Scaramucci deadpans over Trump fixation with Husted’s butt: ‘Could say he’s bi-curious’

Anthony Scaramucci, who held the post of White House communications director under Donald Trump for only 11 days in 2017, responded on CNN to the president's remarks about Senator Jon Husted's physique. Speaking with host Kasie Hunt on The Arena, he offered two readings: that Trump is bi-curious, or that he is simply an entertainer trying to get laughs at campaign events. Scaramucci called the comments awkward and weird, according to The Independent.

Trump, rallying in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday ahead of the midterms, told the crowd he had studied Husted, a former college football player, from top to bottom and had been struck by the senator's hands. The Independent notes that Trump has made similar remarks before, including a Pennsylvania rally before the 2024 election where he praised Arnold Palmer in sexual terms.

Scaramucci, now a critic of the president, also discussed new press secretary Katie Zacharia, whose short, shaky briefing on Tuesday spawned jokes about her tenure, and Polymarket is taking bets on her exit. He predicted she will keep her job, saying she has done nothing to warrant dismissal, though he thinks she needs media training and seems too nice for a role that demands mendacity.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →