Anthony Scaramucci: ‘I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c–k’

While many of us were Pickle-Truthering yesterday, Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci was burning this sh-t to the ground. It all started somewhat innocently, right? Donald Trump hired the Mooch to be the new Communications Director one week ago. In short order, Sean Spicer resigned as WH Press Secretary and the Mooch has been going on a f–king rampage, firing people, threatening to fire people, lying his ass off and offending just about everybody. Hilariously, the Mooch mostly comes across as the personification of Trump’s Id (although perhaps Trump is all Id and Mooch is the super-ego, I don’t know, I’m not a Freudian). In any case, the past week has been chaos within and around the White House.

On Wednesday night, reporter Ryan Lizza broke the story that the Mooch was having dinner with Donald Trump, Melania, former Fox News executive Bill Shine and Sean Hannity. When the Mooch found out that the details of the dinner leaked, he went on a tear all night and throughout Thursday morning. He accused WH chief of staff Reince Priebus of leaking the information and more. Which led to one of the greatest pieces of journalism this year – an interview with the Mooch conducted by Ryan Lizza. The Mooch called Lizza in rage, and these are some assorted quotes from their entirely-on-the-record exchange (please read the full piece though):

The Mooch asking Lizza to reveal who leaked the info about the dinner: “Who leaked that to you? What I’m going to do is, I will eliminate everyone in the comms team and we’ll start over… I ask these guys not to leak anything and they can’t help themselves. You’re an American citizen, this is a major catastrophe for the American country. So I’m asking you as an American patriot to give me a sense of who leaked it. Is it an assistant to the President? O.K., I’m going to fire every one of them, and then you haven’t protected anybody, so the entire place will be fired over the next two weeks.”

The Mooch says Priebus is paranoid. “They’ll all be fired by me. I fired one guy the other day. I have three to four people I’ll fire tomorrow. I’ll get to the person who leaked that to you. Reince Priebus—if you want to leak something—he’ll be asked to resign very shortly. Reince is a f–king paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac,” Scaramucci said. He channelled Priebus as he spoke: “ ‘Oh, Bill Shine is coming in. Let me leak the f–king thing and see if I can c-ck-block these people the way I c-ck-blocked Scaramucci for six months.’ ”

How his financial disclosure forms are public documents: “I’ve called the F.B.I. and the Department of Justice…The swamp will not defeat him,” he said, breaking into the third person. “They’re trying to resist me, but it’s not going to work. I’ve done nothing wrong on my financial disclosures, so they’re going to have to go f–k themselves.”

He’s not interested in media attention: “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c–k. I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f–king strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.”

Kill the leakers: “What I want to do is I want to f–king kill all the leakers and I want to get the President’s agenda on track so we can succeed for the American people… O.K., the Mooch showed up a week ago. This is going to get cleaned up very shortly, O.K.? Because I nailed these guys. I’ve got digital fingerprints on everything they’ve done through the F.B.I. and the f–king Department of Justice. Well, the felony, they’re gonna get prosecuted, probably, for the felony… The lie detector starts—”

[From The New Yorker]

This is perfect to me. I realize it’s morbid and offensive and crazy, for sure. It’s also a sideshow, to watch this self-destructive douchebag bro set fire to any semblance of organization within the White House. But I’m enjoying it. Maybe I’m jaded. Maybe I’m leaning into the chaos. But come on! What did you think was going to happen when the Mooch got hired??

The Mooch also called in to CNN yesterday morning for a wild ride. I’m not going to quote that piece because, honestly, nothing beats that Steve Bannon/c–k quote, but there is this underrated gem: “There are people inside the administration who think it is their job to save America from this president. That is not their job.” Wouldn’t it be great if they decided to do that full-time though?

Photos courtesy of Getty.

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  1. Paty Kerry says:

    Just…omg. Speechless.

    • Megan says:

      Speaking of leaks, I’d like more information on that felony he mentioned.

      • STRIPE says:

        He thinks his financial disclosures being published was due to a leak and leaking them is a felony…which is wrong all around. They’re a matter of public record.

      • jwoolman says:

        The reporter just asked the bank or wherever they were filed. Financial disclosures are public documents and you just have to ask for them. No leaker, no secret source.

        Why doesn’t The Mooch know that? Isn’t he supposed to be a financial guy, a Wall Streeter? Does he understand the meaning of the word “disclose” and the reason those forms are filled out?

        Moochie is going to be the last straw for the remaining people at the White House. He’s threatening and insulting everybody. I wonder if Sarah will decide her time is better spent elsewhere, that dealing with two lunatic bosses isn’t worth the Xanax. She’s been looking very uncomfortable lately. Turns out Sean Spicer was the voice of reason and was absolutely the smartest one in the bunch to quit. He knew what was coming with The Mooch and tried to warn them.

        Then the question will be if anybody will be stupid enough to take the vacated jobs.

      • magnoliarose says:

        jwoolman He knows it was a ruse to bluster and impress Tangerine then kick Rinse out today. He lied.

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      He made DEATH THREATS. He should GO. And be pursued by the f**king Dpt of Justice (his words, not mine!)

      • ArchieGoodwin says:

        Yes, this. He threatened that he would like to kill the leakers.

        Of course, no one in washington will do anything about it. The bar just keeps sinking.

      • Va Va Kaboom says:

        The bar doesn’t even exist anymore. There are no standards of propriety or decency, no limits on how far is too far. I feel like we’re in the prologue of a dystopian novel.

      • jwoolman says:

        Wonder if that means the FBI is opening up a file on him, or adding to an existing one.

      • vava says:

        My guess is the FBI is ramping up it’s surveillance of him.

    • Char says:

      These people are ensuring many seasons of Feud and Ryan Murphy doesn’t even need to come up with dialogues, no one can beat that.

      • Dee Kay says:

        Wow. I would actually watch that show. And I agree, Murphy’s writing team would not have to script one single line for the Mooch. Just give him every bit of monologue he ever spewed in public or to the press, that’ll more than enough for that character.

    • Mia4s says:

      Hahahahaha! OK America, you punked us good! Really funny joke! OK now where’s your real White House? No really, where’s the real……wait…..WHAT?!?!?

      • virginfangirl2 says:

        So funny you say that. I keep thinking THIS MUST BE A JOKE, AN EXPERIMENT. An experiment to figure out how obscene, slimy, evil, incompetent, a president can be before his party turns on him. And one day they are going to tell us all “You were all on this show – What would you do?” and many will hang their heads in embarrassment. And we’ll get back to normal.

      • Bellagio DuPont says:

        He sounds like he’s high as a kite on coke.

      • Bellagio DuPont says:

        He sounds like he’s high as a kite on coke.

      • Bellagio DuPont says:

        He’s sounds high as a kite on coke

      • Bellagio DuPont says:

        sounds high as a kite on coke

    • Kitten says:

      If this was a movie, we’d say it was completely unrealistic.

      Still cannot believe this is our reality.

      • SoulSPA says:

        +100000. I don’t know if I should read this stuff anymore. I am not even American nor do I live in the USA. I feel a kind of desperation and frustration that cannot be expressed in words. Solidarity with all good American people.

      • GiBee says:

        The future miniseries of this whole thing is going to be insane.

      • Mermaid says:

        @kitten
        It is like a bad horror movie. I too can’t believe this is our reality. Every day I pray is the day he resigns, Mueller presses charges, or they are starting impeachment. This guy is a Trump mini me. The damage this man has done is deep. I can’t look at my in laws who support him the same way. They are good people but have been brainwashed by Fox News. It’s like his supporters are cult followers and need to be reprogrammed.

      • I Choose Me says:

        That ancient Chinese curse, May you live in interesting times. This is what was meant right? Right?

        Every time I log on to check in on wtf is happening now I find myself caught somewhere between disbelief, amusement and outright horror.

    • Esmom says:

      I started to think yesterday that the Mooch is a performance artist. I said the other day that it felt like he was a troll but yesterday’s rampage just takes it into completely surreal territory. The guy cannot be for real. My brain will simply not accept this.

