Anthony Scarmucci, White House Communications Director for just 11 stomach-churning days, was one of the few people that were able to outshine the President in ridiculous, insulting and controversial statements.
And yet, after his remarkable quick demise, back in 2017, he was still able to support the President and came to his defense many times on national television. He remained a colorful figure, albeit with slightly more tamed language.
That all evaporated last week. The Mooch (as he is affectionally called by friend and foe alike), appeared on Real time with Bill Maher. He defended the President, but with not the same vigor he had in the past. He admitted some things were troubling him, including the trade wars that seem to be contributing mightily to sinking the global economy. He was less than thrilled with some of the recent racist remarks made by our racist President.
Well, that's all it took for racist Donald Trump to turn on him. I'm amazed, even with all of the television our Racist-In-Chief watches, that he stumbled across Real Time with Bill Maher. Perhaps Fox News had a segment about it. He lashed out at Scaramucci, saying how he could not handle his tenure as Communications Director and how he barely knew.
Well, now the gloves were off. The Mooch, not one to hold back when someone comes after him, has recently called our racist President a "jackass," "narcissistic," and "crazy." When Trump verbally attacked a protester at one of his Nuremberg style rallies for being fat ( the person identified was actually one of his supporters trying to take the protesters out of the rally), the Mooch called Trump 'the fattest President", temporarily banning Scaramucci from Twitter. He now thinks Racist Don needs a primary opponent and likened the attempt to replace to Arya Stark swooping in to get rid of the Night King, and that when the Night King is taken down, all his supporters will evaporate. I wish. I'm afraid we'll be dealing with America's ugly racist side even long after Trump.
The Mooch may be the loudest, but I don't think he's the only one who will flee from Trump in the coming months. The global economy is very shaky right now, in large part but not entirely because of racist Trump's trade wars. His blind lashing out has destabilized everything. Our racist President has been clinging to a so-called "strong economy" as the last bailiwick of support outside his base voters (the white supremacists and evangelicals that will stick with him no matter what). If he loses the economy as an argument, he is a goner.
Democratic Presidential candidates who are basing their campaign solely on challenging the Narcissist King may be in for a surprise. If the economy sinks, and Trump is unable to successfully pin it on somebody else, the Republicans could replace him. Or Trump could step aside, resign, and let Pence pardon him (not with precedent - Ford pardoned Nixon after Nixon resigned). Then while old white men flail over whether the Democratic Party should be conservative and corporate, or Progressive and bold, the Republicans will nominate Nikki Haley as President or Vice President, putting them as the party to put a woman in the White House (or White House adjacent).
If only the Democrats had a woman who was bold and progressive, with detailed plans, an ability to work with both Progressive and moderate Democrats, an opposition to Trumpism that runs deeper than just racist Trump and attacks corruption more broadly, a straight shooter with positive appeal. If only the Democrats had someone like that.
Oh, wait. Maybe they do.
Maybe we have more than one.
I'll let you suss that out.
I won't give you any clues.
Okay, maybe just one clue.
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