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White House spokeswoman Sean Spicer resigned, reports The New York Times. The reason was his disagreement with the decision of President Donald Trump to appoint financier Anthony Skaramucci as the director of communications.

As noted by the publication, Trump asked Spicer to continue his work. However, he refused to change his decision, calling the appointment of Scaramucci "a big mistake."

According to The Washington Post, Scaramucci has a difficult relationship not only with Spice, but also with the head of the presidential apparatus Rainsa Subuse.

Spicer himself said that he would continue to fulfill duties until the end of summer. "For me, it was an honor and privilege to serve with Donald Trump for this wonderful country. I will continue my work until the end of August," he wrote on Twitter.

Scaramucci served as adviser to Trump for relations with business. In January, even before the president’s inauguration, on the fields of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Davos, Skaramucci said that improving Russian-American relations could occur throughout the year . "I am generally a very optimistic person, like the elected president. He has a vision of mutual interests, and, perhaps, a year later, relations with the Russian people and the Russian government will be better than today. I do not say that this will happen, who knows what circumstances or facts will affect our relations, but we want this in any case," the adviser said.

At the same time, Scaramucci noted that he considers the sanctions "not the best thing", but emphasized that "the actions taken by the Russian government were perceived with a certain disapproval in the international community." “Most likely we will have the opportunity to sit back at the negotiating table and see if we can come to the best agreement,” he added. Scaramucci also believes that the sanctions introduced by the West had the opposite effect and rallied Russians around Vladimir Putin.