Anthony Scaramucci says a second Donald Trump presidency would isolate the United States, leave NATO stranded and project 'cruelty'

With Donald Trump looking to return to the White House, his one-time director of communications Anthony Scaramucci has warned that the former president's "malevolence" and "cruelty" could be costly to the United States and the world.

In a wide-ranging interview with 7.30, Mr Scaramucci, who was sacked by the previous Trump administration after just 11 days in his role, spoke on Kamala Harris, the upcoming US election and what he sees as the dangers of a second Trump White House.

Mr Scaramucci believes that what Trump stands for and represents is dangerous.

"It's the malevolence, it's the cruelty," Mr Scaramucci told 7.30.

"You can't have the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour, and you can't have Lincoln talking at the Lincoln Douglas debates about it being the last best place for all mankind and the need for all of us to suppress our tribal instincts and unify, and then have Trump.

"He's an anti-American presidential candidate."

A major fear for Mr Scaramucci is that Trump will run an isolationist United States that will repeal trade agreements and pull out of NATO, potentially leaving Russian President Vladimir Putin unchecked.

Trump has already said he would cut US funding to Ukraine as it continues to fight a war, after Russia invaded in 2022.

But Mr Scaramucci warns that Trump would do much more to enable Putin, who he courted a political relationship with during his presidency.

"There are three big dangers," Mr Scaramucci told 7.30.

"The first danger is that he wants to destabilise the current world order, so he'll roll back the WWII rules-based society, which, at least in North America and in Europe, is NATO.

"He'll roll back NATO [and] he'll give space for Vladimir Putin to project his power back into Eastern Europe, which will keep Vladimir Putin in power and be absolutely devastating for Eastern Europe. "

Mr Putin's war in Ukraine has already caused the estimated loss of hundreds of thousands of lives.

There have been other ructions too, especially in northern Europe.

There were flashpoints at the Finland border in late 2023 as an influx of asylum seekers tried to cross into the Nordic nation, which resulted in Finland closing the border with Russia.

Finland also began construction on a 200-kilometre fence on its Russian border, while they and Sweden, longstanding non-NATO nations, moved to join and were successful.

Mr Scaramucci said that was a sign of Mr Putin's ambition and that Trump rolling back NATO would only enable the Russian leader.

"They're smart people in those two countries [and] they're telling you that they feel a danger from Vladimir Putin," he said.

"The rollback of NATO, that's a very big danger. It will diminish the rules-based society and it will also weaken our position with our allies."

At a February campaign rally in South Carolina, Trump said he would let Russia "do whatever the hell they want" to NATO countries that did not spend enough.

The BBC reported that in 2020, Trump told President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen that "NATO is dead".

Mr Scaramucci believes a second Trump White House would not only abandon NATO but become more isolationist.

"He literally wants to wall off America … from the rest of the world," Mr Scaramucci told 7.30.

"He wants to put on exorbitant tariffs, he wants to reject immigrants.

"He's calling for a deportation of 15 million people.

"That's in Project 2025 and it comes out of his mouth almost every night at these rallies."

Project 2025 is what the director of a network of conservative groups, Paul Dans, described to Four Corners as a detailed "battle plan" that has the people trained and ready to execute it.

The plan would see the power of the US president expanded and the civil service stacked in his favour.

Opponents of the plan warn that it would see Trump empowered, enabled and emboldened and push the USA towards an authoritarian state.

Trump has said he has "nothing to do" with Project 2025 but Mr Scaramucci says the former president's goals are not that different.

"There are 14 million people that work for the government, 12 million that are employed, 2 million contractors," Mr Scaramucci said.

"He wants the top 50,000 people to be fired."

"He put 85 loyalists into the project.

"What's embedded in the project is exactly what he wants to do."

Trump's own campaign page says he wants to stop migrants and seal the US border as well as "carry out the largest deportation in American history" as its top two objectives.

However, it does not state any changes to the US civil service or the way government operates.

