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Scaramucci predicts Trump will be 'trounced' in midterms, GOP 'civil war' to follow

Former White House communications director tells CNBC that Trump knows his party faces a drubbing on Tuesday and a reckoning over its post-Trump identity.

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What to know

  • Scaramucci, who served just 11 days in Trump's first White House before being fired, predicts Republicans will be 'trounced' in Tuesday's midterms and that Trump already knows it.
  • He links the expected defeat to unmet Trump promises on affordability, ending 'forever wars,' and Epstein files transparency, saying it is causing a MAGA split.
  • Polling heading into Election Day suggests Democrats could retake the House and possibly the Senate, which could stall Trump's agenda for his final two years.
  • Scaramucci forecasts a Republican 'intellectual civil war' over the party's post-Trump direction, tempered by Trump's continued influence via PAC money ahead of 2028.

“He promised affordability, he promised no more 'forever wars,' he promised transparency on the Epstein files. He didn't deliver on any of that stuff, and so there's a lot of people inside MAGA that are now also breaking from him.”

Anthony Scaramucci, Former White House communications director · CNBC Squawk Box Europe ↗ · Nov 2

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Scaramucci predicts Trump will be 'trounced' in midterms, GOP 'civil war' to follow
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    Scaramucci forecasts bicameral probes and a GOP 'intellectual civil war'

    Scaramucci said a Democratic 'blue wave' would trigger congressional investigations into the administration and force Republicans to decide whether they remain the party of Trump after he leaves office, while predicting any break would be gradual given Trump's PAC money ahead of 2028.

    “The Republicans, in my mind, I think there'll be a great intellectual civil war.”
    — Anthony Scaramucci
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    Scaramucci tells CNBC Trump will be 'trounced' and knows it

    Guesting on CNBC's Squawk Box Europe, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Trump and Republicans are about to be 'trounced' in the midterms, that Trump is aware of this, and that unmet promises have caused a MAGA break from the president.

    “I think the president's going to get trounced, by the way, and I think he knows he's going to get trounced.”
    — Anthony Scaramucci

    1. 2 outlets first by CNBC, 4d ago · also Independent UK · read ↗

  3. background

    Trump visits Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool rather than make closing argument — On the Monday before Election Day, Trump discussed the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool instead of addressing the affordability and cost-of-living concerns voters say matter most.

  4. background

    Trump tours red states ahead of Tuesday's midterms — Trump spent the final month before the election holding rallies in red states to boost turnout, while polling showed widespread voter discontent over the Iran war and cost of living.