You’ve got to give Anthony Scaramucci some credit. The former hedge-fund manager—and, yes, Goldman Sachs alumnus—is now Donald Trump’s new communications director, whatever that turns out to mean in this unconventional administration. Will he replace the departed Sean Spicer as the one delivering the overall message on the Sunday morning shows? Or is he angling to replace his nemesis Reince Priebus, who tried to thwart Scaramucci as chief of staff? Or, hell, is he going to just take over the entire cabinet? As one top White House official told Politico on Friday morning, “This was a murdering of Reince and Bannon. They said Anthony would get this job over their dead bodies.” And yet it happened nevertheless. Anyway, these are questions only he and Trump can answer.

In the meantime, as this is getting sorted out, you have got to acknowledge Scaramucci’s chutzpah and determination. It has now paid off bigly, assuming that you think being in the white-hot center of the Trump administration is a just reward for someone who is a decent, honest, and hardworking guy. Some would say that saddling Scaramucci with Trump’s mishegas is more torture than one man deserves to endure. But not Anthony Scaramucci! He could not be more thrilled. According to a source with knowledge, he is said to be “pumped” about his new appointment.

This doesn’t surprise me. I’ve known The Mooch for years, interviewed him many times and enjoyed his company repeatedly at his annual SALT conference in Las Vegas, which has become one of the premier hedge-fund conferences in the industry, at least if you want to see and be seen. After failed forays supporting Scott Walker and Jeb Bush, Scaramucci decided last year to go all in for Donald Trump and now he’s finally got what he’s apparently been angling for since November 8: a seat at the big-boy table in the Trump administration.

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It wasn’t easy. Early on, it appeared that Scaramucci was going to become the liaison between the White House and the business community. But since his deal to sell his stake in SkyBridge Capital, his $13 billion hedge fund of funds, to HNA, a large Chinese conglomerate, had not closed, he was prevented from taking a significant job. So Scaramucci laid low, and remained a good soldier. He made numerous television appearances defending the president’s appalling behavior and questionable legislative decisions. He remained excruciatingly loyal.

As it looked like the SkyBridge deal was getting nearer to closing—it still hasn’t—Scaramucci took a temporary job at the Export-Import Bank, which Trump had once slated to close, but then had a change of heart. Scaramucci presumably knew it was a temporary job, but he showed up and did what he was asked to do. The idea was that when the SkyBridge deal closed, he would head to France as the Ambassador for the Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development. The O.E.C.D. job would present two nice perks. It would have given him a role, if minor, in the Trump administration. It also would have allowed him to defer the taxable gains he gets from the sale of SkyBridge. (This huge tax benefit is available to nearly anyone going from the private sector into government.) “Please visit,” he e-mailed me on July 5.