Why Anthony Scaramucci is waging a media war on President Donald Trump

A friendship between President Donald Trump and one of his formerly most vocal advocates has taken an almost-Shakespearean twist.

Anthony Scaramucci was once an ardent Trump supporter. He enjoyed a fleeting 11-day stint as the president’s White House communications director and as recently as Aug. 8 on CNBC applauded “the president’s courage for going after these issues,” referring to a yearlong Sino-American trade war.

Author William D. Cohan has described “The Mooch,” as Scaramucci is sometimes affectionately referred to (and sometimes not so affectionately), as “the most loyal friend there is” when it comes to the inner circle of the 45th commander-in-chief, in a Vanity Fair article in February of 2018.