      Someone on Twitter said something like she’s glad her mom isn’t alive to witness all this. We’re at the point where the deceased are better off than us chumps still walking this earth.

      • Ann says:

        Esmom, I feel the same way as the Twitterer about my dad. He was a super-liberal who was so upset by the way Republicans treated Obama. (Me too, but he was retired and spent a lot more time than I did watching the news and getting worked up.) He died 3 years ago. I cannot imagine how distressed he would be today by the state of the country.

      • Christin says:

        My folks both passed two years ago, and have thought about how distressing this would be (had they lived to witness it). Both were housebound and kept up with politics.

        Orange had just become a candidate before Mom suddenly passed, and we joked about how there would likely be a war before the inauguration ended. But, no one really thought he’d even be the party nominee at that point.

      • GingerCrunch says:

        Not to imply anyone voted for drumpf, but have you seen Medieval Reactions on Twitter with a clueless old man and the caption, “When you voted trump but you gonna die soon so it’s not your problem”? Very clever humor to lighten these very dark days.

      • Bellagio DuPont says:

        @ Esmom:

        @ Ann…..how ironic, my father was super liberal as well (as I am) and we used to spend all the time we had together bitching about american conservative politics (and simultaneously completely ignoring home politics (U.K.) for being too boring). We had some wonderful times during the GWB years.

        He also died 3 years ago and I am extremely bitter he didn’t live to see Trump as president just for the sheer WTF-ery of it all. It would have taken our bonding sessions out of wine territory and definitely into bourbon.

    • Radley says:

      Ikr? What next? A public fistfight??

      What an exhausting collection of maladjusted weirdos. Who invites this kind of chaos into their lives? Oh, Trump. That’s who.

    • MMRB says:

      speaking of “MOOCH” (deduct points for hiring someone with that nickname) he should be ousted for his “blue steel” pout stance alone.

    • HurryWait says:

      What do the “family values” “Christian” base think if this potty mouthed thug?

  2. RBC says:

    I need some brain bleach to get that Steve Bannon remark out of my mind. Gross
    What a bunch of nasty people. A room full of vipers have more class and warmth

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      Spot on !

      I can give you some leftover bleach.

    • Ashamed 2 b a FL Girl says:

      Yeah, that left a bad taste in my mouth, too.

    • Tate says:

      We are going to need to bleach the shit out of the White House once we get these dirt bags out of there.

      • Jerusha says:

        Definitely burn all the matresses, chairs, carpets, couches, etc. Completely gut the OO where the malignant narcissist squats..

      • Sullivan says:

        After they’re gone we’ll need a hazmat team in there. STAT!

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        @Tate

        A good question for SHS: “How many gallons of bleach are needed to bleach the sh1t out of the WH?” Signs, Pickle

        When is the next press briefing? I have to watch it.

      • SoulSPA says:

        @Pumpkin fps I nearly spilled my tea. Hilarious!!! Sorry, idk when the next briefing will be.

      • Radley says:

        We’re gonna need an elder to sage the joint and drive out all the bad energy. Not even joking. Get a bunch of religious and spiritual leaders together to pray, bless, meditate, douse the joint with holy water…the whole nine.

        The White House is infected with evil. Very bad mojo.

      • magnoliarose says:

        You guys are optimistic but we gotta burn that crap down and start over. Anytime we see a photo or a mention of the White House we will all have collective PTSD. Nope. A fresh start is the only thing.

  3. Nicole says:

    Honestly this was the most batsh*t thing I’ve read in a while. It was insane. He also tagged the FBI in a tweet about Priebus then deleted it later. What an idiot

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      Batsh1t crazy but it made me laugh because it shows exactly who he is.
      What an embarrassment. In normal circumstances a person using that kind of language would be immediately fired.

    • Rice says:

      He and Drumpf are kindred spirits. He’s so getting a raise.

    • BooBooLaRue says:

      Yup you have to wonder if the Botox went to his brain. Unbelievable this jerk.

      • Evie says:

        Is it just me, or does it look like a lot more than Botox to the brain in the header picture? His eyes are bugging in a particularly coked out way..

  4. Mermaid says:

    Very very frightening Mooch. And so much thanks for the visual on Steve Bannon. But also thanks for putting it out there so he can never live it down. Also, I’m proud of John McCain again. Feels like stuff is about to get real with recent news this morning.

    • Maya says:

      Re John M I think he set up the Republican leaders earlier in the week by voting for a debate but with his mind already having decided to vote no.

      This cancer might have just given John back his patriotism and he finally stood up to do the right thing.

      I saw the video of the voting on Washington Post and it was wonderful hearing the happy gasps from democrats and seeing the utter disbelief on the Republicans face.

      • Megan says:

        Per usual, McCain is all talk and no action. He voted yes for the first healthcare bill, which failed, and voted no for repeal only. I’d hardly consider that brave. If he found his patriotism he would be calling for the immediate impeachment of Trump.

      • Holly hobby says:

        WaPo actually wrote a play by play of McCains actions last night. It was a fascinating read. If you can get your hands on it, read it.

    • Mermaid says:

      @megan
      He voted for debate on the health care bill and then voted against repealing it. But yes it would be beautiful to see him call for impeachment. At the rate Trump is going it might not be far off (fingers crossed!!!)

      • Megan says:

        @mermaid On Tuesday the senate voted on their original bill with a few awful amendments added. McCain voted for it.

    • virginfangirl2 says:

      Can you imagine the Republicans drag this man back from recovering only to present a bill that McCain knows would mean that he, a man with brain cancer, would have no chance in receiving treatment for, if he wasn’t so lucky as to work in government with great health ins.

      • tmot says:

        They should require them all to have the same health care that everyone else does. Social Security, too! Then they might stop trying to slash it.

  5. Alix says:

    He’s not trying to suck his own cock — he’s got interns for that!

  6. Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

    Was he on drugs or smth? This level of dis-inhibition is not rational.

    • Megan says:

      I’m thinking cocaine.

      • Onerous says:

        I had the exact same thought. This sounds like some coked up nonsense. What a bizarre world we’re living in.

      • Junebug says:

        Coke is my guess as well.

      • LadyMTL says:

        I was honestly coming here to post “cocaine is a hell of a drug”, lol. The guy had to be on something, that’s for sure.

      • Kitten says:

        Yup.
        I can’t believe he refers to himself as “The Mooch”. Gross.

      • Megan says:

        It kills me when he says “The Mooch.” That’s what we call our sweet little rescue kitty whose full name is Moochie Penelope Purrington.

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        i LOVE the name of your cat. Brilliant !

      • Jerusha says:

        My little apricot poodle is Moochie. He’s sweet and loving.

      • Shirleygail says:

        I thought a mooch was someone who never purchased (cigarettes, for example) butr constantly ‘mooched’ one from someone else
        I’ve always considered it a derogatory term, so it’s hilarious to hear him call himself names!

      • Angela82 says:

        This really feels like “Real Housewives of the White House” mixed in with “The Apprentice: Special White House Edition”.

      • Megan says:

        @Angela82 Sometimes I wonder if Trump isn’t filming all of this to run as a reality TV show. Normal human beings just don’t act like this. I feel like there is a producer somewhere staging these feuds.

      • Mermaid says:

        @megan
        Love your cat’s name and yes I’m thinking someone is doing a mountain of coke. There are some great memes of this out today. Basically that the Mooch envisions himself as Tony from Scarface and Donald is his Gina.

      • Megan says:

        @Jerusha I bet my Moochie and your Moochie would be best friends!

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        @Jerusha: apricot poodle, those two words together, make me melt into a happy puddle.

      • jwoolman says:

        Wouldn’t it be delightful if that could be proven? Maybe he’s Trump’s dealer. Hide in plain sight.

      • argonaut says:

        Republicans called Michelle Obama “Mooch” for eight years for her vacations, the cost of which now pales in comparison to Trump’s first 6 months, so I really dislike seeing it as this guy’s nickname. The current President is a mooch!!

