Trump's quarrel with Anthony Scaramucci, explained

One of the most public supporters of President Donald Trump has suddenly become a virulent critic. And Trump, as he wont do, reacted by unleashing himself. But in doing so, the president is giving this critic – the former White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci – a wider platform and audience that he would have otherwise had, certainly motivating Trump's dissatisfied Republicans to scrutinize critics of Scaramucci.

Scaramucci has undergone a remarkable transformation in the last six weeks. No later than July 3, "The Mooch" predicts on Twitter that Trump "win more than 40 states in 2020. "But things began to change in the days that followed, when Trump launched attack after attack on women of color Democrats – attacks that Scaramucci called" racist and unacceptable ".

But the final break between the former allies came after Scaramucci visited MSNBC on Aug. 10 and called Trump's trip to visit the victims of the shooting in El Paso, Texas as a "disaster." This visit was one in which the President Rivals democratic and brag about the size of the crowd during his ralliesand he was photography doing a thumbs up gesture alongside an orphaned baby from a shooter who was inspired by his rhetoric.

"Maybe he's going to tweet something negative about someone for saying that he's not done well, but the facts are that he's not sure." Did not do the trip well, because if the trip is done on him and not the demonstration of compassion, love and compassion and empathy for these people, then it becomes a disaster for him, the administration , and also a bad reflection on the country, "added Scaramucci during his appearance on MSNBC.

Predictably, Trump took the bait and fought back later that night on Twitter.

Fast forward 10 days and Trump still has not exceeded this threshold. He posted tweets attacking Scaramucci on Monday and Tuesday, and the Republican National Committee has also on the stack.

Scaramucci, however, was not discouraged – he even teased a plan to organize a possible first challenge for Trump, while calling for more Republicans disillusioned with Trump to follow suit.

Why does anyone care about Anthony Scaramucci in the first place, briefly explained?

Scaramucci was a relatively unknown financier based in New York before Trump asked him to be his director of communications on July 21, 2017.

Just five days later, Scaramucci called on New York journalist Ryan Lizza and unveiled a rude verbal tirade against his alleged enemies within the administration.

He threatened to sack all Trump administration communications staff, nicknamed the White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, "a paranoid schizophrenic whore, a paranoid," and accused Priebus – ousted two days later – disclosing damaging information to the media. Perhaps most memorable, Scaramucci criticized White House advisor Steve Bannon, stating, "I'm not Steve Bannon, I'm not trying to suck my dick. … I do not try to create my own brand with the fucking strength of the president. I am here to serve the country. "

The next day, Scaramucci called CNN and again melted to his frustrations over the White House's leaks. A few days later, news of Scaramucci's wife had asked him to divorce earlier in the month, shortly before the birth of their child, partly because of the frustration of his departure for Trump.

The record breaking and personal peccadilloes of Scaramucci clearly showed that he was about to serve in a role for which he had no qualifications. His departure from the administration was announced on July 31, 2017. The brevity of his White House mandate has since become a staple.

But for Scaramucci as for Trump, the mandate hired by the former director of communication, embarrassing to the White House, had an advantage. He leveraged his new notoriety to become one of Trump's most prominent supporters on television and has become a regular guest of MSNBC, CNN and Fox News.

Scaramucci went through this wave for two years. But the first sign of change came on July 16, when Scaramucci criticized Trump for his racist attacks on Democratic women of color in Congress.

The Palm Beach County GOP reacted to Scaramucci's tweet by dissuading him from speaking at a fundraiser (Roger Stone ended up being his replacement). A few days later, Scaramucci tweeted that the canceled invitation was "a badge of honor for me", although he added that he still supported Trump.

But the final split came after Scaramucci switched to MSNBC and criticized Trump's response to the recent mass shootout. When the amateur television president reacted in the attack, Scaramucci said his days as a loyalist were finally over.

Things degenerated from there. Scaramucci wrote Monday an editorial for the Washington Post titled: "I was wrong about Trump. Here's why. In this text, he writes that "Trump's violence only reinforces my thinking: I can no longer, in all conscience, support the re-election of the president."

"The negative aspects of Trump's demagoguery clearly outweigh the strengths of his leadership, and it is imperative that Americans unite to prevent him from sitting for four years," he said. he added.

Trump responded Monday night by posting a tweet calling Scaramucci a "dope", which included old video clips of Scaramucci praising him.

On Tuesday, the President then spoke. quote-tweeting an attack on Scaramucci Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, adding that Scaramucci is "just another dissatisfied former employee who has been fired for blatant incompetence!"

During his presidential campaign, Trump promised not to "recruit the best" unless he won the elections. There is already a mountain of evidence showing how hollow this promise was, but Trump's attacks on Scaramucci – and his refusal to be accountable for hiring him – are perhaps the most striking illustration to date. from the emptiness of this promise.

Scaramucci is certainly a self-promoter, but that does not mean that he is not promoting Trump.

Scaramucci's sudden turn against Trump feels opportunism. For example, on August 11, he wrote that "for three years I have fully supported this president," but "recently, he said things that divide the country in an unacceptable way," as if Trump had not been says things that divide since he's started his campaign by rejecting Mexican immigrants.

In fact, "The Mooch" was himself a critic of Trump before becoming a sycophant. When he appeared in Fox Business in 2016, Scaramucci described Trump as a "hacking politician" and, in the months that followed, called Trump's rhetoric "crazy" and criticized his Muslim ban. Scaramucci even posted tweets praising Hillary Clinton, only to remove them when he went to work for Trump.

Scaramucci, in his article on the Washington Post, explains that he hoped Trump "could bring a pragmatic and entrepreneurial approach to the oval office," but he gradually became disillusioned as Trump defended white supremacists, separated families from migrants and attacked the media. He described Trump's attacks on Democrat women in the Democratic Congress as "final straw."

On Tuesday, Scaramucci went even further and m said during an interview with MSNBC, he was working with "a very Republican group" – including "former members of the government, members of the armed forces" and others – in the US. hope to launch a major Republican challenge to Trump.

Trump can not help but attack "The Mooch". But in doing so, he amplifies Scaramucci's criticism.

If we know anything about Trump at this point, he can not help criticizing his detractors, and he attaches great importance to personal loyalty. But by attacking Scaramucci, Trump amplifies the message of his former director.

Scaramucci concluded his editorial on the Washington Post by urging other Republicans who were tired of following Trump and hoping the Democrats would accept such tricks in good faith.

I challenge my fellow Republicans to be brave enough to publicly speak out against Trump. Challenge the culture of fear that he has created and publicize the concerns that you express easily in private. Keep your patriotism and help save the country from its depredations. And to members of the so-called resistance, please leave room for those who want to admit their mistakes.

My personal odyssey has taken longer than expected, but I'm not interested in being on the right side of the story, I'm determined to make sure that quality people end up writing it.

Since publishing this editorial, Trump has released four tweets attacking Scaramucci, including two attacker in extremely personal terms.

Will Trump's tweets succeed in discrediting Scaramucci? Maybe, but even then, he will still have to explain why he hired him to a top administrative position. But by drawing attention to a man who suddenly passed from a convinced loyalist to a virulent critic, Trump's attacks may also motivate disgruntled Republicans to examine what Scaramucci says – and that's it. a dangerous terrain for a notoriously divisive president who will have trouble winning reelection if he can not keep Republicans together behind him.

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