Anthony Scaramucci Wants You to Believe Him This Time
When I last visited Anthony Scaramucci, in the middle of his investment company’s annual conference in Las Vegas, he made it known that if President Donald Trump wanted him, he’d be game for a sequel.
That was back in May. Much has happened since in the life of the erstwhile White House adviser, who in the summer of 2017 spent 11 memorable days as Trump’s communications director before he was fired over a profane phone interview.
Scaramucci is poised for a second act, just not the one he envisioned. He’s been feuding with Trump ever since he appeared on the August 9 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, where he told the audience that some of what the president has done has been “absolutely indefensible.” Trump tweeted that he was watching the broadcast, albeit “by accident.” (That’s by no means uncommon: Maybe the remote gets stuck on the wrong channel. Maybe you press the buttons, but nothing happens, and before you know it, you’ve spent an hour of your presidency watching premium cable. An accident.)
As he is wont to do, the