      • Giddy says:

        In a fairly small Texas town there is a dog grooming place called Moochie Poochie. 😌

      • Chloeee says:

        I couldn’t read this without picturing him frantically sniffing and cutting lines

  7. Seraphina says:

    I’m at a loss over his words and thoughts. How the hell he is allowed to keep his job is mind boggeling. Don’t get me started in why and how he got the job. This just shows what type of person the President is. What a shame. Makes me embarrassed to say I’m American because I’m asked about the clowns in DC. 🙁

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      You could do what I do: whenever I am asked by (rude) people about uncomfortable issues I have nothing to do with, eg about government decisions and such, I tell them very politely “I don’t know, ask them”.

    • Holly hobby says:

      I wonder how the kushners feel about him since they are the ultimate authority? Or did they slink out of town cuz there’s been zero talk about them.

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        That’s their MO. Sh1t hits or is close to the fan and they are nowhere to be seen. Nagini’s kids pic do not count.
        I do wonder, isn’t Drumpf bothered by the fact that his precious Nagini doesn’t publicly “defend” him?

      • Shambles says:

        They’re not so happy with the press coverage now that Jared is staring down federal prison

      • Lightpurple says:

        The Kushners chose him

    • Christin says:

      He’s not yet on the payroll. His ‘job’ cannot start until his big business deal (with ‘Chynnnna’) is cleared by the gov’t. Which is a story in itself….

  8. IlsaLund says:

    Mind blown👀👀👀. How low will this go?

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      Lower than this, very likely.

      IIRC I read about Bannon being a revengeful kind of guy? I can’t wait to see what’s next.

      • Esmom says:

        Yeah, I cannot imagine what an angry, humiliated Bannon is like considering how terrible he is on a regular day.

      • Holly hobby says:

        Yep they will cannibalizes each other and that’s a good thing! Waiting for that breitbart expose on Scarry Mooch

  9. Honeybadger says:

    The Mooch most definitely not a superego. I think he’s probably simply an ego who lets his id fly sometimes.

  10. Maya says:

    I know I shouldn’t laugh but I cannot help being gleeful when I see evil people attacking and bringing each other down.

    This week is a week from hell for Trump and Co – they are being attacked by all sides from true patriots.

    I am just going to sit down with popcorn and watch this train wreck happening.

    • Millennial says:

      I read The New Yorker piece and I was breaking out in uncontrollable laughter for the rest of the night. I know it’s horrible, but I do enjoy watching this administration eat itself.

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        It’s not horrible. They are doing this all by themselves. Do you think they would feel sorry for you if you suffered from the consequences of their ill-intented actions? No, they would not.

    • Megan says:

      I am worried that people are going to get hooked on the reality TV drama and entertainment of this administration and vote to re-elect Trump because they don’t want the entertainment to end.

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        On a funny note, what would be the opening score of such TV drama?

        On a serious note, I doubt he will have the ability/capacity/legitimacy to stand for re-election.

      • Embee says:

        Pumpkin – I am thinking very bad death metal. From the 80’s era that they love so much.

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        Embee, very bad death metal FROM THE ’80s is super spot on !!! I LOVE IT !!!!

  11. Sixer says:

    This guy was interviewed by our premier late night in depth news show on the BBC the day before last. He was completely deranged and the interviewer, Emily Maitlis, was clearly trying not to laugh as she attempted to get some sense out of him. Mr Sixer and I just looked at each other and said, bloody hell, those poor Americans, this is even worse than our shit show.

    Then, yesterday, this nonsense. At least I knew who he was!

    What. Is. Going. On?

    • Maya says:

      Well Sixer – this guy was democrat and maybe this is a plan to bring down Trump from the inside 😁

    • Indiana Joanna says:

      We don’t know for sure what is going on beyond the fact that drump is scared out of his mind and for good reason. Mueller is unearthing all kinds of illegal drump family activity including decades of Russian money laundering and more recent collusion with Putin to highjack our elections. Also Putin has plenty of dirt on drump.

      Definitely drump is terrified.

    • jwoolman says:

      Was that the one where he started babbling about eating pizza and she said basically what’s your point, everybody eats hamburgers? I just saw a tiny bit so don’t know what it was about, but she was obviously more than a match for Motor Mouth Mooch. Can we borrow her for a while?

      • Sixer says:

        Yes! She was trying to talk to him about a post-Brexit trade deal between the US and the UK, which there has been some pretty bad publicity about here because your food standards are so much lower than ours. In the end, she just let him rant and covered her mouth to stop herself laughing!

      • jwoolman says:

        Sixer- concerning differing food standards:
        Beware US wheat in particular. Increasing numbers of people are becoming wheat sensitive to some degree (not celiac, which seems to be inborn), and even one wheat farmer who became sensitive has suggested it might be due to the intense use of pesticides throughout the growing cycle. Some people have reported that they don’t react badly to European wheat or to organically grown wheat, even though they get symptoms from regular US wheat. That wouldn’t explain all allergies/intolerances, but when I was testing for allergies decades ago it was recommended not to give up on a food until you’ve tried the organically grown form because you might be actually sensitive to a pesticide used. Some people are so sensitive to penicillin, for example, that they react to meat from animals who have been dosed with that antibiotic as a growth enhancer.

  12. Bobbysue says:

    Thunder bolt and lightning
    Very very fighting.

    • lizzie says:

      *crying laughing*

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      Easy come, easy go.
      Somebody please find more Queen references.

      • Annetommy says:

        Under Pressure? And Another One Bites The Dust, hopefully.

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        Excellent @Annetommy !

      • SoulSPA says:

        Here you go, Pumpkin f.s./p. From Bohemian Rhapsody:
        “Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.”

        Very fitting!!!

      • WhatThe says:

        Scaramucci, Scaramucci, can you do the fandango?

      • Lightpurple says:

        For Melania: “she keeps Moët & Chandon in a pretty cabinet. Let them eat cake she said. Just like Marie Antoinette.”

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        @SoulSPA: and very frightening !

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        @WhatThe: OMG how appropriate !!!!!!!!
        I’d love an imaginary-for-fun CB karaoke at some point.

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        @LP: super spot on as always.
        I will be having a Queen night tonight, with some red, on CB. Guaranteed fun.

        My favorite bands EVER are The Doors and Queen.
        Freddy Mercury died way too early. I still remember the day I heard he died. I was not born when Jim Morrison died. I was obsessed with The Doors from 16 to maybe 22-23yo and learnt most of their lyrics. I can sing some of their songs, too. I’ve never visited Père Lachaise but when my Mom went to Paris she visited his grave at my kind request and brought me two little stones and a piece of a fallen branch from his grave. I lost them while I was moving places.

        And George Michael is gone too. Why.

    • Emma33 says:

      Hahaha…also crying with laughter. This is just bonkers, I can’t believe that article.

    • littlemissnaughty says:

      I’m one card short of a full deck
      I’m not quite the shilling
      One wave short of a shipwreck
      I’m not my usual top billing
      I’m coming down with a fever
      I’m really out to sea
      This kettle is boiling over
      I think I’m a banana tree
      Oh dear
      I’m going slightly mad

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        LOL !

        OTT here but also, the opening lyrics

        When the outside temperature rises
        And the meaning is all so clear.

        Drumpf, be careful with those nuclear codes. I can’t believe he has them. I . JUST . CAN’T.

    • adastraperaspera says:

      Guaranteed to blow your mind!

    • PunkyMomma says:

      Galileo, Galileo!

  13. Jerusha says:

    I’ve been cackling ever since I read Lizza’s article last night. They’re eating each other alive. LOVE IT! This NY Post cover nails it.
    http://twitter.com/chris_meloni/status/890745761369141248

    • magnoliarose says:

      Yay more links. That cover is golden. I love Crooked Jared peeking from behind the fronds.

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      I love Survivor. I am not in the US so can’t watch it. That “cover” made it on CNN. Fitting and frightening.

  14. Aiobhan Targaryen says:

    He, like Dump, are bullies who are only out for themselves. This Goodfellas reject is trying to sell his company to a Chinese company and I guess is so desperate for the deal to go through that he is willing to clown himself in front of millions of people.

