Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has reinforced claims that President Donald Trump is leading an increasingly solitary life in the White House, which may influence his policy decisions. Speaking on MSNBC, Scaramucci suggested that Trump remains largely indifferent to the consequences of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative—unless the stock market takes a severe hit.
“I think a 15% move down in the markets, he’ll start caring” about the effects of the government cuts, Scaramucci stated. Upon taking office, Trump established DOGE by executive order, placing tech billionaire Elon Musk in charge of overseeing the initiative. The program has led to the widespread dismantling of government agencies, the freezing of grants, and mass layoffs, all under the promise of saving taxpayers trillions.
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Scaramucci noted that Trump’s isolation might be contributing to the scope and intensity of these cuts. “Remember, he’s living alone in the White House, Nicolle,” he told MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace. “I think it’s important for people to understand that there’s nobody there to hand-check him. There’s no family in there. And so he’s taking calls over the weekend from various CEOs that I know that are trying to talk him off the ledge of this sort of stuff.”
Wallace pointed out that even Trump ally Steve Bannon has criticized the DOGE cuts, arguing that they disproportionately harm working-class Americans, including the president’s own MAGA base. Scaramucci predicted that economic consequences could ultimately force Trump to reconsider his policies.
“The stock market will. I mean, you take the market down another 15%, we go into a recession, you’ll flip the Congress, even though the Democrats weren’t really doing so well from an approval rating right now.”
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He warned that significant economic downturns could cost Trump politically. “You knock the economy off the grid, the Democrats will be back in power, and that will liquidate some of President Trump’s power. So, he’s doing this thinking that it’s going to restore manufacturing, but it’s actually going to have the opposite effect and market participants know this.”
As concerns grow over the impact of DOGE on both the economy and Trump’s political standing, business leaders and political analysts continue to monitor how long the president can maintain his position amid increasing scrutiny.
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