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Anthony Scaramucci revealed his biggest regret was taking a senior staff job with President Donald Trump on Wednesday's episode of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.
The 59-year-old financier briefly served as the White House Director of Communications from July 21 to July 31, 2017 under the Trump administration.
'Joining the Trump White House, that was a big mistake,' Anthony said while being interrogated by staffers. 'I got fired very quickly, after 11 days. I was ill-suited for the job that he gave me, and I was ill-suited for his temperament and personality. We were never going to get along because of the way he was operating the White House.'
Biggest regret: Anthony Scaramucci revealed his biggest regret was taking a senior staff job with President Donald Trump on Wednesday's episode of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
Anthony made the confessional after the special forces instructors summoned him after a disastrous leadership performance during a group exercise.
'His leadership was s***,' said Mark 'Billy' Billingham, a former elite British Special Air Service member and one of the head instructors. 'You wouldn't follow him to the toilet.'
'He's not giving full effort at all,' said Remi Adeleke, a former Navy SEAL.
The instructors asked Anthony how he thought he was doing.
Brief stint: The 58-year-old financier briefly served as the White House Director of Communications from July 21 to July 31, 2017 under the Trump administration
'I would say B+, maybe B,' Anthony said.
'Don't get smart with me, because I'll f***ing bounce you all around this room,' Billy said.
Anthony tried to explain himself.
Interrogation time: Anthony made the confessional after the special forces instructors summoned him after a disastrous leadership performance during a group exercise
'I was a middle-class kid with a tough dad in an Italian blue-collar neighborhood,' Anthony said. 'I went to Harvard Law School. When Senator Obama went to go run for office, because I knew him from school, I raised him money.'
'Why would you come here and put yourself through this?' Remi asked.
'If you are someone like me who really loves the country and you want to be in a position where you have empathy for people that are serving like this,' Anthony answered.
Middle-class kid: 'I was a middle-class kid with a tough dad in an Italian blue-collar neighborhood,' Anthony said. 'I went to Harvard Law School. When Senator Obama went to go run for office, because I knew him from school, I raised him money'
Billy told him it was just going to get tougher during the program.
'Until you guys throw me out, I'm here,' Anthony said.
'Give him an inch, he takes a mile,' Remi said after Anthony left the room. 'That's a typical hustler.'
Typical hustler: 'Give him an inch, he takes a mile,' Remi said after Anthony left the room. 'That's a typical hustler'
In a confessional, Anthony said he just wanted to move forward in life.
'If you get punched in the face or metaphorically knocked to the ground, like I did with the White House firing, you can do two things, you can slink into anonymity, or you can go forward and own it,' Anthony said in a confessional.
When the episode titled Trust started it was only day four of the experience and only nine 'recruits' remained. Jason 'Foxy' Fox, one of the military directing staff, asked all the remaining recruits to pick out who they trusted the least out of the other members. Several of them chose Anthony.
Owning it: 'If you get punched in the face or metaphorically knocked to the ground, like I did with the White House firing, you can do two things, you can slink into anonymity, or you can go forward and own it,' Anthony said in a confessional
The recruits were then made to run and hike up a hill carrying their packs. Beverley Mitchell, 41, an actress from 7th Heaven, fell and started crying. Foxy told her she was 'being pathetic.'
Remi explained to them that being able to trust each other was of the most importance. The trainers explained for the next test that one of them would serve as a rope buddy who would be able to control the speed of descent of the other person who would fall backwards with their hands on their head secured with a rope off a rock cliff.
Recruits were paired up for whoever they picked as the most trustworthy. Gus Kenworthy, 30, Olympic freestyle skier, was assigned to be the 'brake man' for Anthony as he fell backwards off a cliff.
