'The guy stinks and he’s a racist': Anthony Scaramucci on Donald Trump

The Mooch' explains why, even after his swift dismissal from the White House, he stayed loyal, until Trump's online bullying finally made him see the light

His was a flame that burned twice as bright and half as long. Anthony Scaramucci's tenure in Donald Trump's White House lasted just 11 days, which may be some kind of record. But it was a cameo of blinding incandescence that removed the scales from his eyes.

Many officials fired by Trump have sought what might be seen as moral decontamination, a purging of the soul, by turning ostentatiously against him. But few have done it with the ferocity of the man nicknamed The Mooch", who in the space of a half-hour FaceTime interview calls the US president very crazy", low life", full-blown racist", son of a bitch", maniacally narcissistic" and off his rocker".