    My friend thinks that “The Mooch” is scamming Dump because of The Mooches past ties to the Dems and being acquaintences with Obama (constitutional law courses) when they were both at Harvard, but I am starting to seriously doubt this. That would take a level of method acting that I don’t even think DDL could pull off.

    • IlsaLund says:

      Mooch was at Harvard with Obama? When did Harvard start turning out Goodfellas?

      • Esmom says:

        Yeah, I saw a clip of him asking Obama about Wall Street regulations at some discussion…he had to slip in the fact that they went to school together. Obama, unsurprisingly, seemed to have his number but of course his reply to him was thoughtful and reasonable and civil, yet scathing.

      • Kitten says:

        Obama a “goodfella”???
        Since when, exactly?

      • IlsaLund says:

        @ Kitten…the Goodfellas reference was to Mooch, not Obama.

      • Indiana Joanna says:

        @EsMon

        I read that exchange. Mooch came off as an adolescent bully looking for attention by outsmarting President Obama, President Obama answered him with his usual cool, measured manner that shut down Mooch’s ploy for attention. Obama’s brilliance won out.

    • Jerusha says:

      I checked on Scary’s background. In 2012 he worked for Romney. In 2016 he first endorsed Scott Walker(!!!???)and then Jeb Bush before signing on with Asshole. So, always bad taste in politicians.

      • Aiobhan Targaryen says:

        Yeah, this blows my friends hypothesis out the water. Pinging from one loser to another.

        I will never understand how Jeb is considered a moderate. His behavior during the Terry Schiavo spectacle should have clueded in a lot of people that he was more than willing to play with the crazies.

    • magnoliarose says:

      Hmmm. I honestly think he is doing this for Tangerine because as we know he rages like a lunatic behind the scenes. How is Tange going to be offended when he is a freaking genital assaulter whose mouth is even filthier. Lil Mucchi is out for himself and for money period.
      You notice he is smart enough not to say a word about Crooked Jared. Tangerine loves him nearly as much as he does Complicity Barbie and he steered clear of that.
      Lil Mucchi is talking how those aggro finance guys talk in New York as a bonding method. If you are unlucky enough to be seated at a table next to group of them it is F bombs and misogyny on steroids. I also think he is alpha dogging Rinse and Bannon who I am sure he despises. Come to think of it I wouldn’t even put it past him to have leaked it himself.

      • Aiobhan Targaryen says:

        I didn’t notice it until you pointed it out. He has not said one peep about Damien or Ivanka since he started.Granted it was a week ago but if he is going to go after Rancid and Drunk out of the gate, why not Damien and his bride as well?

        “Lil Mucchi is talking how those aggro finance guys talk in New York as a bonding method. If you are unlucky enough to be seated at a table next to group of them it is F bombs and misogyny on steroids. ”

        I watched Wolf of Wall Street once, just once. If they were anything like that then .. yeah no. That is one experience I don’t want on my bucket list.

      • Jerusha says:

        @AT Ball-less Ken Doll and Plastic Barbie pushed to get Li’l Mooch the job.

      • Holly hobby says:

        Careful little boy. Bannon would eat him for breakfast and trow his bones to the dogs. Thanks for the entertainment though. This is better than Survivor.

      • Lightpurple says:

        He isn’t going after Princess Nagini or Tom Riddle because he is Nagini’s guy. This isn’t just mooch going after Bannon and Rancid Penis, it is Ivanka going after them, using Mooch to do so.

      • magnoliarose says:

        @AT Just like the movie. I hated going anywhere near Wall Street hangouts on Friday nights especially. You open the door and get flattened by the testosterone rushing out of the room. Unless you are looking to meet a Lil Mucchi lite it isn’t worthwhile.
        @Jerusha Yeah I forgot that. Hmm the intrigue gets thicker. Complicity and Crooked are easing out their enemies and easing in New Yorkers loyal to them. If any of them thought they could push them aside they were delusional. Do you remember when Complicity floated it out there that maybe she and Crooked were thinking about going back to New York? Right after they got more perks and power.

  15. BlueSky says:

    Howard Dean said it best on Twitter: This guy is a thug, which is
    why he was hired. He’s the enforcer

    • magnoliarose says:

      That is what I just wrote. It is by design for sure. No crazy tweets about it says it all.

      • LA Native says:

        Funny how Howard Dean is looking sooo less crazy now, practically normal.
        He made a big lapse in judgement at that time and that was it for him. Now, day after day we witness atrocities uttered by these fools that made Deans howl look as innocent as a cranky baby.
        I just want to know when this is going to end. Seriously, enough is enough.

  16. Kayleigh says:

    So now we’re just going to start threatening staffers lives? Great. Lean into that chaos hard because it’s coming down like a crashing wave. Remember when the White House used to be a place of respect and formality? This guy sounds like he’s zooted out of his gourd.

  17. Kakoo says:

    This egomaniac will probably end up running for president and winning. Stranger things have happened…

  18. Indiana Joanna says:

    Who’s paranoid? Mooch, for sure.

    He’s accelerating the demise of baby fists’ horror of a WH even though he’s not scheduled to start the communications job until mid August. One positive.

    The coarse outburst are all sanctioned by baby fists. Even so, mooch has made everything about himself, which normally would irritate baby fists. But bf needs this distraction because baby fists is getting more bunkered down as revelations of his Russia collusion and years of money laundering are coming out.

    • Holly hobby says:

      Orangino will fire him eventually since he’s taking the dement spotlight from him. Spicey must be feeling smug and relieved right now. He doesn’t have to be on this shitshow anymore!

    • Giddy says:

      Mooch’s wife, who hates Trump, has just filed for divorce. According to her he expected a White House job right away after the election, then hated Rience for blocking him. He’s been obsessed since then with getting on the staff. Then he targeted Riece, of course. He had better not try that stuff with General John Hill. I hope the General tears Mooch up.

  19. Reef says:

    lol, we’re only 6 months in, ya’ll!!! 6 MONTHS!
    The Communications director of the most powerful man in the West just said,“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c–k.” On the record. I just..lololololol.
    This is so surreal.

    • teatimeiscoming says:

      That’s the part that is most unreal to me: it’s only been six months. It feels like a lifetime. And all the nonsense coming out of this disgusting, embarrassing fountain just keeps spraying out but no one seems willing or able to stem it.

    • Christin says:

      He apparently did not even realize he needed to specify ‘off the record’ if he didn’t want to be quoted verbatim! Communications – basic 101.

      • jwoolman says:

        Oh, I think he knew he was on the record and wanted his words repeated. He’s talked with reporters many times before. I think he’s pulled this trick before. He can act all innocent that way but he gets his ugly message across. He knows President Tweeter will be very pleased with him. He really is a thug.

    • Heidi says:

      Feels to me like we are into Trump’s second term ALREADY.

      Ever since the inaugurational adress from hell, I feel like a new mother. I literally have no idea what I did with all my free time before I had to keep up with doughboys Crime of the Day. Can’t even remember a time when I used to watch the news on TV just once a day and then was done with it.

      I think Two Scoops had better call his BFF in Paris and ask him how to run this show. According to Politico Europe, Macron’s media performance is actually TOO good for his own good. No, really.

      http://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-pr-press-7-magic-moments/

  20. mogul says:

    Savage! They are really making America great again, this is some good quality reality tv or sitcom. There’s tension, comedy, ratchetness and fights. Too bad those ratchet people have power over people’s life.

  21. Megan says:

    His plastic surgery makes him look like the Joker.

  22. lizzie says:

    Jesus, didn’t Italian Americans go through enough when the jersey shore crew were out there embarrassing the shit out of us?

  23. grabbyhands says:

    “I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c–k. I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f–king strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.”

    Except everything you’ve said since you took over is a direct contradiction of this statement.

    He may be the polar opposite of Spicer in terms of personality, but he’s managed to create the same whiny ass circus side show immediately. SNL is going to have a field day with him once the new season starts.

    It’s funny to watch them start to turn on each other, but I also wonder what this is supposed to be distracting everyone from.

