Who's who in the Anthony Scaramucci White House spat?

Trump's new communications director caused trouble before he even started his job on July 21. Press secretary Sean Spicer was reportedly upset about Scaramucci's hiring - Spicer had handled many directoral responsibilities himself - and resigned as a result. Scaramucci, who is reportedly close to the president, insulted other staffers in a phone call to a journalist.

The biggest target of Scaramucci's attack: Reince Priebus. Trump's chief of staff is known to have a fraught relationship with the new communications director and was reportedly among those West Wing staffers who opposed the hire. Scaramucci called Priebus a "f***ing paranoid schizophrenic" in a conversation with a reporter from the New Yorker and said Priebus would be forced to resign.

In the current West Wing quarrel, Kellyanne Conway, one of Trump's most important advisers, is on Scaramucci's side. In an interview with conservative TV channel Fox News, she talked about him having somewhat of a hard time and said: "Somebody is trying to get in his way and scare him off." Conway herself is infamous for coming up with the phrase "alternative facts."

Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon has not had a stellar year. In April, he was banned from the National Security Council. Scaramucci laid into him saying unlike Bannon he was not trying "to suck my own c**k," accusing him of using Trump to boost his own image. "I'm not trying to build my own brand off the f****g strength of the president. I'm here to serve the country."

After Sean Spicer formally steps down from his post in August, Sarah Huckabee Sanders will take over as press secretary. In a Fox News interview, she said Scaramucci was "very passionate about the president and his agenda and I think he may have let that get the best of him," adding she hoped the "focused" team would "reel some of their language in."