Donald Trump attacked his former aide Anthony Scaramucci for claiming that the President’s visits to the scenes of mass shootings were a ‘catastrophe.’
Scaramucci, who briefly served as White House communications director in July 2017, told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that Trump ‘didn’t do well on the trip’ when he visited survivors of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, with First Lady Melania Trump.
The New York native, 55, claimed that the subsequent coverage did not show Trump demonstrating compassion and empathy to the victims.
Donald Trump, (left), attacked his former aide Anthony Scaramucci, (right), for claiming that the President’s visits to the scenes of mass shootings were a ‘catastrophe’
Donald Trump fired back at Scaramucci by calling him ‘incapable’ when he served in his administration as a communications director
Scaramucci told MSNBC that Trump ‘didn’t do well on the trip’ when he visited survivors of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, with First Lady Melania Trump
Trump did not take the criticism well and fired back at the New York entrepreneur by calling him ‘incapable’ when he served in his administration.
POTUS tweeted: ‘Anthony Scaramucci, who was quickly terminated (11 days) from a position that he was totally incapable of handling, now seems to do nothing but television as the all time expert on “President Trump.”
‘Like many other so-called television experts, he knows very little about me……….other than the fact that this Administration has probably done more than any other Administration in its first 2 1/2 years of existence.
‘Anthony, who would do anything to come back in, should remember the only reason he is on TV, and it’s not for being the Mooch!.’
And Scaramucci predicted the backlash from his former boss on Thursday during his appearance on MSNBC.
He said: ‘He probably would be mad at somebody for saying that. Maybe he’ll tweet something negative about somebody for saying he didn’t do well.
‘But facts are he did not do well on the trip because if the trip is being made about him and not the demonstration of compassion and love and caring and empathy for those people, then it becomes a catastrophe for him, the administration, and it’s also a bad reflection on the country.’
On the show, a media report was discussed which cited two unnamed sources who questioned Trump’s behavior as he visited two hospitals where he met with survivors and first responders Wednesday.
Scaramucci then blasted the ‘cowards’ in the White House for not conveying their opinions directly to the president and speaking anonymously to reporters instead.
Scaramucci blasted the ‘cowards’ inside the White House for refusing to express their opinions directly to the president and speak anonymously to a reporter instead. He is seen above talking to reporters when he served as White House communications director
Trump and Scaramucci are seen together when he worked in the administration for 11 days
He added: ‘Something about Washington where there is an allergic reaction to the truth and people would rather tell the reporter on an anonymous phone call about what they think is going on in an attempt that they think actually saves their face.
‘Those people inside the White House are a bunch of cowards. They should tell the guy the truth instead of picking up the phone and calling a reporter,’ he said.
Last month Scaramucci was one of few Republicans to condemn the president’s tweets telling minority congresswomen to go back to their home countries.
‘You know, that tweets is instable, unstable, however you want to reference it,’ the former White House communications director told CNN. ‘It’s racist, it’s obnoxious.’
A few hours earlier, he explained on Twitter why the Sunday thread from Trump was racist, claiming he wouldn’t tell a white immigrant to go back to their country of origin.
Donald and Melania Trump met the two-month-old baby whose parents Jordan and Andre Anchondo died while shielding him from gunfire during the El Paso shooting on Wednesday
The First Lady shared several images of her and husband Donald meeting victims of the El Paso shooting, one which included a two-month-old baby now orphaned after his parents died
‘Would @realDonaldTrump ever tell a white immigrant – whether 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th+ generation – to ‘go back to your country’? No. That’s why the comments were racist and unacceptable,’ Scaramucci tweeted.
Scaramucci, who only served in his administration position for 10 days in the summer of 2017, said other Republicans didn’t want to call out the president because people in Washington are allergic to telling the truth.
‘Let’s state it obviously for the viewers: I mean Washington has an allergy to the truth. They are in the tank with each other, they need each other, some of them are afraid they are going to get primaried by people that are more Trumpian than they are,’ Scaramucci said.
‘Others are just saying, ‘Geez, my salary’s dependent on something related to the administration, I need to keep my mouth shut.’
The Italian-American said the tweet was even obnoxious to white immigrants.
Scaramucci said other Republicans didn’t want to call out the president because people in Washington are allergic to telling the truth
Last month Scaramucci was one of few Republicans to condemn the president’s tweets telling minority congresswomen, (pictured), to go back to their home countries
‘It’s obnoxious to Itlainan-Americans, it’s obnoxious to a very large group of people. And you should apologize,’ he continued. ‘Of course he’s not going to apologize and he’s going to double down and say that it wasn’t racist.’
Trump suggested a group of four minority congresswomen ‘go back’ and fix where they came from before trying to weigh in on American politics.
All four – Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley – were elected to the House in the 2018 midterms.
Even though Scaramucci said he thinks Trump was wrong and should apologize, he also said he’s still rooting for Trump in 2020 – but warned him he could lose a lot of support with comments like he made Sunday.
‘I wish the president well, I’d like to see him get reelected,’ Scaramucci said during his CNN appearance. ‘But I’m telling you right now, he continues on that path, he’s going to be shocked at the number of people that are going to quietly and overtly break from him.’
After the comments were made, the Palm Beach GOP disinvited Scaramucci from speaking at its annual fundraiser after the shot-lived White House communications director claimed Tuesday that Trump’s weekend tweets were racist.
‘I am sorry that I was cancelled,’ Scaramucci Politico. ‘Mike Barnett must like and condone racist comments. Someone with more courage and less political expediency would call it for what it is and ask it to stop.’