Former adviser warns Trump summit could further empower the Republican Party’s most dangerous instincts
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Anthony Scaramucci told a Daily Beast podcast that a possible meeting between President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping could accelerate the GOP’s decline into a party defined by authoritarianism, chaos and surrender.
Former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci said on a Daily Beast podcast that a summit involving President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping would be disastrous for the Republican Party and a troubling sign of how far the party has drifted. > "If that meeting were to happen, I would tell you that the Republican Party is completely dead," Scaramucci told host Joanna Coles. He added that such a gathering would mark the end of the party as it currently exists, underscoring a collapse driven by Trump’s willingness to court autocrats.
Scaramucci’s comments come after Trump suggested a Yalta-style meeting of the three leaders in November, a proposal that would exclude Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and further sideline Ukraine’s voice in its own war. The Wall Street Journal reported that Putin would use the summit to negotiate terms favorable to Russia in the war in Ukraine. Trump has said he wants to do anything that could end the conflict, regardless of who attends, even if that means rewarding aggression and humiliating allies.
A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The discussion follows recent actions by the administration, including an executive order that waived certain sanctions on Russia shortly before they were set to take effect, and a decision to import Russian diesel to address global oil shortages. Scaramucci warned that participation in the summit would represent a significant shift in the party’s direction and could force Trump to confront internal opposition, though critics say the real danger is that the party is already normalizing exactly this kind of dangerous appeasement.