Scaramucci: Lutnick and Bessent have Potomac fever - and I had it too @CNBCi
Scaramucci: Lutnick and Bessent have Potomac fever - and I had it too  @CNBCi
Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Anthony Scaramucci says he had what he calls “Potomac fever” when he went to Washington: the belief that a Wall Streeter can come in and fix the system.

But Scaramucci says Washington changes people — not the other way around. He says Howard Lutnick and Scott Bessent have it, too.

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Scaramucci: Lutnick and Bessent have "Potomac fever" - and I had it too

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