The upcoming US election has been turned on its head since US President Joe Biden stepped down as the Democratic candidate and Vice-President Kamala Harris took his place.

Mr Scaramucci, like many analysts, believes it was a move that changed the election, with Ms Harris a genuine chance of defeating a Republican party that has been lurching farther to the right.

A self-described lifelong Republican, Mr Scaramucci has described it as being a party of hoopla about one man: Donald J Trump.

"This is a Trumpist party," Mr Scaramucci said.

"This has elements of fascism in it. This has elements of liquidating the other two branches of the government.

"He has a group of acolytes now with him that are hard right.

"He had more mid Republicans, middle-ground Republicans and careerist Republicans with him in 2016 but he doesn't have that now, those people have left him.

"He's got 40 people that served him in various capacities, in the cabinet, including his vice-president [Mike Pence] that are denouncing him and explaining the danger of him.

"He's not an ideological person himself, but he's now adhered to ideological people."

Standing in Trump's way is Ms Harris and Mr Scaramucci says the exit of Mr Biden has meant Trump has had to pivot his attack plan but has yet to master it when it comes to the Democratic nominee.

"I think he's been shaken by her but I think he's a very adaptive guy," Mr Scaramucci told 7.30.

"He's a human Swiss Army knife and in terms of his political instincts, he'll find the right tool to strike at her rhetorically.

"He hasn't been able to find that yet because he was fixated on Joe Biden. He was fixated at being the younger of the two candidates in the race, and he's also been imperilled by the demography.

"You've had this great demographic recirculation, so when he calls her stupid and he says she turned black and all this sort of nonsense, baby boomers were conditioned to deal with that, but the generation Zs, they don't like it at all."

While Mr Scaramucci praised Ms Harris as being intelligent and having a good policy record, he believes she has to be more aggressive in combating Trump on the election trail.

He says their upcoming debate will be a key moment for Ms Harris but she needs to explain her position and how she will help Americans.

"If you look at the predicted markets and so forth, he [Trump is] in the pole position.

"He is favoured on two issues that really matter to America, the economy and the issues at the border as it relates to immigration, and she can take them on, but she's got to get way more aggressive.

"Her economic agenda is actually working, and Americans may not feel it today, but she can go into the heartland and she could explain to them what Joe Biden and her did, that are actually creating a good set-up for the next four years … but she's got to get out there and articulate that."

When it comes to November, the "rust belt" is predicted to be key. That area includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin and parts of New York State.

Mr Scaramucci told 7.30 people there were desperate and could be attracted by Trump's messaging.

And to win the presidency, Ms Harris will need to appeal to them.

"[These] people have become economically desperational and Trump's message resonates with them," Mr Scaramucci said.

"The victim message, 'let's stick it to Washington'. It works with them, but if she comes at it from a different perspective, which is more unifying and more healing, she could [get] them, but it's going to be tough."

I cannot make out heaad or tail of wht this man is writing about,   Trump saved NATO from frther embarrassment when he forced NATO members to spend 2$ of their GDP on defense,   Thta ruffled the feathes of the NATO members - but n fact strengthened the armies of NATO members,

Trump wil try and restore the stability in he worlld wwhich Biden destroyed,     The rest of what he wrote is total BS and not a word is true in his statements,   ,    

No DumbMike, NATO members only started spending 2% of GDP after Putin started his antics, after Trump left office. 

 Trump saved NATO from frther embarrassment when he forced NATO members to spend 2$ of their GDP on defense,

He did no such thing. The pledge by NATO member states to spend 2% of GDP on defence was made before Trump was president and they merely reconfirmed their commitment to that pledge during his presidency. 

Only 4 member states hit that pledge at the stare of Trump's term in office. It had risen to 9 by the end of his term. As of June this year it had risen to 23.

