Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said he believes President Trump will drop out of the 2020 presidential race by March of next year.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Scaramucci said lagging poll numbers will cause Trump so much humiliation that he will not want to see himself lose to the Democratic nominee in November 2020.
“It’s gonna become very clear that it’s impossible for him to win,” Scaramucci claimed. “And is this the kind of guy that’s gonna want to be that humiliated and lose as a sitting president? He’s got the self-worth in terms of his self-esteem of a small pigeon. It’s a very small pigeon.”
Scaramucci served as Trump’s communications director for 11 days in 2017 before being fired. Scaramucci still publicly backed Trump for nearly two years until a recent fallout on Twitter when he said the president “eventually turns on everyone,” and that will soon become the “entire country.”
For the last 3 years I have fully supported this President. Recently he has said things that divide the country in a way that is unacceptable. So I didn’t pass the 100% litmus test. Eventually he turns on everyone and soon it will be you and then the entire country. https://t.co/BUvwujc6LW
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) August 11, 2019
He noted the importance of defeating Trump in his interview, even if it meant doing so through a primary challenger. He called the president a “paper tiger” that can be easily “dismantled and defeated.”
Without naming a specific candidate, Scaramucci pointed to a young, charismatic Republican who grasps the issues that Americans are facing and can take on Trump in a primary. He made a Game of Thrones reference for the GOP to decide its next leader.
“We need an Arya Stark, okay? We gotta take this guy out because this is like the Night King,” Scaramucci said.
