“Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski announced Monday that they met privately with President-elect Donald Trump last week, sparking a firestorm on the left.
“Joe and I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet privately with President-elect Trump,” Brzezinski told viewers about the meeting on Friday. “It's been seven years since we last saw him.”
Mr Scarborough added: “We disagreed on a number of issues and we told him that.” Scarborough said he considered topics such as abortion. mass deportationthreats of retaliation against political opponents or the media.
Organizers said the meeting was about an agreement to “resume communications.” Organizers said Trump was cheerful during the meeting and appeared interested in finding common ground with Democrats on key issues.
Still, the staunch Trump critic's confession infuriated liberals, who blasted them on social media as “fraudsters” and “cowards.”
'Morning Joe' co-host speaks directly with President Trump for first time in 7 years
FILE – Former President Donald Trump, then Republican presidential candidate, speaks at a campaign event in Mint Hill, North Carolina, Wednesday, September 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
“Breaking news: I told you so,” former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann wrote, calling the two “Trump collaborators.”
“I will never again trust a word that the Vichy Quislings say. Not that they ever should have been trusted. They are tricksters and fraudsters who fool confidence.” Added by Olbermann.
“Normalizing Trump is a very bad idea,” MSNBC host Katie Pan also wrote. with Xclearly referring to her network colleagues.
“F— Joe and Micah. F— Morning Joe. And if you keep it on the air, MSNBC, “Popular Liberal X User.”JoJofromJerz” was posted.
“Keep your head down in advance. Cowards,” liberal SiriusXM host Michelangelo Signorile posted.
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“Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough lashed out at liberals on social media after their meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
“Given that Morning Joe and Micah are obsessed with Trump right now, I wanted to reshare my clip from Friday's MSNBC. We make it clear that we will never capitulate to Trump. We will fight him. We will never meet him in “For his fascism, we know who he is, and more importantly, we know who we are.'' said progressive SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah. I wrote.
Liberals also criticized MSNBC anchors on the leftist social media platform Blue Sky.
“You sold us out for access. We won't forget, and we won't forgive even if we survive the next four years” Bluesky account LocoRunner Posted.
Anti-Trump Washington Post columnist and MSNBC analyst Jennifer Rubin is “disgusted” Posted as a reply.
“Morning Joe Jumped the Shark” Ron Filipkowski, Editor-in-Chief of Meidas News; Posted on the platform.
“Joe Scarborough and Micah from Morning Joe made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago because ratings are plummeting, because if they can't beat him, they're going to grovel for access and get back to normal.” Stop watching 'Morning Joe','' tweeted the popular liberal social media account Brooklyn Dad Defiant. Posted.
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“Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough sparked a firestorm on the left when they announced they met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
“For those of you planning to wake up at this hour to watch a rerun of the first hour of @Morning_Joe, this is what you’re waiting for. My colleagues at @JoeNBC and @Morningmika, Democracy, and us. It's a betrayal of everyone. It's an attitude of disgust and submissiveness.” jeff jarvisa recently retired professor at Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the State University of New York, writes:
On “The View,” a left-wing panel discussed the decision from a journalistic perspective. Co-host Sunny Hostin said she didn't think it was necessary to “kiss the ring” to properly cover Trump.
Mr. Scarborough and Mr. Brzezinski, who are married, rose to prominence early in the 2016 Republican primaries by taking a bullish stance on Mr. Trump's political chances, but at the time they frequently invited the future president for interviews. I was furious that I had gone.
But once Trump took office, they became his most vocal critics, with Trump sometimes making fierce personal attacks on them. Similarly, organizers have previously labeled him a fascist, an authoritarian threat to democracy, and even compared to hitler.
Scarborough seemed to have anticipated a gradual backlash against Monday's summit, saying, “Don't get me wrong, we're not here to defend or normalize Donald Trump. I'm not here to defend or normalize Donald Trump. We are here to report on him and hopefully provide you with some useful insight.” It will help us all better understand these very disturbing times. ”
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