    • tmot says:

      Russian collusion and the attempted destruction of health care?

      TBH I don’t think some of them have any sort of plan at all. And the others don’t have the control they thought they would. It’s a terrifying mess. Hopefully at least they will turn out to be ineffective.

    • jwoolman says:

      Ben Stiller could play him, blue steel and all.

      And this is where we are. Our first thought after each new White House hire is “who will play him or her on SNL”? They need to come back from hiatus early. Come on, guys. your country needs you. At least do skits on YouTube.

  24. Kakoo says:

    I agree with Sixer – every day I read something and think how bloody heartbreaking it must be to be an American and see how vile things are becoming.

    We have our own problems with the ongoing Brexit nightmare, but at least we only seem to have useless, bumbling, witless and weak idiots. You’ve got a whole host of absolute monsters. When will it end?

    • Sixer says:

      Yes. We have the pantomime villains and they have the real ones.

      • Heidi says:

        I am not so sure of this. I think BREXIT will do a lot more damage in the long run than President “One day, we will get something done.” I hope Britons will come to their senses before it’s too late and demand a second referendum.

        But if those food shortages really DO happen, the rest of Europe will send you guys CARE parcels. Yes, alright, including German beer.

      • Sixer says:

        We can only pray for that.

    • nicegirl says:

      It IS heartbreaking. Thank you for caring!

  25. Jerusha says:

    And he speaks of himself in the third person( O.K., the Mooch showed up a week ago.)What a tool.
    It will be glorious to watch all these c******kers implode.

  26. Louise177 says:

    Does Scaramucci actually have that much power? It’s weird to me that a Communications Director has more power than the Chief of Staff and other senior staff. I’ve been reading some comments and some Trump supporters are upset but still a lot people think it’s great. I don’t understand how people think it’s great that the administration hates each other and trying to sabotage each other. It’s really disturbing.

    • Indiana Joanna says:

      Scaramucci has drump’s blessing. Because for all his bragging and unholy tweeting, drump is a coward who needs a Roy Cohn-like monster to do his hatchet jobs for him.

    • boredblond says:

      They think anyone who uses disgusting rhetoric to bully others is wonderful..he’s obviously as paranoid as trump..never has there been such a cowardly bunch of self-proclaimed ‘victims’ in power.

    • Annetommy says:

      I believe that normally the Comms head would report to the Chief of Staff but “mooch” reports directly to trump, a typical reshuffle ploy in my experience of those who are poor managers. Rancid is out of favour and this sends the signal.

    • magnoliarose says:

      It is a management style of pitting people against each other to breed distrust so the manager can retain more power. What they do is pick a favorite and banish someone and then out of the blue dump the favorite and fawn over the ex favorite’s archest rival and then have no favorite and watch them scramble and fight to get to the favorite spot again. He will pretend to confide in one and down talk the others and do the same to a select group. He makes it feel special to be the favorite so the loss of that spot sends the person into a panic. It is very old school 80s but then Tangerine was in his heyday then so it isn’t surprising.

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      Scaramouch is a puppet. He is a tool. He is a political prostitute.

    • jwoolman says:

      It’s not surprising to me that a lot of Trump supporters love The Mooch. They are attracted to him for the same reasons they are attracted to The Donald. They think threats and vulgarities and trivializing/insulting people are straight talk rather than just the bullying behavior that it is. My bet is that The Donald talks the same way in private and just tones it down slightly in public. A lot of his real self slips through periodically in his tweets.

      They both are arrogant and angry, although The Mooch probably has more self-control. Mooch is very deliberately trying to scare people as a strategy for control while Trump just does it because that’s who he is and he can’t turn it off. The Donald
      struggles to hold it in when needed, while The Mooch is very deliberately letting it fly and can turn it off anytime he wants.

      Another interesting similarity is that both of them have made 180 degree turns from previous opinions on many important issues. That just means both are opportunists and will say whatever it takes to achieve their goals, and will insist that their previous statements don’t even exist.

  27. lightpurple says:

    This is Princess Nagini’s guy. Such class from everyone in this organization

    • Chrissy says:

      Just what I was thinking: Such role models! Such class and decorum! The sleaze in this WH is unbelievable and the Repugs simply turn the other way. SMH The founding fathers are all rolling over in their graves.

    • Jerusha says:

      Time to deploy the rugrats to sing or dance!

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      Michele and Barack Obama are role models.

      This shit lot is not.

  28. third ginger says:

    The article is not merely amusing [although I doubled over with laughter]. This is Trump’s ideal. This is the kind of person he finds admirable and skilled as a communicator. Dear God! And to top it all off, Kellyanne goes on TV to argue that the Mooch’s remarks are just like Hilary’s “deplorables” comment.

  29. Jane says:

    I swear, a part of me was thinking he was channeling Jordan Belfort or Joe Pesci when he was talking. He’s not the Wolf of Wall Street or in a blooming Martin Scorsese film.

  30. B n A fn says:

    Nice nose mooch. I learned that someone in the White House is leaking to save the country from this president. “There are people in this administration that think it’s their job to save America from this President. That is not their job.” Thank God for the leakers, please continue to leak to save the people from the hell we are experiencing.

    Thanks to the people who called their representatives, keep up the pressure to resist the deplorables to save the ACA. Thank you 😊.

  31. Coop says:

    Is anybody else totally getting Anthony from Sex and the City vibes?? Even the way he talks! 😹

    • Emma33 says:

      OMG! Yes! He could be his brother…if the brother was a mob boss with a coke habit.

    • Lightpurple says:

      Yes, including Mario Cantone, who played Anthony. He’s doing impressions of the Mooch. There’s a link to one above

  32. Emma33 says:

    Now, why on earth would Preibus not have wanted this fine, upstanding gentleman in the White House?

    I am thinking he eats cocaine sandwiches for lunch…or is this how all hedge-fund managers operate?

    • Nopity Nope says:

      As the late great Rick James once said, “Cocaine is a helluva drug.” The Mooch better back off those rails for a bit; his heart might explode.

  33. robyn says:

    Scaramucci … made in the image of Trump. No shame.

  34. Giulia says:

    This clown doesn’t even know to make the conversation off the record.

  35. HelloSunshine says:

    A few questions:
    1. He just used a death threat against White House staffers, is that something the Justice Department would look into?
    2. He’s on drugs right? I’m guessing cocaine because everyone the cheeto surrounds himself with is some weird caricature of an 80’s Wallstreet trader.
    3. Has it really only been six months? This is the slowest presidency ever 🙁

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      1. I commented upthread that the DoJ should pursue him. I don’t know how it works but the institution was attacked as well, so maybe. I’d like to know though if there will be any legal consequences to those awful death threats.
      2. He is on SOMETHING. I have no idea how cocaine works, but several posters here said it’s cocaine. If he takes cocaine, he is STUPID ! Is cocaine consumption/buying illegal? Drug trafficking/selling is.
      3. 6 months and counting, hopefully soon for a countdown !

      I like your screen-name HelloSunshine. It’s bright and joyful !

      • HelloSunshine says:

        Thank you Pumpkin! Inspired by my sweet little boy 🙂
        Cocaine is definitely illegal and I think it’s what he’s using. His pupils are crazy and I think drugs are why lol

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        Your sweet little sunshine boy makes you sunshine too !!!!!!! (sun)

      • jwoolman says:

        Oh, I imagine the FBI is paying attention. They just aren’t going to say so.

        People have speculated that Trump is still using cocaine – he was quite the party animal and although he seems to avoid alcohol, cocaine was commonly used in his set and it sounds like his kind of drug. Marijuana would actually have been beneficial, so he probably didn’t use that. Trump had no reason then or now to fear being subjected to a drug test, but cocaine would be undetectable after a few days. The Mooch might be his dealer now….

    • Giddy says:

      So, serious question, do WH staffers have to take drug tests? Considering all the many professions that require them, it would be interesting to know. I’m thinking the Mooch would fail spectacularly.

  36. nemera34 says:

    This just shows that truly qualified individuals will not work for or with Donald Trump. Look at who the POTUS sent out as his Representative to Communicate to the American People.

