Let's Find Common Ground with Anthony Scaramucci

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

CPF Director Bob Shrum joins former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci for a discussion on current events and the first month of the second Trump administration. They discuss the state of the Republican and Democratic parties, the impact of Trump's domestic and international actions, and even touch on Bitcoin.

Featuring:
· Anthony Scaramucci: Former White House Communications Director; Founder & Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital; Founder of SALT; Author of four books
· Bob Shrum: Director, USC Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let's Find Common Ground from the Center for the Political Future at the University of Southern California's Dornside College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
0:15.4	I'm Bob Shrum, director of the center. And I'm Republican Mike Murphy, co-director of the Center. Our podcast brings together America's leading politicians,
0:25.2	strategists, journalists, and academics from across the political spectrum for in-depth
0:30.4	discussions where we respect each other and we respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these
0:36.5	conversations.
0:46.3	I'm Bob Trump, director of the Center for the Political Future here at USC Dorncite.
0:52.8	Welcome to everyone in our audience, both virtually and to those attending our live watch party on campus.
0:57.6	And let me welcome to today's conversation, an old friend of the center.
1:02.7	Anthony Scaramucci was our guest when he was a staunch defender of President Trump during the president's first term, and he was serving as the communications director
1:08.8	in the Trump White House, where he had served.
1:11.6	He returned to the center after he became a Trump critic.
1:16.2	In both incarnations, he has been one of our favorite people.
1:20.3	He is always candid, lively, and refreshingly insightful.
1:24.1	He's also the co-host of a terrific podcast.
1:27.4	The rest is Politics, U.S., and an entrepreneur who leads Skybridge, a global investment management firm.
1:33.9	And in connection with that, I'm going to have a bonus question for him at the end of our discussion, after which we'll take questions from our audience as well.
1:42.5	Anthony, let me start with this. Is the second Trump
1:45.9	administration different than you expected better or worse? I would say not, first of all,
1:52.6	thank you, Bob, for having me and all of my different iterations and incarnations. And we've been
1:57.5	all on the Trump journey. And since you're a political science professor, I'll say this and I'd love to have you react to it.
2:04.6	I think Trump is the looming figure of our time.
2:07.7	He's eclipsed other political figures.
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