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The Daily Beast Podcast

How Trump's Goons Cash In On His Crazy: Scaramucci

The Daily Beast Podcast

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4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Anthony Scaramucci speaks with Daily Beast Political Reporter Sarah Ewall-Wice in a no-holds-barred conversation that rips through the chaos inside Trump’s orbit—from volatile Iran brinkmanship and soaring energy fears to explosive claims of late-night insider calls shaping markets in real time. Scaramucci paints a picture of a president unrestrained and increasingly unpredictable, clashing with allies, sidelining his own vice president, and operating without the guardrails that once kept his impulses in check, while Washington figures scramble to keep up or cash in. As they dig into the unraveling dynamics of power, loyalty, and influence—from Wall Street whispers to White House infighting—the episode builds toward a stark warning about what comes next if the current trajectory holds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

As he is getting older, his inhibitions, whatever is left of them, he's going to be like an open floodgate and a pulsing raw nerve of every one of his emotions.

0:14.2

The way he's handling himself as president, he should have been removed from office.

0:18.3

Imagine a British prime minister putting out a tweet that he was

0:22.4

going to end a civilization. People are like, okay, this is an empty vessel. I can implement my project

0:28.2

2025. I can implement my wholesale changes to the American military. I can use this guy as a means,

0:37.1

as a medium to get what I want in Washington.

0:40.6

So let's keep him propped up.

0:44.2

I'm Sarah Ewal Weiss in for Joanna Coles with The Daily Beast podcast.

0:49.7

Our guest today is Anthony Scaramucci, who has worked behind the scenes in Trump's orbit.

0:55.4

We talked about Trump's erratic behavior on Iran and whether it can get crazier from here.

1:01.1

We also spoke about the tightrope of being confirmed to lead the Federal Reserve and where everything is headed with the midterms.

1:09.6

But before we dive in, please take a moment to share

1:12.9

this podcast with your friends, invite them to subscribe to the Daily Beast YouTube channel.

1:17.7

We're almost at 700,000 followers, and with your help, we're pushing for one million this year.

1:25.4

So with that, thank you so much for joining. And here's my conversation with

1:29.1

the mooch. So just jumping right in here, President Trump extended his ceasefire again this

1:37.1

week. There's been a lot of talk of him tacoing. This morning, he actually did announce that he wanted them to start firing on ships again

1:46.6

in the Strait of Hermuz. But it's been a lot of bluster. So I want to ask you, has he already

1:51.5

shown all of his cards when it comes to negotiating with Iran? Well, I mean, listen, I think the

1:58.7

Iranians, the market believes the Iranians more than Donald Trump.

2:03.2

You know, so the Iranians are saying there's a fantasy going on and the Iranis are saying that the negotiations really haven't started and they're miles apart on the negotiations.

2:13.1

I think the market believes them.

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