    • Neelyo says:

      +1000

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      Drumpf HIMSELF is NOT QUALIFIED for POTUS (CAPS for emphasis, not screaming (most of the times but I am not screaming at you).

    • Cdoggy says:

      And I’m supposed to be having current event conversations wth my fifth graders starting in about three weeks. Hell, stupid is still considered a bad word to my kids and I’m supposed to say “suck my own c—k”???Um….

  37. Jayna says:

    What a joke this guy is. But it’s no joke have to live with this swamp of an administration. They are an embarrassment.

  38. DavidBowie says:

    Is the Mooch a coke head?

  39. Tiny Martian says:

    Oh Good Grief. How many toddlers do we have in the White House now? These grown men all act like a bunch of tantrum throwing babies! Not a single one of them has even a smidgen of self control. I’m getting a chronic migraine from rolling my eyes every time I read any political news these days.

  40. Insomniac says:

    He has seriously creepy eyes. I have dark brown eyes too, but they don’t look like that in pictures. He looks like Dark Cooper from Twin Peaks. And every time someone calls him Mooch, my eyes read it as Moloch.

    Anyone tired of Winning yet?

  41. Emilyvan says:

    He looks like Ben Stiller when Ben’s in his fake tan, Zoolander character. “We’re not building an America for ants!”

  42. BJ says:

    I am starting to miss Sean Spicer at least he wasn’t vulgar and threatening people with violence.I thought it couldn’t get worse.I was wrong.

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      Spicey is having a blast now.

    • Heidi says:

      And to think we were complaining just because Spicey said “Biggest crowd ever.” Those were the times.

      Six weeks from now, he and Melissa will have their jobs back – being greeted with standing ovations from the entire nation.

      • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

        I am not defending Spicer, but I am willing to bet that he was forced by Drumpf to say that was the biggest crowed ever.

    • jwoolman says:

      I’ve always thought that Spicer was uncomfortable with all the lies he had to tell. He just wasn’t the happy, carefree liar like Conway or The Mooch. I can’t read Sarah yet. She blasts through the lies pretty fast, maybe that’s how she copes.

  43. Tess says:

    What is this sideshow? Like why does everyone seem to be working against everyone else? He must realize that that just encourages more leaks???

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      I was also thinking that his outrageous and unhinged outburst will result into more leaks.
      I will get some popcorn and champers.

      • jwoolman says:

        The Mooch might indeed be mistakenly assuming that threat of getting fired will stem the leaks. It’s quite possible that people are tired of being on edge all the time, not knowing from one day to the next if they will be fired to distract from something else or because they don’t adjust quickly enough to the new lies. They may think they have nothing to lose, might as well do their patriotic duty and let others know what strange things are going on.

  44. Jerusha says:

    No wonder drumpf loves his little Mini-Me. Twinsies.
    http://twitter.com/brutallyrandom/status/890544252543008770

  45. Louisa says:

    The White House has become a frat house. This is so upsetting and worrying. As it’s been said a number of times.. this is 6 months in! Where is our country and our standing in the world going to be in another 3 1/2 years? It’s horrifying.
    And on a personal note, as the mother of a 12 year old boy trying to raise a respectful, kind, intelligent man I could weep that these are the “men” he sees in charge.

    • Jerusha says:

      But Animal House was funny. At least everyone got what they deserved at the end.😊😊

  46. Nanea says:

    The Rethugs call themselves the party of values.

    Yeah, no.

    And the Biblethumpers still support the Orange Tyrant Twitler. Sad!

    • Anon33 says:

      I was just coming here to say that. These jag offs got all morality-upset bc Clinton got a blowie in the WH, they cry about cursing and sex on television shows, but government officials spewing venomous nastiness and infighting all over Twitter is just fine? The president talking to the Boy Scouts about orgies is making America great again? Can you even fathom if Obama-or any democrat-had done anything like that?!?? Where is the outrage? I can’t stand these two-faced hypocrites.

  47. Maxybabe says:

    I’ve been wondering who the Mooch reminds me of, got it!! Just put the Scientology logo behind him and the lecturn , and hey, it’s Miscavige all over!!! Great start to your new job!!

    • Heidi says:

      I’m afraid I also have to insist on the HUGE medal Tom Cruise had hanging round his neck.

  48. SoulSPA says:

    I am not familiar with the US political system. Is there any oversight of the executive which in my understanding is the White House? By the Congress maybe? Department of Justice? FBI? Either one of them, for different areas? Media and public scrutiny is there but they don’t have executive/legislative/security powers.

    Is oversight undertaken more seriously when an offence is committed? Aside drumpf’s campaign and the links to russia, what we see is a bunch of incompetent, aggressive, vindictive staff. On our tv screens and internet. In full throttle and plain sight for all the world to see. All this bunch pose significant security risks and threats for the US. If they do all this stuff in public, imagine what happens behind closed doors. What can be done legally for a change to happen?

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      I wonder about that too !!

    • Alexandria says:

      I’ve mentioned this before. His being President has revealed flaws on America’s lauded models of democracy, and independent pillars. In the first place before being elected (via an unpopular vote system), he already posed multiple conflicts of interests which he dismissed as being President simply means it’s impossible to have conflicts of interests (VERY VERY BIGLY COVFEFE LOGIC!) His daughter and son in law are in the White House with undetermined job functions. Even THAT doesn’t seem to muster any tangible outrage from those who could make a difference. US democracy status officially got downgraded right? Not here to gloat. Just sayin.

    • jetlagged says:

      Sadly, being incompetent does automatically disqualify one from serving as President. There are checks and balances built into the Constitution that are intended to keep the three branches of government from going completely rogue, but that assumes the ones doing the checking have the political will to do so, and so far the Republican-controlled Congress shows no sign of being willing (or able) to do anything to stop this horror show. There is an article in the Constitution that allows for the forced removal of the President if they are found to be incapacitated and incapable of governing, but as far as I know that has never been tried, tested, or even seriously suggested.

  49. FLORC says:

    I’ll lean into that chaos with you! It’s complete madness and imo an unfiltered, extreme look into the WH under Trump. This is magical and it feels like this administration could use a hard reset. Like, the WH is burning from within.

  50. Beth says:

    He has barely been there for a week and can get away with this? I’ve cringed and gagged since his speech where he kept saying how much he loved and adored Trump. The world is now laughing even harder that we have another immature bully in the White House who doesn’t get in any trouble

  51. Lynnie says:

    We’re so utterly screwed when the next domestic crisis/attack hits.

    • FLORC says:

      Lynnie
      Yes. That’s not going to be funny in even a dark sense.

    • Insomniac says:

      Oh yes. The emergency broadcast signal went off on my TV a little while ago and my heart stopped for a moment before I saw that it was a weather warning. Funny; I never got scared when I heard that sound while Obama was still in charge.

      • jwoolman says:

        The Pentagon apparently had a nervous nine minutes between the first and second part of his transgender ban tweet. The first part really could have been prelude to an announcement that he was ordering bombings or outright war.

        They must have been sort of relieved that it was just another stupid idea. Nobody apparently has yet located any general or military expert who will openly admit to having been consulted about that one, so it was probably another Obama-tapped-my-phone sort of thing, just manufactured out of whole cloth. I would look at Fox News, Breitbart, and Infowars around the time of the tweet to track down The Donald’s real source.

    • Neelyo says:

      Yes we are.

    • nicegirl says:

      Yes we are

    • nemera34 says:

      Already happening.. North Korea launched their 2nd ICBM. And we have a fool in office to make decisions. Trump has not plans to deal with any of this. NONE. No Foreign Policy outside of supporting Russia and any Despot he can latch onto and being a cry baby to all our Allies that we are going to need soon.

      • LA Native says:

        No, hes too worried about the “seige on Long Island” with MS13 FFS.
        Seriously? He’s just saying that so he wont be vilified for playing golf on his course on LI this weekend, just watch. Only we WILL vilify him and with damn good reason.

