Source Claims Reince Priebus’ Interview With CNN Was A Big ‘F*** You’ To The President

It’s official. Reince Priebus is OUT. It all went down Friday, although Priebus claims he submitted his resignation. Who REALLY knows what happened. Was it completely his decision and his decision alone, or did Scarymucci Scaramucci– erm, urge him to do it? I guess we’ll never really know.

That’s neither here nor there. At the end of the day, he’s gone. However, he’s not done speaking. After the news dropped, Priebus chose to give CNN his first interview. Yep. Fake News CNN. An interesting choice, no? Apparently, he did it on purpose. It was his last big “f*** you” to Trump.

One of Trump friends messaged me saying Reince’s decision to do his first interview with CNN is a “big fu*ck you” to Trump.

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 28, 2017

Why would @Reince45 choose to go on cnn the network that’s been destroying his admin 4 7 months w/ 1st intv ? @foxandfriends

— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) July 28, 2017

2. Like I said…https://t.co/7IGvBwHAwy

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 29, 2017

Politics is a nasty business, so it’s possible. But the thing is, Priebus was super pleasant during the interview and didn’t throw any shade. He didn’t really say anything horrible, but CNN is media enemy #1, so I suppose it’s a bit odd that he gave his first interview to that network.

Blitzer: Did the President ask you to resign?
Priebus: No, I resigned and he accepted it. https://t.co/BYAdofrLGkhttps://t.co/CmXAejfGT4

— CNN (@CNN) July 28, 2017

Reince Priebus says he formally resigned Thursday, there aren’t a lot of “ill-will feelings” https://t.co/HutUfyLCUd https://t.co/OD9quycxTN

— CNN (@CNN) July 28, 2017

Reince Priebus: I think the President wanted to go in a different direction, he has a right to hit a reset button https://t.co/xUubjfahJY

— CNN (@CNN) July 28, 2017

At the end of the day, Priebus said he’s NOT the leaker:

Reince Priebus on Scaramucci’s claim that he’s the White House leaker: “That’s ridiculous” https://t.co/HutUfyLCUd https://t.co/noPypINf2y

— CNN (@CNN) July 28, 2017

He’s not going to talk about The Mooch’s comments:

Reince Priebus on Scaramucci’s comments about him: I’m not going to get “into the mud” on that. https://t.co/jlnkILvimn

— CNN (@CNN) July 28, 2017

And he’s still team Trump:

Reince Priebus: I’m on Team Trump, I look forward to helping him achieve his goals https://t.co/HutUfyLCUd https://t.co/rqjvvy0S1P

— CNN (@CNN) July 28, 2017

I don’t know. I definitely think Priebus is a little slimy (they all are, let’s be honest), but he didn’t say anything bad so…I don’t know. Do you think it was deliberate?

h/t Twitchy