Anthony Scaramucci goes down in flames on CNN after comparing Trump White House to a start-up business

Anthony Scaramucci employed some epic spin during a Monday CNN interview with Chris Cuomo. While discussing the higher than normal staff turnover in the White House, the former communications director explained that such turnover is perfectly normal in the business world. Thus, he claimed, because President Donald Trump is a businessman, this is perfectly normal.

In a previous interview, Cuomo cited Scaramucci categorizing the White House as "rough" for the turnover. "I don't care what anyone tells you, John Kelly has problems in that White House."

"I want to state for the record, I don't want bad things to happen," Scaramucci said covering. "I want the White House to work smoothly and be completely functional. I was saying that for a reason because it was true."

He went on to ask whether it could be a strategic move by Trump. Cuomo questioned the claim, saying that it doesn't seem to have any strategy, particularly after Trump claimed he'd hire "all the best people."

"I sold two businesses, or almost sold my last business, what happens in the first two years is you have heavy turnover," Scaramucci claimed. "He is an entrepreneur. The American people elected -- not a politician --"

Cuomo cut in to ask who runs a business where there is 45 percent staff turnover in a year. "That's called a bankruptcy," he said.

Scaramucci claimed he ran his businesses like that, but Cuomo shot back no one gets rid of half of their workforce in a successful business in the first year.

"This is a start-up," Scaramucci claimed. Trump "is trying to put personnel on the field that like him."

Cuomo pressed on how the White House could possibly be compared to a "start-up organization." He emphasized it is the "highest echelon of executive activity in our democracy."

"Again, you want to talk only on this statement," Scaramucci tried to pivot to arguing about the statement rather than the claim itself.

"It needed to be called out," Cuomo shot back.

"Hold on a second, Chris, you hired an American business leader who is an entrepreneur to run the White House," Scaramucci claimed.

The two then went back to the high turnover and it not being sensible business decision, and the conversation devolved into a back and forth on business strategy. Scaramucci continued to claim the turnover wasn't a problem.

According to a report by FastCompany, 75 percent of venture-backed start-ups ultimately fail. The statistic is based on a Harvard Business School study in 2017.

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