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Article snippet: As former White House officials continue to haunt Washington, Anthony Scaramucci is enjoying his political afterlife far beyond the capital. Mr. Scaramucci, the former White House communications director who took Washington on a chaotic, 10-day joy ride before he was fired after delivering an expletive-filled rant to The New Yorker in July, has taken his post-West Wing publicity tour as far as Europe. His pop culture coming-out party has included the creation of a journalist-catnip Twitter account, the Scaramucci Post, and selfie-heavy trips to Rome and Beverly Hills. This worldwide party tour culminated on Friday in Manhattan with an appearance on the long-running daytime talk show “The View,” where several members of his family sat in the front row and a warm-up comedian named Tom spent the morning coaching audience members to clap, cheer and ask Mr. Scaramucci — “The Mooch,” as he likes to be called — “good happy questions” during the commercial breaks. “I have some fans in here,” Mr. Scaramucci said with a toothy grin as he took the stage. “Who knew it was going to happen, right?” For a time it was an open question in Washington whether people in the Trump White House would be able to compete in the free-for-all cash grab of book deals, speaking engagements and TV network contracts that come with proximity to presidential power. Eight months in, the tradition appears alive and well for the Trumpites, who have proliferated on daytime talk shows, late-night sho... Link to the full article to read more