The Scaramucci story ends like all the others: With a Trump tweetstorm

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Source: Washington Post

The Scaramucci story ends like all the others: With a Trump tweetstorm

By Catherine Rampell
Columnist
August 12 at 6:34 PM

On Friday evening, during our joint appearance on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher,” former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said that he stood by President Trump despite his flaws — because Scaramucci loves his country. He also warned Democrats that his bosom buddy could win reelection in a 40-state landslide.

By Sunday afternoon, Scaramucci was calling for a new candidate to top the 2020 Republican ticket.

“Bullying is very anti-American,” he told Bloomberg News. “People are embarrassed now.”

So what happened in the intervening, oh, 36 hours?

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Trump tweeted that he tuned in “by accident.” He must have seen Scaramucci defending his former boss not by denying Trump’s racism but rather by deflecting the charge, pivoting to a talking point that Trump has “the toughest job in the world.”

And then — as he does with everyone who exhibits even the gentlest, mildest dissent — Trump turned on Scaramucci in a series of mean tweets. As one op-ed columnist put it, completely unironically: “By trolling Anthony Scaramucci, Trump has crossed a line.” Finally, someone speaks for all those single-issue Scaramucci voters out there.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/welcome-to-the-resistance-scaramucci-better-late-than-never/2019/08/12/0a8a66cc-bd3f-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html

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