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Scaramouche

According to Wikipedia, Scaramouche  means "little skirmisher" and is a stock clown character in what is referred to as the Italian commedia dell'arte. He was often beaten by Harlequin because of his boasting and cowardice.

Anthony Scaramucci is the newest stock clown character in Trumplandia. I saw his performance last week when he was appointed, and Spicer quit, and he was very impressive. What I would expect from a hedge fund director/saleman. Smooth, engaging, voluble, and he disarmed the press with humor right from the get-go.

He loves being called "The Mooch" a nickname from grade school. I actually take that as a plus. A man who knows how to use everything to his advantage.

The first question was "Does he do the fandango?" a reference and segway to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, a great rock anthem:



He doesn't start work officially for a couple of weeks, but he has stepped into the news cycle with abandon. And his lavish praise of der Trumpenfuhrer has taken him to the top of the A list for now.

Last night, the Mooch drew his six-gun first and put a couple of rhetorical bullets right into Reince Priebus's heart. From the Washington Post:

“If you want to talk about the chief of staff, we have had odds, we have had differences. When I said we were brothers, from the podium, that's because we're rough on each other. Some brothers are like Cain and Abel, other brothers can fight with each other and then get along. I don't know if this is repairable or not — that will be up to the president,” Scaramucci said in a phone interview with CNN early Thursday morning, referencing the biblical brothers without mentioning that Cain murdered Abel.

 Scaramucci told The Washington Post on Thursday that Trump authorized him to do the CNN interview and discuss Priebus and leaks."

News reports indicate that while Priebus, Bannon and other White House aides have been trying to get Trump to shut up about Mueller, Sessions and other Russia related disasters looming, the family members have been pushing der Trumpenfuhrer to act and fire folks.

Enter the Mooch.

Mooch figured things out: Whatever  Lil' Donnie wants Lil' Donnie gets.  Outrageous lies and claims?  No, brilliance from the man who can do it all better than anyone. Trump can do no wrong. Trump is brilliant, a winner. Trump is king. A king with no clothes, but a king nevertheless.

If Priebus gets the final heave-ho, I would not be surprised to see The Mooch as the next Chief of Staff. He will be combative, arrogant, unyielding in his support of der Trumpenfuhrer and will get massive amounts of screen time.

And massive amounts of screen time will drive Trump NUTS.

NO ONE overshadows der Trumpenfuhrer and lives to tell the tale.

And why does this all count?

"I'll be baaaack!"

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