Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has made a lame dig at President Donald Trump by wearing a superhero T-shirt.
The US military attacked three nuclear facilities across Iran on Sunday, thrusting the country into the Israel-Iran conflict.
Trump stunned the world with the strikes and has called for a regime change in Iran, suggesting its current leaders are ‘unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN.’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, ‘Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been obliterated,’ noting the operation was an ‘incredible and overwhelming success.’
As US officials caution Iran that any attack on US targets would draw an unprecedented response, Tehran has begun preparing to close the Strait of Hormuz in a move that would throw global oil and gas markets into chaos.
Scaramucci – who infamously spent just 10 days working for Trump in 2017 before he was fired – and his co-host, BBC presenter Katty Kay, recorded an emergency episode of their podcast ‘The Rest Is Politics: US’ to discuss the news.
During the episode titled ‘Trump’s Taking Us To WAR,’ the former communications director claimed his selection of a Batman shift symbolizes how he feels about the decision to strike Iran.
‘I’m wearing my Batman shirt, Katty, intentionally. Remember, we want to be Superman,’ Scaramucci said.
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci wore a Batman t-shirt (pictured) during an episode of his podcast discussing the US military strikes in Iran
Trump stunned the world Sunday after the US military launched airstrikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities
Scaramucci told his co-host BBC US Special Correspondent Katty Kay (left) that he wore his shirt because while America wants to be Superman, in reality, we are Batman
‘We want to be truth justice and the American way. We want to be Superman. He’s our normative myth, but Batman is who we really are.
‘Okay, we’re dark, we’re ugly, we make secretive decisions, we do things that sometimes lead to unexpected.’
Scaramucci doubled down on his comparison on his Instagram Stories, posting a video of himself in the gym explaining the meaning behind his shirt.
‘I’m wearing Batman today because Superman is who we want to be, but Batman is who we are. We are dark s**t. So that’s why I got the Batman on,’ the former communications director said.
Earlier this month, Scaramucci made a wild claim about California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political future amid his clash with Trump over the immigration LA riots.
‘This whole fiasco could make Gavin president,’ Scaramucci posted on X. ‘Gavin has the guts to stand up to these wannabe authoritarians. I will give him that.’
Scaramucci has supported Democrats, including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, since his brief tenure in the first Trump White House.
In April, Scaramucci predicted the demise of Trump’s bromance with Elon Musk while speaking on DailyMail.com’s Welcome to MAGAland podcast.
Scaramucci doubled down on his comparison on his Instagram Stories, saying, ‘Batman is who we are. We are dark s**t’
Scaramucci is the Former White House communications director who spent an infamous 10 days in Trump’s first White House
‘I think Musk’s a very smart guy… I don’t think Musk will be speaking favorably of Donald Trump 12 months from now,’ the former White House communication director said.
‘I think Elon is between a rock and a hard place. He is in it now, the problem is when you get in it, all types of cognitive dissonance fill your brain with wanting you to stay in it.
‘It is very hard to admit the mistake, and I was a Trump supporter, so I had to face it myself. I had to face my ego. I had to face my human frailty… I think Musk’s gonna get there.’
