He’s the newly appointed White House communications director and the man who wishes to be the king’s right hand. Enter Anthony Scaramucci, a man to rival any character from Shakespeare or “Game of Thrones.”

On Thursday morning, Scaramucci called in to CNN. Even for this White House, his words were quite extraordinary. He openly attacked leakers and derided them as traitors. Scaramucci also proved that he intends to displace White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, from power.