Remember Anthony Scaramucci, a.k.a. “The Mooch”? He was the White House Communications Director under Trump for a mere 10 dazzling days last summer. The equivalent of a one-hit-wonder in politics, the hedge fund manager’s week-and-a-half tenure was full of theater. On his first day, he professed his love for Trump and a few days later, proved it, going to the Boy Scouts Jamboree with the president instead of being with his wife while she gave birth. (She filed for divorce.) He also did an interview with the New Yorker that was filled with dirty words and male anatomy talk, most notably stating, in metaphor, that strategist Steve Bannon could place his own mouth on his genitals. Incoming Chief of Staff John Kelly finally put an end to the Mooch’s nonsense by firing him so as to achieve a “clean slate” in the tumultuous Trump presidency.
You know him, you love him, you wanted more, so you’re getting more. Ladies and gentleman, the Mooch is BACK! And so is his filthy little potty mouth. In a new interview with William D. Cohan for Vanity Fair, Scaramucci lashes out at some of his former co-workers with his distinctive caustic, profanity-laden wit.
The Mooch gave former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus a new nickname: Rancid Penis. He also called him a duplicitous backstabber with a two-pronged Ron Howard analogy. (Really.)
“That’s what they do to you, they say, ‘golly gee’ to your face and they act like Richie Cunningham to your face. They’re Richie Cunningham and they’re Opie from The Andy Griffith Show, but they’re the f*cking Sith Lord behind your back. They’re hitting you with a lightsaber behind your back.”