Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci Anthony ScaramucciFormer DeVos chief of staff joins anti-Trump group Scaramucci to Lemon: Trump 'doubling down' on downplaying virus 'should scare' viewers Sunday shows - Leaked audio of Trump's sister reverberates MORE on Friday said President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE lies "because he thinks it's fun."

“He does it because he thinks it’s fun and he also does it because he likes the fact that you guys are talking about it," the former White House official said in an appearance on CNN.

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"There’s a very large group of people inside of our population that when he does it and the media talks about it, they laugh,” he added.

He said he has told the president that he doesn’t need to lie.

“By and large, he’s done a great job. Why do you have to tell lies?”

“He does it because it’s fun:" Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci explains President Trump’s thinking while discussing his recent lies https://t.co/5wD5Bvogb5 pic.twitter.com/AARtujFWoT — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 5, 2019

Trump's opponents have regularly criticized him for false statements.

Scaramucci had a brief and tumultuous tenure in the White House. He was ousted after serving for just 10 days after he made insulting comments to a reporter about former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon and former chief of staff Reince Priebus Reinhold (Reince) Richard PriebusLeaked audio shows Trump touted low Black voter turnout in 2016: report Meadows joins White House facing reelection challenges Trump names Mark Meadows as new chief of staff MORE.