Anthony Scaramucci is three weeks away from being Sean Spicer
Who the hell is Anthony Scaramucci? Who cares doesn’t matter. He may or may not have any qualifications that are relevant to his new job as Donald Trump’s White House Communications Director, but even if he does, it won’t help him. Scaramucci entered the job today all bright eyed and happy to be there, confident and at ease with himself. Give it three weeks, because we’ve seen this show before.
Sean Spicer, who resigned this morning because he really didn’t want to work with Scaramucci for reasons we’ll find out later, was never comfortable behind the podium to begin with. From day one, Spicer had a hard time selling Donald Trump’s lies. Spicer was defensive, angry, uncomfortable, all dead giveaways that he was lying himself. But here’s why Anthony Scaramucci will become the next Sean Spicer before long, and it comes down to three words: Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
After Trump got tired of watching Sean Spicer swing and miss daily in press briefings, he began sending Spicer’s deputy Sarah Huckabee Sanders to the podium instead. She entered that role all bright eyed and happy to be there, confident and at ease with herself, just as Anthony Scaramucci did today. History repeats. But here’s the thing: the task of trying to sell Trump’s silly lies, to a room full of people that know they’re lies, wears you down pretty quickly. It took Sarah three weeks to go from being confident and relaxed to being the next Spicer.
And that’s the blueprint. Now we’re going to see Donald Trump’s lie factory grind Anthony Scaramucci into the ground, just as it ground Sarah Huckabee Sanders into the ground. Just as it drove Sean Spicer into the ground. Just as it drove Reince Priebus into the ground. Scaramucci, confident as he may be today, will be ground into pulp by the sheer absurdity of trying to defend Trump’s constant lies. Give it three weeks before he becomes indistinguishable from Spicer.
