安东尼·斯卡拉姆奇(Anthony Scaramucci)表示，政治左派应该将总统的忠实支持者视为一个需要取消计划的邪教成员。

       在福克斯新闻周日接受霍华德·库尔茨采访时，这位曾经的白宫通讯主管警告说，“我们认识到总统对美国社会——美国文化——是一个明显而现实的威胁。”

       “白宫和内阁里有很多人。我会要求左边...为这些人创造一个出口。“因为当你试图让人们脱离邪教时，你首先要做的事情之一就是让他们改变主意。”

       尽管斯卡拉穆奇为特朗普2016年的总统竞选捐赠了大量资金，并在过去为总统辩护——甚至在他被白宫短暂解雇后——但这位金融家已经成长越来越重要自从特朗普的种族主义袭击上个月反对四名进步民主党女议员。

       斯卡拉姆奇长期以来因特朗普的经济记录而表示支持他，现在他成了最严厉的批评者之一，警告说他正试图违背美国的理想分裂这个国家。

       库尔茨指出，许多左翼批评家质疑前特朗普的忠实者奥·斯卡拉穆奇(o Scaramucci)为何背叛总统，因为总统的分裂言论并不新鲜。

       斯卡拉穆奇承认这是“非常合理的批评”，但他说他有一篇专栏文章将在华盛顿邮报本周更详细地解释了他改变主意的原因。

       特朗普和他的助手们试图诋毁斯卡拉穆奇，辩称他只是想得到关注和宣传。

       白宫副新闻秘书霍根·吉德利在节目中早些时候对库尔茨说:“如果他们在唐纳德·特朗普的轨道上并支持这位总统，他们就会被视为不受欢迎的人，但一旦他们说了总统的坏话，他们就会突然成为镇上的笑柄。”。

       “我一次又一次地看到它——它是瞬间的，”他补充道。“当你有机会赚钱并从嘲弄、推搡总统中获利时，人们总是这样做。在这种情况下，也没有什么不同。”

       上周末，特朗普对斯卡拉穆奇发起了直接攻击:“像许多其他所谓的电视专家一样，他对我知之甚少，只知道本届政府在其执政的头两年半时间里可能比任何其他政府做得都多，”奥巴马在推特上写道。“安东尼愿意做任何事情回来，他应该记住他上电视的唯一原因，这不是因为他是穆奇！”
       斯卡拉穆奇在2017年开始担任白宫职位后不久就被解雇了，此前他接受了《纽约客》其中他对几名政府官员发表了负面评论。

       继特朗普上周末的批评后，斯卡拉穆奇在媒体上露面更多。他告诉美国有线电视新闻网总统“实际上有点拆卸，他听起来越来越荒谬。”
 

ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI: THE LEFT SHOULD 'DEPROGRAM' TRUMP SUPPORTERS LIKE THEY'RE IN A 'CULT'

       Anthony Scaramucci says that the political left should view the president's loyal supporters as members of a cult that need to be deprogrammed.

       During an Fox News interview Sunday with Howard Kurtz, the one-time White House director of communications warned, "We recognize that the president is a clear and present danger to the American society—the American culture,"

       "There are many people inside the White House and in the Cabinet. I would ask the left to... create an off-ramp for those people," he added. "Because when you're trying to deprogram people from a cult, one of the first things you have to do is allow them to change their mind."

       Although Scaramucci donated substantially to Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and has defended the president in the past—even after he was fired from his brief tenure at the White House—the financier has grown increasingly critical since Trump's racist attacks against four progressive Democratic congresswomen last month.

       Scaramucci, who long voiced support for Trump based due to his economic record, has now become one of his harshest critics, warning that he is attempting to divide the nation counter to American ideals.

       Kurtz pointed out that many critics on the left have questioned why o Scaramucci, a former Trump loyalist himself, has turned on the president, since the president's divisive rhetoric is nothing new.

       Scaramucci admitted it was "very justifiable criticism," but said he had an op-ed that would be published in The Washington Post this week explaining his change of heart in greater detail.

       Trump and his aides have tried to discredit Scaramucci, arguing that he simply wants attention and publicity.

       "They're considered persona non grata if they're in Donald Trump's orbit and support this president, but the moment they say something bad about the president, they all of a sudden become the toast of the town," White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told Kurtz earlier in the show.

       "I've seen it time and time again—it is instantaneous," he added. "When you have a chance to make money and profiteer off of the mocking, pushing against the president, people do it all the time. And, in this instance, it is no different."

       Last weekend, Trump levied a direct attack against Scaramucci: "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," the president tweeted." 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!"

       Scaramucci was sent packing shortly after beginning his White House role back in 2017, after giving an interview to The New Yorker in which he made negative remarks about several administration officials.

       Following Trump's criticism last weekend, Scaramucci made more media appearances. He told CNN the president was "actually disassembling a little bit and he's sounding more and more nonsensical."