Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said that MSNBC's “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were talking about Trump-elect at Mar-a-Lago as a ploy to maintain ratings. He suggested that he may have met with the president.
“To be clear, Joe and Micah didn't suddenly see the light, they saw their reputation,” Haley wrote. on social platform X on monday. “They realized they needed Trump to survive.”
Scarborough and Brzezinski announced to viewers on Monday that they met with President Trump in Florida late last week to “reopen communication” with the president-elect's team.
The two men had not met directly with the former president in seven years, but Trump said in a separate interview with Fox News that such a meeting should have happened “a long time ago.”
“In this meeting, he was bright and cheerful and seemed interested in finding common ground on some of the most divisive issues,” Brzezinski said of the conversation. “For those of you who ask me why I'm going to speak to the president-elect, especially during these difficult times, I think I'll ask back, 'Why not?'”
MSNBC A decline in ratings was seen. Since Election Day, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Cable news channels generally saw a surge in viewership during President Trump's first term, but widespread cord-cutting and a push by more media companies to stream led to a decline in overall cable news viewership. has been steadily decreasing in recent years.
Scarborough and Brzezinski, who were among Trump's most vocal critics during his time in public life, pledged this week to cover the president-elect fairly and honestly.
“Make no mistake about it, we are not here to defend or normalize Donald Trump,” Scarborough said Monday. “We are here to report on him and hopefully provide you with some insight and help us all better understand these very disturbing times.”
