CNBC’s Joe Kernen Scorches Anthony Scaramucci Over Trump Criticism: ‘Aren’t You the Slightest Bit Embarrassed?’

CNBC’s Joe Kernen scorched the earth under Anthony Scaramucci on Friday morning, asking him if he’s embarrassed by the quality of his political analysis and crediting President-elect Donald Trump for his career in media on Friday morning.

The beatdown began with Kernen observing that Scaramucci’s “rhetoric” got “pretty heated” over the course of the 2024 presidential campaign and Scaramucci asking Kernen,”What did I say?”

“You have had an utter disdain for Trump. You’ll always be welcome at the table of legacy media and have people nodding as you trash Trump. That’s always going to happen. But aren’t you the slightest bit embarrassed or at least humbled about how wrong you were about the feeling of most Americans? Let me finish!” began Kernen as Scaramucci tried to cut in.

“And for enthusiastically supporting a candidate who a majority of people thought had no business being anywhere near the Oval Office?” Kernen continued. “And you’re a Republican and you saw that all the different policies that he was talking about are anathema to what you’ve thought your whole life. And yet you went along with it. Do you ever eat any crow or not even even a little crow wing?  Or a little capon? Or you just, I mean, Michael Avenatti could still be on TV trashing Trump. You’ll always find a place on TV. If he wasn’t in prison, he’d still be on CNN running for president with Brian Stelter. Just give me a little bit, little bit, Anthony, about how wrong you were.”

“Joe, first of all, I immediately put out a congratulatory tweet. They won, we lost. In the immortal words of Barry Diller when he lost the Paramount deal, next, Joe. What would you like me to do? Do you want me to get on bended knee before you?” replied Scaramucci. “We have a violent disagreement about lots of things related to Trump’s personality. You like Trump, I was up close to Trump,  I got to see the ugliness of what he is. And by the way, Joe, it’s not just me. There were 40 of us that worked for the president and were warning people –”

“I think he’s been very good for your career, Anthony. I think he’s been incredibly good. You’re here, are you not?” interjected Kernen. “And you’re going to be welcome anywhere you want to go. I think he’s been very good for you. And you’ll be able to live off this for another four years.”

“Joe, why don’t you calm down. Why don’t you calm down a second, Joe,” responded Scaramucci. “We know each other a long time. Are you saying that you and I can’t disagree on somebody’s personality? Is that what you’re saying?”

Later, after Vivek Ramaswamy finally took his turn, Scaramucci lamented that Kernen “wants like an extra pound of flesh, or something like that.”

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