Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci suggested the host of “Dr. Phil” should stage an intervention with President Trump because “he goes off the rails sometimes.”

Scaramucci said Trump is less likely to be hotheaded when he’s not being attacked, pointing to Trump’s fiery tweets as an example.

“Those less-than-strategic tweets, they were usually when he was taking incoming criticism. If he felt well defended, then he stopped that sort of tweeting and he was a little more strategic with the tweeting,” Scaramucci told “Dr. Phil” host Phil McGraw in an episode that aired Tuesday.

“I think the president has good intentions but I do think he goes off the rails sometimes,” he continued. “Maybe you could have an intervention with him. We can bring you to the Oval Office, you could have an intervention with him.”



Scaramucci’s tenure in the White House lasted less than two weeks. He was fired by chief of staff John Kelly after he went on a profanity-laced tirade against White House staff to a New Yorker reporter. Scaramucci has recently accused Kelly of banning him from the White House.