    • Heidi says:

      Unlike George W. Bush, Two Scoops would not even bother to get into a helicopter to fly over a disaster area. Or can you imagine Precious Ivanka and Frozen Face Melania handing out blankets to people who lost their homes?

  52. Cel2495 says:

    Omg sh** is cray cray. I’m very very scare for the 🇺🇸

    • LA Native says:

      Thank you, and to all of you (so many! so grateful!) who have also expressed sympathy. Every single morning I wake up wondering what fresh hell has broken loose since I went to bed the night before. I try to keep up and stay informed but it is taking way too much of my time and MY daily problems. Since October, I have had to deal alone with a major hurricane with lots of costly damages and continuing issues that pop up at inopportune times, injuries suffered during preparation and cleanup of same, two dog spinal surgeries and a huge dental implant redo that cost me almost $10k, the first ones kept breaking, inferior materials at HUGE 25k cost for nothing. I can go fight him in court for some return of the cost but would have to spend a good amount to retain an atty which I just cannot do. Add to that stress the election, which was insanity..who knew it would go this low? I cannot work due to my injuries and was kicked off Obamacare for not making the minimal yearly income. So its catch 22 for me and watching this mess is just about to kill me off. I have no hope whatsoever for my plight, gave up on that awhile ago and just live day by day. But now, I am so worried for my country it is making me physically ill. I am trying to hold it together on the outside, like so many others but so many people here are just stressed to the limit and its really getting visible in normal daily life.
      End rant, and sorry. But when y’all express your sympathy, i know I am sooo grateful (as are countless others) and thank you for being real caring people. We seem to be a bit short on that here in our government as of late and it’s spilling over to the ignoramuses who voted this sh*tshow in.

      • magnoliarose says:

        I feel a low level of anxiety since he was elected and irritable sometimes just from hearing his ridiculous voice.
        You will get through this rough patch but make sure to take care of you too. You have to stay healthy when our reward comes. The Tangerine Takedown will be one for the ages.

  53. Maria says:

    I know he is trying for Robert DeNiro or Tony Soprano but he just reminds me of Anthony from Sex and the City😹
    Oh what a world we live in. Everyone is a character in their own movie. I know a lot of people are scared, but this is just too ludicrous for me now to not laugh. The
    Administration is a total clusterfuck.

  54. Nina says:

    Let’s hope that dear, sweet Pickle doesn’t read the New Yorker.

    • jwoolman says:

      Poor Pickle indeed. If he’s like many kids, he may come to different conclusions when he’s older but his actual name is out there on a video that won’t die. That surprised me, I thought they would at least keep it to first name only for privacy reasons, considering his age.

      Assuming Pickle is real, of course. And yes, they would fake something like that if needed.

  55. Michelle says:

    Is it just me, or can anyone else see him in a velour tracksuit with a pinky ring and a thick gold chain around his neck? I thought Old Spicy was entertaining, but The Mooch is hilarious! Who in the world is going to play him on SNL???

  56. Lady D says:

    Again, I’m really sorry that you decent Americans have to live with this shit daily. You deserve better.

  57. Veronica says:

    Sometimes I just have to sit back and say to myself, “Oh my God, this is real.” If this was a television series, I’d turn it off because it’s beyond my suspension of belief.

  58. Franny says:

    He reminds me of that letter from an angry sorority girl that went viral a few years ago (Michael Shannon did an awesome dramatic interpretation of it).

    But this man is 100% a reflection of our President, so it’s really not funny this time.

    • Annetommy says:

      That’s what I thought of too, I don’t think I’ve heard the term “cock block” since Michael’s hilarious reading.

  59. Louisa says:

    Genuine question – is Bannon really on the outs with Trump? I mean if he was still the influence he once was, there is no way Mooch would still have a job today.

    • magnoliarose says:

      Yes it seems he is. He didn’t want Lil Mucchi but he is there anyway with the support of his favorite child and her spouse.

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      Bannon is apparently at odds with Drumpf ever since it was claimed by some media that Bannon is the “president” and Drumpf is his puppet or something like that.

  60. Holly hobby says:

    Yep mentally unhinged poor man’s $cientologist Miss. cabbage. He should sign a mil year contract and hang out with the real Miss. Cabbage and Tommy.

    His tenure will not go well.

  61. NEENA ZEE says:

    I’m no fan of the Grim Reaper, but the whole c-cksucking comment just seems off base and inaccurate. More likely that the new WH Comms Director is projecting his own shortcomings onto someone who is challenging his authority… since it’s obvious that the diminutive front-stabber craves media attention and is trying to build his personal brand and notoriety on the back of the travesty that is the current administration.
    He’s just a self-promoting huckster that preens and postures on camera and is willing to sacrifice the integrity and the dignity of the office of the president for personal gain. His behavior makes me sad for all the smart, thoughtful, mature, disciplined people that work on Wall Street and are now further tarnished by his particular brand of hyperbole. The Mooch should be ashamed and vilified.

    • Indiana Joanna says:

      I agree, he’s projecting. He also has a huge chip on his shoulder. He mentioned several times that Reince Priebus (and Bann0n) tried to keep him from getting the communications job at the WH. So all this distasteful behaviour is some sort of payback to those in the WH who kept rejecting him for this job.

      As much as I despise these WH minions, I think Mooch has made their point that he is not remotely qualified for a communications job.

      • Heidi says:

        Someone give him the role of Bond villain already. I bet Daniel Craig would love to come back from the cold for beating him to pulp.

  62. Liz version 700 says:

    You know who hasn’t done a lot of cocaine and called the New York Post for an interview to dish on everyone they work with… good lord these idiots ….I would be legit afraid to go to work in this environment. What signal are we sending to other countries? Our country is run by idiots…

    • Pumpkin (formally soup, pie) says:

      If I worked at the WH I would cultivate relationships with those f**kwits, praise and caress them with one hand, and show them the finger and leak information with the other.

  63. themummy says:

    The funniest part about it all is that he isn’t even actually hired yet. He cannot divest from his business until August 13th (I think it’s the 13th), so until then he goes to “work” every day wearing a visitor’s badge.

    Anyway, the bar has been lowered to the ground at this point, hasn’t it?

  64. HCR says:

    please keep in mind this conversation happened, according to Lizza, around 11 pm.

    One word.

    Cocaine

  65. Beth says:

    Looks like ScaryMooch got his way! Trump just tweeted that Reince Priebus has been replaced

  66. Jerusha says:

    And Scary’s wife has filed for divorce because ‘She is tired of his naked ambition, which is so enormous that it left her at her wits’ end,’ said one source.

    Three years! Who could stand three minutes with that dick?

    • Alexandria says:

      I need new glasses too. I thought you wrote who could stand three inches of that dick.

    • Heidi says:

      Apparently, she gave birth on the day of the Trump Boy Scouts speech. The Mooch showed up to see his son in ICU after SIX DAYS. No. Words.

  67. Guest says:

    I remember people were worried about a Hillary White House that it would be filled with Scandal, not another Clinton, want a change, etc. and look at what we have now – what an absolute Embarrassment. When the Obambas left, they took all the class either them!!

  68. why? says:

    Reince has “resigned” and after he praised The King of Lies and Fake News during that press conference where The King of Lies and Fake News made all of the Cabinet members go around the table and say something nice about him. I don’t feel sorry for Spicer, Reince, Bannon, or Sessions. They faithfully stood behind the King of Lies and Fake News as he bullied, lied, and spread fake news about Obama, Hilliary, Sally Yates, the press, the Democrats, and anyone who challenged the The King of Lies and Fake News and where did it get them? Spicer replaced by Scaramucci(He reminds me of O’Brein from 1984). Reince replaced by John Kelly, the same John Kelly involved in the chaotic roll out of the Muslim Ban version 1. Sessions being bullied into resigning by Jared, who is using The King of Lies and Fake News as his puppet. Bannon being insulted by Scaramucci(O’Brein). Even after being forced out, Reince and Spicer continued to praise The King of Lies and Fake News. This was their downfall. Think of all the secrets that Spicer, Reince, Sessions, and Bannon know about Jared and the Russians. Will Spicer and Reince talk to Mueller, now that they no longer work for The King of Lies and Fake News?

