In an administration not known for its subtlety no comet soared higher burned brighter or
flamed out more spectacularly than Anthony Scaramucci. For eleven days (not ten as widely
reported he'll tell anyone who'll listen) he ran the most important communications department
in the world the White House's. By the end of his short tenure--several of the most tumultuous
and formative days of the Trump administration--he'd gone from a fairly well known on-air
surrogate for the president to a household name the Mooch. The rise and fall of the Mooch
which riveted the nation unfolded like a Shakespearean play directed by Martin Scorsese. In
his own inimitable voice Anthony reveals the juicy details behind his stormy term as White
House communications director. He holds nothing back and spares no one's feelings-including
those of the country's most powerful people. If political movements are best understood through
a single human life then there is no better life to tell the story of Donald Trump's rise in
America than the Mooch's. From Long Island Newsday paperboy with the largest route in Port
Washington to Master of the Universe as Tom Wolfe characterized his kind in Bonfire of the
Vanities Anthony's life was the embodiment of the American Dream. By his own admission
however he became so involved in his high-octane career and life that he forgot his
working-class roots. He wasn't the only one to ignore the working class. There were
neighborhoods like the one he grew up in throughout the country filled with deflated
unemployed or underpaid people ignored by elites and politicians-until Donald Trump came
along. It was only when Anthony joined the Donald Trump for President campaign as a surrogate
and economic advisor that his eyes were opened to the plight of our country's middle class. It
took a billionaire real estate developer who lived in a tower on Fifth Ave to show him what had
happened to the neighborhood in which he'd grown up and communities like it throughout America.
It was then that Anthony realized that Donald Trump and his economic policies were the best bet
for our country's future. A romp of a read by turns hilarious touching and inspiring Trump
the Blue-Collar President is sure to be among the best books written about the Trump
presidency.
