if you’re watching, I love the hair and makeup person that we had on Friday, so I’d like to continue to use the hair and makeup person,” he stated.Scaramucci later clarified on X:“For the record, I was referring to my hair and makeup and the fact that I like the makeup artist. I need all the help I can get! #humor.”For the next couple of days, The Mooch revived televised press briefings at the White House and accompanied Trump to West Virginia and Ohio on Air Force One. He shared his experience as something that will “never get old.”Scaramucci's tweet about Priebus. (Image via X)On July 26, The Mooch sparked further controversy when he tweeted accusing Reince Priebus of leaking his financial disclosure form.“In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info, which is a felony. I will be contacting the @FBI and @JusticeDept #swamp @Reince45,” he posted.When Politico reported with the headline “Scaramucci appears to want Priebus investigated by FBI,” Anthony clarified in a subsequent tweet:“Wrong! Tweet was public notice to leakers that all Sr Adm officials are helping to end illegal leaks @Reince45.”The following day, Anthony Scaramucci appeared on CNN’s New Day and compared his relationship to Reince to Cain and Abel. Later in the day, he sat down for an interview with The New Yorker and described the White House Chief of Staff as a “paranoid schizophrenic.” He also threatened to fire the “leakers” inside the White House communications team.“I fired one guy the other day. I have three to four people I’ll fire tomorrow. I’ll get to the person who leaked that to you. Reince Priebus — if you want to leak something — he’ll be asked to resign very shortly,” The Mooch stated.On July 28, Reince Priebus resigned.When Anthony Scaramucci was appointed, he reported directly to the POTUS. However, when retired Marine General John F. Kelly joined as the new White House Chief of Staff, reports began swirling that The Mooch would report to him.Katie Zacharia's first press briefing as the White House Press Secretary. (Image via X)On July 31, hours after John Kelly was sworn in and 10 days after Anthony Scaramucci took office, he was fired. Back then, The New York Times quoted Sarah Huckabee Sanders as saying that Scaramucci’s departure happened to “best give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team.”In 2025, The Mooch claimed in an interview that he was fired because he “embarrassed” Trump in a Cabinet meeting regarding a bill veto. He also claimed Jared Kushner warned him of the consequence.Ever since, Anthony Scaramucci has been critical of the Trump administration and even endorsed Harris-Walz in the 2024 presidential election. His short-lived tenure is tied with Jack Koehler of the Reagan administration.Katie Zacharia’s “introductory press conference” lasted for nearly 15 minutes, during which she spoke about Trump’s midterm elections agenda and took three questions from the press pool. She concluded by saying that any further questions would be answered by the President.Zacharia is a conservative political commentator and former senior communications advisor at Trump Media and Technology Group. She succeeded Karoline Leavitt as the White House Press Secretary after the latter left her post in August. Katie also served as the deputy assistant secretary at DHS.