BS

Trump told them clearly that if  the NATO members failed to spend 3% of GDP on defense spending - the USA spendng 5,8% will have to reduce its  spendig and that could lead to reduction of te USA army in Europe. 

hen TRump mentioned the isue and his viewpoints on it - the EU meia and te BSters i the USA claimed that Trump would withdraw the USA troops from Europe and that never actuallyhappened.   The present BS is just a repeat of the BS spread in 2018/   

The  increased conributions started in 2018 and dropped down the moment BS Berty and liar Biden took over the presidency to what it wss before Trump was President and and only now they promise to increase their spending to 2% of GDP.

When I want the truth I do not take note of he bs written on site based on lies and propaganda from the fake media specilizing  in lies and propaganda..   I went through the Russan collusion hoax in the period 2015 to 2020 - proven to be based on lies concocted by the Obama WH, the Clinton  election campaign and the DNC.   You lot fell for the BS then because the media lied to you lot and you learned nothing from that BS  and lies and keep on believing your brainwashing masters totally and becomng totally incapable of thinking for yourselves.

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https://apimagesblog.com/russia-ukraine-war

Trump se moer.

Trump told them clearly that if  the NATO members failed to spend 3% of GDP on defense spending

There was no pledge by NATO countries to spend 3% on defence, it remains at 2% of GDP.

the USA spendng 5,8%

The last time the US spent 5.8% of GDP on defence was 1989. It never exceeded 3.7% while Trump was President. 

hen TRump mentioned the isue and his viewpoints on it - the EU meia and te BSters i the USA claimed that Trump would withdraw the USA troops from Europe and that never actuallyhappened.   The present BS is just a repeat of the BS spread in 2018/   

Trump claimed at a rally In February that when he was President he told NATO that the US wouldn't protect NATO countries that where not spending 2% of GDP on defence spending and not only would the US not protect them he actually said he would encourage Russia to do whatever the hell they wanted.

This follows on from comments made by EU Commissioner Thierry Breton in January that while Trump was President he told EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen that "You need to understand that if Europe is under attack, we will never come to help you and to support you. And by the way, NATO is dead. And we will leave, we will quit NATO."

The  increased conributions started in 2018 and dropped down the moment BS Berty and liar Biden took over the presidency to what it wss before Trump was President and and only now they promise to increase their spending to 2% of GDP.

Such bullshit. Firstly defence spending is not a contribution to NATO, the money isn't being directly payed into NATO. Secondly defence spending by NATO countries was on the increase since 2015 before Trump became President, and has increased every year since Biden became President, with 2024 seeing a greater increase in spending in a single year than the combined increases of the 4 years of Trump's Presidency. 

Mike, these halfwits bought Russia collusion hoax.

You accuse others of being halfwits after Mike posted that utter garbage?

Mike, these halfwits bought Russia collusion hoax.

He just ba rks....not worthy of comment.

But you did ….sadly….every one of you chaps thought Trump was culpable. And there is a lot of hair splitting here:

’Only 4 member states hit that pledge at the stare of Trump's term in office. It had risen to 9 by the end of his term. As of June this year it had risen to 23.’

Only 4 member states hit the pledge at the start of his term..  9 at the end with no immediate impetus to increase spending . That’s success, give the man credit for his accomplishments . There were some.

Scaramucci is a bitter, fired employee and a pretty ugly person. You lefties quote your sources just like Mike does his, with zero quality control. , 

Putin is Trump's idol. he wants to be like Putin. 
Trump also likes the Powerful Orban who brainwashed his population into religious simpletons in order to retain control.

US intelligence says Russia is trying to hack their system, yet Trump believes Putin - a mass murdering psychopath - over his own people.

I don't remember ever being on the left wing, but this stuff is obvious - to any sensible person regardless of ideology.

Some backward people think they are conservative, but they are not conservative- they are just backward. (e.g. DumbMike)

"President Putin" my hero, was "very strong and powerful in his denial). 

Trump Says Putin 'Strong' In Denial Of Election Meddling

Clearly a stupid thing for Trump to say.