    The press reported that The King of Lies and Fake News gave Scaramucci permission to bully Reince. Where are the adults in the WH? This seems more like a frat house, than a WH. The King of Lies and Fake News has turned this country into a joke.

    Sarah is doing damage control. She is claiming that Reince and The King of Lies and Fake News talked about the firing 2 weeks ago. Scaramucci said 2 days ago that he was going to fire Scaramucci, and then today Reince is gone? What do goes through the minds of the WH reporters as they listen to Sarah’s lies? She makes them look so incompetent. Why do they keep going when Sarah keeps lying to them?

    • why? says:

      Apparently Scaramucci wanted Reince’s job(Chief of Staff). How does Scaramucci feel that The King of Lies and Fake News gave that job to John Kelly instead of him? Will Scaramucci launch an attack against Kelly?

      The press are already praising Kelly, saying he will be the adult in the WH. The press suffers from some form of amnesia. We already know that Kelly isn’t going to be the adult in the WH. Remember what happened when Kelly rolled out the first version of the Muslim ban(during hearings Kelly took responsibility for the roll out)? It was chaotic and unorganized. And he also defended the Muslim ban.

      • jwoolman says:

        I thought Priebus was supposed to be the adult in the White House.

        The problem is that many adults just can’t take non-stop contact with so many screaming toddlers and no way to give them a time-out. Just imagine if any toddler in your life was adult-size and your boss. And successfully refused a nap. Day after day after day after day…. How long would you last?

    • Holly hobby says:

      In workplaces across America, what Scarry Mucci did would be construed as participating in a hostile work environment. Culprits are disciplined or outright fired for that.

  69. why? says:

    Scaramucci’s outrageous behavior makes the story that CNN retracted about Scaramucci and the Russians seems more and more plausible.

    The King of Lies and Fake News may “love” Scaramucci now, but wait until Scaramucci gets a Time cover or mocked by SNL. Or will The King of Lies and Fake News be more tolerant of Scaramucci’s attention seeking because he is Jared and Ivanka’s friend? When SNL was on a break and not making fun of Spicer, The King of Lies and Fake News loved Spicer and his ratings. After SNL ran skits of Kellyanne, she was sent to the basement. SNL did a “where in the world is Kellyanne Conway” skit and the WH let her out of the basement. When SNL did skits on Sarah, she mysteriously went missing for a week or 2. The King of Lies and Fake News turned on Bannon when Time and SNL referred him to him as the president and showed skits with The King of Lies and Fake News sitting at the little desk while Bannon sat at the big desk.

    Sarah is lying again. She is claiming that the decision to fire Reince started 2 weeks ago even though Scaramucci was on twitter and in an interview just 2 days ago said that he was going to fire Reince. When Sarah says these lies what goes through the minds of these reporters? She makes them look so incompetent. She lies to their face and they just sit there and take it.

    • SoulSPA says:

      I can’t stand Sarah Sanders. I’ve only seen her about three times during briefings. What stood out to me in a very negative ways was her super arrogant b1tchy full of glee face when telling reporters she’d cut short the briefing if any more questions on the military transgender policy would be made.
      Regarding the WH reporters during briefings: I’ve lost respect for them for not being able to do their jobs and ask questions. Repeat questions. Get answers. Are they afraid their accreditations will be revoked?

  70. why? says:

    When the press rewrites history to make John Kelly look like a competent person. Kelly Odonnell, said that John Kelly had great organization skills and would be great for the WH. What is wrong with these reporters? Did she completely wipe the Muslim Ban from her memory? Kelly’s organization skills are so great that he executed a Muslim ban that sent our airports into chaos and resulted in massive protests.

  71. Tess says:

    How did Kushner’s and Trump Jr.’s Congressional testimony go again…?

    The media has successfully been distracted this week.

  72. Lisa says:

    This is disturbing, to say the least.

  73. K.I.T.T says:

    Typical language for a Republican. The irony is that they pretend as though they are a more moral and conservative group yet they are the ones usually filthy language. Then again, their leader has had how many extramarital affairs?

  74. why? says:

    Why do all the reporters and writers seem to think that John Kelly is a good leader, has a strong character, will bring discipline to the WH, and would be a good influence on The King of Lies and Fake News? We have already seen John Kelly’s inability to lead, his weak character, lack of discipline, and complicity to The King of Lies and Fake News. I find it crazy how all of these reporters have completely wiped everything related to the Muslim Ban from their minds. Do they think it’s a different John Kelly? Is this a bad sign that the press has completely wiped from their minds that John Kelly took partial responsibility for the roll out of the Muslim Ban (version 1)that left airports in chaos and resulted in massive protests? Does this mean that the press have now become complicit?

    There is some hope. I found one article(just one) that didn’t suffer from the same amnesia that seems to be plaguing the rest of the press:

    Nichols, J.(2017, July 28) Meet John Kelly, Donald Trump’s New Enabler in Chief. Kelly has a record of coddling Trump—and no good will come of that. Retrieved from The Nation.

    • why? says:

      Barbara Lee, Paul Ryan removed her war amendment(repeal of The Authorization for use of Military Force)from the defense bill without consulting anyone in Congress, is also speaking out against John Kelly. She called him an extremist, which he is, and the Russian bots are attacking her.

      -I found another article about John Kelly’s weak character, but it’s from April. John Kelly is also the same person who lashed out at members of Congress when they complained about The Muslim Ban:

      Cohen, M. (2017, April 25) Homeland Security’s John Kelly is unhinged. Retrieved from The Boston Globe.

      -Another article indicating that just like Scaramucci, John Kelly is an extension of The King of Lies and Fake News.

      Hing, J.(2017, July 28). John Kelly’s Promotion Is a Disaster for Immigrants In just six months, Kelly turned DHS into a deportation machine. Retrieved from The Nation.

  75. GardenLady says:

    Wow, it’s quite surreal watching someone in his position behave like that. Wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen it.
    Seems to be a perfect fit for Baby Fists.
    I wonder however how long S’Moochie will last before he falls in disgrace…

    • jwoolman says:

      Everything is surreal today. Apparently twenty Republicans in Congress just wrote to Attorney General Sessions to appoint another special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton, Loretta Lunch, and James Comey for their actions during the 2016 campaign. They want to go after Hillary for those damned emails again and that “uranium deal” that the State Department and other agencies signed off on. My first thought was that she will have a lot of co-conspirators on that last one, there were quite a few agencies involved. It was a fairly standard investment negotiation, the uranium can’t actually leave the country. I don’t think Trump understands that, judging from things he has bleeted about it.

      Obviously they are just trying to distract from Mueller’s serious investigation as Trump panics more daily. But really, this is so ridiculous. Wasting money like this while hesitating to pay ACA subsidies. Didn’t they just give The Donald some money to start his stupid wall also? 1.6 billion dollars, I think.

      Surreal indeed.

  76. HaHa says:

    My what an eloquent man… of which he is neither.

  77. jferber says:

    Just this: where is his upper lip?

  78. El Biffo says:

    I’ve always fantazied about being a no BS politician who’d cut through all the silver tongued weasel words and just be a foul mouthed straight talker but I never thought I’d see it happen.

    Anywho, I think it’s about time Democrats started getting serious about finding a formidable candidate for the next election and allow them to become the face of the resistance. But just make sure they’re someone that everybody can get behind this time. Someone with a meaningful history of helping ordinary Americans. Not someone who’s too cosy with the corporate fat cats.

    • Heidi says:

      I never thought I would say this, but I would be fine with it if Arnold Schwarzenegger would run. I always found him too slimey and simplistic, but I warmed up to him recently because he takes climate change seriously. And he even has Emmanuel Macron’s seal of approval.

      Time to forge a birth certificate, Arnie. With the right font.

  79. Josie says:

    Who is this guy?

  80. aqdgsbh says:

    I’m curious, does ‘Mooch’ mean the same thing as it does in Britain? In the UK it’s a word used to describe a lazy scrounger.