Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, left-wing “Morning Joe” hosts and vicious critics of Donald Trump, will “reopen communications” Monday after acknowledging voters' overwhelming choice. He said he had sat down “personally” with the president-elect in Florida for the purpose.
The MSNBC co-hosts, who have repeatedly bashed Republicans on air over the years, said they met in person with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago mansion on Friday, marking their first meeting in seven years. . He left after his election victory.
“Five years of political warfare have deeply divided Washington and the nation. We have been as clear as we can in expressing our deep concerns about President Trump's actions and statements in the heat of public debate. ” Brzezinski said in a startling revelation at the beginning of Monday's show.
“But for nearly 80 million Americans, election denialism, public trial, and January 6th were less important than the issues that motivated them to vote and send Donald Trump back to the White House. ”
“Joe and I recognize that it's time to do something different, and that starts with not just talking about Donald Trump, but talking to him,” she added.
Scarborough said the three discussed a number of issues, including “abortion, mass deportation, and threats of political retaliation against political opponents and the press.”
“We talked about it a lot,” he said.
“If you've been watching this show, if you've been watching this show over the past year, or even the past 10 years, it's amazing that we disagree on so many issues and that we told him that. Probably not.”
“What we agreed to was to resume communications,'' Brzezinski added.
She also said that during the private meeting, President Trump was “upbeat and positive” and seemed “interested in finding common ground with Democrats on some of the most divisive issues.” “It was,” he admitted.
Meanwhile, Scarborough said sources have told him that President Trump may take a different approach to his second term, given his inability to run for president again.
“This past weekend, someone close to Donald Trump said to me, President Trump is not running for re-election, so maybe, just maybe, it's time for both parties to get to work,” Scarborough said. spoke.
Scarborough addressed the potential backlash to the pair's face-to-face coverage and continued that his co-hosts, who have long accused Republicans of being a threat to democracy, are not trying to “normalize” Trump. .
“Don't get me wrong, we're not here to defend or normalize Donald Trump,” he said.
“We're here to report on him, and hopefully provide some insight to help us all better understand these very disturbing times.”
