The real Anthony Scaramucci lost his job on Monday, but the President Show iteration — played by Mario Cantone — hung around for three days to deliver his farewell address on Thursday night. And after a thoroughly un-Christian make-out session, the White House reverts, in the words of Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump, “back to complete chaos — just the way I like it.”
Aside from its lead, the most cartoonish character in the White House cast was Anthony Scaramucci. And yet “The Mooch” was canned on Monday, little more than a week into his stint as White House communications director. This was devastating news especially to the host and fans of The Late Show, as Stephen Colbert was — for ten days — late night TV’s preeminent Scaramucci roast master. Colbert sent off Scaramucci accordingly.
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