Only 4 member states hit the pledge at the start of his term..  9 at the end with no immediate impetus to increase spending . That’s success, give the man credit for his accomplishments . There were some.

Except there was an impetus to increase spending due to a commitment made by member states to increase spending year on year to reach a target of spending 2% of GDP on defence, a commitment given before Trump was President.  To credit Trump for those 5 members states reaching the 2% target during his term would be as dishonest as attributing credit to Biden for the 14 states that have reached the 2% target during his term.

Scaramucci is a bitter, fired employee and a pretty ugly person.

The fall back attack line on anyway one who previously worked for Trump and then turned against them. Doesn't work I'm afraid.

If you actually watch him, he's a pretty likeable guy, who frequently makes fun of himself and his time working for Trump, but has also admitted to his own faults and ego. While very critical of Trump now, he's frequently stated that Trump has very good political instincts.

His youtube show with Kathy Kay, the Rest is Politics US is a pretty good watch IMO.  

Amazing how these worms all come out of the woodwork and run President Trump down at election time in a bid to get back at him.

These scumbags got their marching orders for a reason and are doing their best to stick it to President Trump......wonder how much they received in money terms from the Demorats/Soros for their efforts.

Just what the TDS maniacs need to fill their hate Trump baskets.

But it ain't working.

FOUR MORE YEARS.

We’ll have to agree to disagree on Scaramucci. He served as White House director of communications for a biblical 40 days and is now a ‘hater’ to use a term the wokes love.

As for the improvement in NATO funding, they originally agreed to fund at 2%, the fact that they were going to try again is hardly persuasive. Trump made it an issue, the situation improved….you want to give him no credit at all.

"Trump made it an issue, the situation improved"

This was my point that I made quite a while ago, and the evidence that I provided at the time seemed to back this up as well.

Whether it was a small or large amount of improvement, you cannot deny that Trump impacted this spending policy between the NATO allies, because he made it such a big issue.

Exactly.

We’ll have to agree to disagree on Scaramucci. He served as White House director of communications for a biblical 40 days and is now a ‘hater’ to use a term the wokes love.

It was actually only 11 days. And funnily enough he is also critical of what he considers woke politics.

Trump made it an issue, the situation improved….you want to give him no credit at all.

He did make it an issue but there is no evidence whatsoever that him doing so led to the situation improving anymore than it would have without him doing so. No leader of a NATO country came out and said they had agreed to increase spending due to Trump making an issue out of it. 

But even if for argument sake one was to take the position that Trump was 100% responsible for the increase in NATO countries defence spending during his term, in the grand schemes of NATO funding it would have only been a very modest improvement that fell short of what his actual demands where. 

My mistake…11 days. More like cricket than the Bible.

……The point is Trump’s stance on NATO was right as demonstrated by the Ukraine conflict. And his actions appeared to create some action.

Nato has been supported by the USA since the second world war and if it was not for President Trump none of the Nato members would have paid up the 2% they all agreed to after the war.

Free loaders most of them if it was not for President Trump calling them out.

Canada was also one of the countries that was guilty.

Excellent call President TRUMP.

……The point is Trump’s stance on NATO was right as demonstrated by the Ukraine conflict.

No one was arguing Trumps stance was wrong, what we are saying is there is no evidence Trump was effective in persuading/convincing/forcing America's NATO allies to increase defence spending.

And his actions appeared to create some action.

There is no evidence to support that claim.

Nato has been supported by the USA since the second world war and if it was not for President Trump none of the Nato members would have paid up the 2% they all agreed to after the war.

WTF are shite-ing on about you absolute clown. The commitment to spend 2% on defence spending was made in 2014 not after the second world war .  

In America, everyone is willing to sell their story to a tabloid - even family.
The only thing Americans love more than being on TV, is getting money for being on TV

sharkbok for once I have to agree with you.

SB

"Putin is Trump's idol. he wants to be like Putin. 
Trump also likes the Powerful Orban who brainwashed his population into religious simpletons in order to retain control."

