Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has broken forcefully with President Trump, engaging in a Twitter feud with his former boss and suggesting Republicans should consider a change to the top of their ticket ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
It’s a remarkable divorce between Trump and an associate who was once one of his foremost public allies, but follows a familiar pattern of former aides stoking the anger of a president who puts a premium on loyalty.
“[Trump] requires loyalty, but it’s a one-way street,” said Omarosa Manigault Newman, one former White House aide who has become a critic of the president. “It’s not a two-way street. So he wants the people around him to be loyal to him, but he does not extend the same loyalty to others.”
View the complete August 12 article by Brett Samuels on The Hill website here.