PHOENIX — Being called a “hack politician” by someone in the media or by someone opposing his ideas wouldn’t surprise President Donald Trump in the slightest.

Bringing in that very someone to become the communications director for the White House would surprise everybody else.

That’s exactly what happened, as Trump hired Anthony Scaramucci on Friday in a move that consequentially led to press secretary Sean Spicer leaving his post.

Not even two years ago, Scaramucci was heard on Fox Business Network bashing Trump.

“He’s a hack politician. He’s probably going to make Elizabeth Warren his vice presidential nominee with comments like that. It’s anti-American, it’s very, very divisive,” Scaramucci said on Aug. 24, 2015. “I’ll tell you who he’s going to be president of — you can tell Donald I said this — the Queens County bullies association. You got to cut it out now and stop all this crazy rhetoric spinning everybody’s heads around.”

It didn’t stop there, as Scaramucci foreshadowed what was to come in a wild campaign period that involved Trump, his treatment towards women and Megyn Kelly.

“I don’t like the way he talks about women, I don’t like the way he talks about our friend Megyn Kelly. And you know what? The politicians don’t want to go at Trump because he’s got a big mouth and he’s afraid he’s going to light them up on Fox News and all these other places, but I’m not a politician. Bring it! You’re an inherited money dude from Queens County, bring it Donald. Bring it!” Scaramucci said.

“Are you a Democratic plant for Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren? That’s what we want to know, that’s what we want to know. Stand here and prove otherwise.”

Asked Friday whether Trump was aware of the comments, Scaramucci joked to reporters that the president mentions it every 15 seconds and called it one of his “biggest mistakes.”

He then looked into the cameras and said: “Mr. President, if you’re listening, I personally apologize for the 50th time for saying that.”

A lot has changed in the matter of months since Scaramucci thought there was no chance Trump would ever become president.

“This nonsense is going to end, and I predict it’ll end before Thanksgiving,” Scaramucci said in 2015..

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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