Where do you get that shit from?   Was it borne from propaganda that took over your malfunctiong brain?    There was just on huge difference - Purin dealt with Trump after negotiations.   Putin said he is a difficult person to negotiate with since he always put the interests of the USA first,  On the other hand Puitn regarded Biden as a career politician without any principles - a tendency to be corrupt and esentially that he i s factually incompetent.

For Putin Biden was the ideal Preident of the USA and Putin supported him all ot in 2020.    The fact is Trump has no ambitions to be like Putin.    What the hell does that mean?    If there is any proof of that post it on site please.    There is plenty of proof that the Democrats are already doing what the Governments of Communist dictatorship does - the Democrats always accuse the Republicans of things they are already involved n.  

Just another Shitory.

Stav

"Trump told them clearly that if  the NATO members failed to spend 3% of GDP on defense spending

There was no pledge by NATO countries to spend 3% on defence, it remains at 2% of GDP"

.BS the orignal NATO articles of agrement said 3%.  Under presure from Trump the NATO members - 9 of hem - reahed hat target.  The Trump insistence was dropped by Biden and so did the GDP condition - it never reached even 2% of the GDP unmder Bdenand now suddenly the try to get to 2% with a vague promise they would reach it.   

Also read what is ah;ppening in Germany where in the State elections the three coalition paries self desructed and they fail to get to  15% of te vote or less all due to your vorite Ukraine War,  In Thuringia the  Greens have NO  seats  in the State Reichstag  and in Saxony wher the Socialist Party got 10 seats and Grrens 7 seats out of a total alloction of 120 seats.   The free Democrats - the third coaltion party got solittlvoting support they would have no members in either the federal Reichstag and nothing in the States Reichtag either,  

The fact is the viters wants to have no support for the EU open brder policies and the war i Ukraine - but also for other idiocies like the cra=zy green policies that is casinghavoc to thelivelihoods of peoplle.    

Lets hope we get a real Government in the USA nad not the soap opera lot characterized by Biden and his successor Mugabe Harris.     

The Nationalist Party had links to the Nazi Party, kind of six of one and half a dozen of another.

 Stav and Denny is talking there normal unproved shit.   I never had any lnks with the National Party and never was a member of any Party.   I am a supporter of democracy worldwide  ad based my impression on facts - not fiction.

I said from he start the Ukrane siuation shoud have been settled through negitiation and no war and initially critczed te invasion of Ukraine by Russia.   Although I am still saying the only solution is through negotiation - I am made out by brainwashed idiots  as supporting Putin.    After visiting Russia I do not think all Russians are monsters - I think they are more history orientated and proud of their heritage and culture.   They despise te Woke culture taking over in EU countries and the USA.

You rate Biden - the worst President the US ever had as a good President and now supprt supershit in Harris and Walz that would  even be worse than the ultra-corrupt Biden ever was.   Biden udermined Democracy in the USA or was the puppet President who did so on instruction - Mugabe Harri and Walz are even worse.    

In Europe the leftists are under seize and losing control left right at center - the exception beig in the UK where Labour would soon be on the self-destruction route as well.    Starmer/s election caused unrest in the UK and it will only get worse in fuutre.   Labor will last perhaps five years in Government and will then self-destruct like the case is in  Germany at present.   

Stav's much-admired Green fanatics are seeing their arses without a mirror in all EU countres. and lost more EU Parliament seats than even he leftist other parties combined lost.    In France Macron lost the plot and will end up being not elected in 2027 - he tried and made a mess of evrything he touched - much like everything Biden touched turned into shit.   

No amount of media propaganda and fake statisitcs swallowed wholesale by you will change that tendency.    The fact is the Democratic Party is not supporting democracy - the claim they do but only  they  do not  act in a demcratic way.   They don't in all cases of oppositon to them act in a ditatorial way.    Live with it - Biden was a shit president causing instability in the world and Harris and Walz will be even worse.   

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Yet even more shitory.

klop