--- description: Anthony Scaramucc says President Trump should've called the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville terrorism title: Anthony Scaramucci: Trump Should Have Called the Charlottesville Rally Terrorism image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfee9a254efa994fe/6988d97ccf40a88640c48f1c/the-mooch.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Anthony Scaramucci: President Trump Should Have Called the Charlottesville Rally Terrorism by [Jennifer Calfas](/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2017 2:58 PM CUT  Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Jennifer Calfas](/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2017 2:58 PM CUT Former White House Communications [Anthony Scaramucci](http://time.com/4881588/anthony-scaramucci-fired/ "undefined"), who was fired after just 10 full days on the job, said Sunday that [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4898422/charlottesville-white-nationalist-donald-trump/ "undefined") should have directly condemned white nationalism in his statement regarding the deadly [protests](http://time.com/4898118/state-of-emergency-declared-as-violent-clashes-in-charlottesville-continue/ "undefined") promoting white supremacy and Nazism in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. In his first interview since his [public ouster](http://time.com/4881241/anthony-scaramuci-white-house-communications-director/ "undefined") from the White House, Scaramucci told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that he would have advised Trump to make a more direct statement against white nationalism. “I wouldn’t have recommended that statement,” Scaramucci said. “I think he needed to be much harsher as it related to white supremacists and the nature of that.” The former White House communications chief lauded Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, who had [told ABC](https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/896730287962324992 "undefined") the events in Charlottesville were “a criminal act against fellow Americans,” calling it “terrorism.” “I applaud General McMaster for calling it out for what it is: It’s actually terrorism,” Scaramucci said. “Whether it’s domestic or international terrorism, with the moral authority of the presidency, you have to call that stuff out.” Trump came under fire Saturday when he condemned the “hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides” during the violent white supremacist rally. Earlier Saturday, white supremacists waved Confederate flags and ones with swastikas, and a number of counter-protesters gathered in opposition. The situation turned deadly when a man drove a car directly into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one person and injuring at least 19 others. A number of Republican and Democratic politicians have called on Trump to more directly condemn the white supremacists — some of whom wore his red “Make America Great Again” hats during the violent rally. Scaramucci, a former hedge fund executive who joined Trump’s administration in mid-July, was fired after less than two weeks after his appointment. Scaramucci [slammed](http://time.com/4877548/anthony-scaramucci-interview-reince-priebus/ "undefined") former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon in a [profanity-laced interview](http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon "undefined") with the _New Yorker_ in which he also said he would fire “everyone.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4898497/anthony-scaramucci-trump-charlottesville-white-nationalism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4898497/anthony-scaramucci-trump-charlottesville-white-nationalism/"},"headline":"Anthony Scaramucci: President Trump Should Have Called the Charlottesville Rally Terrorism","datePublished":"2017-08-13T14:58:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:57:57.711Z","description":"He said Trump should have been \"much harsher\"","url":"https://time.com/4898497/anthony-scaramucci-trump-charlottesville-white-nationalism/","keywords":["White House","Charlottesville","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfee9a254efa994fe/6988d97ccf40a88640c48f1c/the-mooch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfee9a254efa994fe/6988d97ccf40a88640c48f1c/the-mooch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci Interviewed By Television Reporter At The White House","caption":"White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci Interviewed By Television Reporter At The White House","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4898497/anthony-scaramucci-trump-charlottesville-white-nationalism/","name":"Anthony Scaramucci: President Trump Should Have Called the Charlottesville Rally Terrorism"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Anthony Scaramucci Out as White House Communications Director","description":"White House communication chief Anthony Scaramucci, the foul-mouthed hedge fund executive who joined President Donald Trump’s West Wing inner circle only last week, is out.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7PY9BWvU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-07-31T20:32:24.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/7PY9BWvU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4898497/anthony-scaramucci-trump-charlottesville-white-nationalism/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4898497/anthony-scaramucci-trump-charlottesville-white-nationalism/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```