8/23/20
Anthony Scaramucci, who spent 11 days as the White House communications director before he was removed from the position, said Sunday that President Donald Trump was exhibiting "classic narcissism" by planning to speak at every night of the Republican National Convention. "But, knowing his personality, he thinks it's the right way for him to do it. He thinks it's all about him, him all the time," Scaramucci told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday during a broadcast of "State of the Union." "The classic narcissism is to annihilate everybody around you and then show everybody that you can do it all alone, you can do it by yourself." He continued: "It's all about me and watch me. I'm going to win this without your help. And so I'm sure he was advised by some smart, somewhat courageous people inside the campaign not to do that. That level of saturation is beyond ridiculous."
It's typical for a party's nominee to speak on only the final night of the convention in a speech to formalize the person's nomination to the top of a party's ticket. Former Vice President Joe Biden, for example, delivered a speech from Delaware last Thursday — the final night of Democrats' virtual convention. Last week's Democratic National Convention featured a broad coalition of speakers, including Democrats like former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle Obama as well as some Republicans, including former Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Members of the president's family make up half of the list of keynote speakers scheduled to address Republicans at the event.