A former staffer for Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on the US president, even suggesting that Melania Trump “hates” her husband.
Anthony Scaramucci, 61, served as Trump’s communications director for just 10 days in 2017 and likened the president to a “like a virus” and claimed he “wants to be a pandemic on your brain”.
He also claimed his wife has disdain for Trump. He said: “He wants us talking about him. My (second) wife (Deidre) hates Trump, almost as much as Melania (Trump) hates him. She told me, ‘Don’t go work for him. He’s gonna burn you. He’s gonna hurt you’.”
This isn’t the first time Anthony has talked about Melania’s alleged hatred of her husband. Speaking to author Michael Wolff on his own YouTube channel, he admitted to using the topic as one of his “laugh lines”.
He said: “One of my laugh lines when I’m out publicly speaking. One thing about laughter is that we say something true, people laugh. I always say that my wife hates Donald Trump almost as much as Melania hates him…I get a good laugh out of that..”
Since leaving his role under Trump, Scaramucci has been vocal about his disapproval of the former president, previously admitting his concerns over national security due to leaks and scandals within Trump’s team.
This development coincides with Melania being accompanied by Trump to sign the Take It Down Act into law, which makes posting “intimate images” – whether real or artificially generated – a criminal offence, reports the IrishStar.
In a statement, Melania hailed the legislation as a “national victory that will help parents and families protect children from online exploitation”.
She added: “This legislation is a powerful step forward in our efforts to ensure that every American, especially young people, can feel better protected from their image or identity being abused.”
Although the bill has garnered bipartisan support, it has faced criticism from certain advocacy groups, who argue that it may result in unwarranted censorship, according to the BBC.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights advocacy group, told the broadcaster: “While protecting victims of these heinous privacy invasions is a legitimate goal, good intentions alone are not enough to make good policy.
“As currently drafted, the Act mandates a notice-and-takedown system that threatens free expression, user privacy, and due process, without addressing the problem it claims to solve.”
In a separate matter, questions are being raised in Slovenia about the identity of those responsible for stealing a life-sized bronze statue of Melania.
Unveiled in 2020, the statue is typically located near Sevnica, Melania’s hometown.
Despite the statue’s importance, local resident Franja Kranjc expressed indifference to its disappearance in a comment to the Telegraph.
They said: “I think no-one was really proud of this statue, not even the first lady of the USA. So I think it’s OK that it’s removed.”