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Audio of Donald Trump communications chief Anthony Scaramucci's x-rated rant at a reporter, which led to his being sacked after just 10 days, has been released.

Scaramucci - known to friends as "The Mooch" - was so furious that Donald Trump's dinner plans had been leaked to the press, that he called New Yorker Ryan Lizza to complain.

And today, the magazine released audio of the bombshell conversation for the first time.

During the call, he demanded to know who had leaked the plans, threatening to sack the White House communications staff one-by-one until he got to the source.

He accused Trump's Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus, with whom Scaramucci has a long-running feud, of trying to "c**k block" his appointment to Trump's top team.

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And he used a very colourful metaphor to insist he had no interest in the widespread media attention his appointment had garnered.

"I’m not Steve Bannon," he said, referring to Trump's chief strategist and the former boss of far-right blog Breitbart. "I'm not trying to suck my own c**k. I'm not trying to build my own brand off the f***ing strength of the President. I'm here to serve the country."

Within days of the phone call, Priebus had been fired as White House chief of staff, to be replaced by no-nonsense retired general John Kelly.

Kelly's first act in the role was to unceremoniously sack Scaramucci, just 10 days after he was appointed.

Last night, Scaramucci's plan for revitalising the White House communications team was published.

The document included a grand plan to "professionalise" the West Wing.

"Horn tooting and denigrating colleagues is unacceptable", the communications tsar wrote in the memo.

Staff should "build bridges and foster better working relationships" with the mainstream media, he said. "WH should leave old grudges behind, but never forget."

He said there should be "no more threats about leaking" and while the President "can choose to fight with the media, Comms can not."