Anthony Scaramucci, the short-lived White House communications director, said if it were up to him, top adviser Steve Bannon would be gone from President Donald Trump's administration.

But, he noted, "it's not up to me."

"The Mooch," a few weeks removed from his spectacular flameout following an expletive-laden conversation with a reporter, appeared on Monday on CBS' "Late Show" with Stephen Colbert.