On Saturday, Anthony Scaramucci unloaded on President Donald Trump‘s administration in an X post, accusing it of everything from market rigging to reckless foreign policy while arguing the political fallout is accelerating as gasoline climbs toward $8 a gallon. His broader framework casts politics and trading as markets watch Trump, with Scaramucci previously describing an "off-ramp" where Trump could claim success, push de-escalation steps tied to oil shipping risk, and potentially steady prices.
In the post, Scaramucci laid out a "MAGA checklist" that alleged the administration pivoted away from releasing the Epstein files, then used military action as a distraction after Trump appeared in those materials. Scaramucci also alleged a strike hit a school in Iran, and he claimed the administration repeatedly manipulated markets.
Scaramucci argued the issue that breaks through partisan loyalty is the cost of fuel, writing that the "red line" is $8 a gallon as the country approaches its 250th anniversary. He also tied that squeeze to consumer frustration, saying families don't want to face a $120 fill-up while trying to celebrate with something as basic as grilling.
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In the same post, Scaramucci claimed approval ratings are sliding fast as energy costs rise and said Trump is unmoved by the political damage. His message framed the indifference itself as the most alarming part of the situation.
Let me read you the MAGA checklist. 👇🏼We were going to release the Epstein files.Until Trump showed up in the Epstein files. So we bombed people to distract from them.We bombed a school in Iran with young kids in it.We built Alligator Alcatraz — a sewage-backed… pic.twitter.com/Ti9ZXdf02u
That political pressure point intersects with Scaramucci's market-focused thesis that energy is the main transmission channel from geopolitics into risk assets. Earlier in a separate X thread referenced in the market discussion, he described a sequence aimed at easing crude prices: reopening the strait, deploying French and U.S. naval escorts, and creating an insurance backstop to reduce shipping risk premiums.
Scaramucci has argued that oil flows do not truly normalize until hostilities stop, making any "victory" narrative dependent on conditions on the ground and at sea. He also pointed to a timeline claim from Mike Novogratz, saying Novogratz expects the conflict to be broadly finished within a week.
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The market angle, as Scaramucci has described it, is a feedback loop: traders react to political signals, and politicians then respond to market moves as if they are a scoreboard. In that framing, Trump could declare a manufactured win once the temperature drops, triggering a relief rally that Scaramucci said could look "like that was the plan all along."
The backdrop includes heightened sensitivity around the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for global oil shipments, where disruption fears can quickly lift crude and gasoline. Scaramucci's energy-market roadmap treats escorts and insurance as tools to compress risk premiums if fighting ends and shipping lanes feel safer.
