Scaramucci: 'I’m watching a brutal train crash unfold for JD Vance'
Anthony Scaramucci, a once close ally of former President Trump who is now a vocal critic, has a warning for Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R).
Scaramucci, who is backing Trump's rival Vice President Harris in the White House race, told The Sunday Times Magazine in an interview that "I see a more clever version of me" when looking at Vance.
"I’m watching a brutal train crash unfold for JD Vance," Scaramucci told the UK outlet.
The self-described "Wall Street bro" said work with a life coach helped give insight into Trump and top Republicans campaigning for him, including Vance, who once questioned if Trump was "America's Hitler."
“You’re never his friend," Scaramucci said of the former president. "If you think that you are his friend, then you don’t understand the relationship. You’re in a transaction with Donald Trump. You’re an object in his field of vision. You’re not a person to Donald Trump.”
He also questioned whether Trump's allies believe he's a good person.
“The answer is obviously no. It’s, ‘I’m going to hold my nose and I’m going to support him because it’s better for me,’" he said. "Many people have argued this about me, ‘You knew he was an a‑‑hole in 2016, and you supported him.’ And I will plead to that. But after eight years of documented information about Trump, there is no [defense].”
Vance, who is in his first term in the Senate, has defended his about-face on Trump, saying he regretted his earlier criticism and was wrong. He has struggled in polling, with an average of 47.1 percent of voters surveyed saying they have an unfavorable view of him, compared to 42.5 percent having a favorable view of him, based on The Hill/Decision Desk HQ's polling tracker.
Scaramucci — often referred to by his nickname "The Mooch" — lasted 11 days as the White House communications director under Trump before he was fired following an explosive, expletive-laden call with a reporter.
Scaramucci, 60, now co-hosts a podcast, "The Rest Is Politics: US," which has rapidly grown in popularity since its April launch.
Trump has downplayed his once friendly relationship with Scaramucci.
In a post on X, then known as Twitter, Trump wrote in 2019 that despite his former communications director doing interviews about him, "he knows very little about me."
Trump's campaign team also has waved off Scaramucci's criticism.
“Nobody is going to listen to someone who barely lasted more time than an expired ham sandwich as White House communications director,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung has said previously.