The ex-chief of staff for former President George W. Bush on Friday ripped the manner in which President Trump dismissed his former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus Reinhold (Reince) Richard PriebusLeaked audio shows Trump touted low Black voter turnout in 2016: report Meadows joins White House facing reelection challenges Trump names Mark Meadows as new chief of staff MORE on Friday, calling it “tawdry” and awkward.”

“I’m sure this is the first chief of staff to be removed in the way that he was removed, and it was kind of tawdry, awkward, uncomfortable, unfair, but it’s a reality,” Andy Card said on MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber.”

Card’s comments came shortly after Trump announced on Twitter he would be replacing Priebus with Homeland Security chief Ret. Gen. John Kelly.

I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

...and a Great Leader. John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my Administration — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 28, 2017

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The staff shakeup occurred as the feud between Priebus and new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci appeared to reach a breaking point.

Scaramucci had suggested in a now deleted tweet on Wednesday that Priebus might have been behind leaks coming out of the White House.

Scaramucci went on to give an interview to The New Yorker, in which he called the now former chief of staff “a f------ paranoid schizophrenic.”