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MSNBC's “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski said they met Donald Trump for the first time in seven years.
Mika said,
“On Friday, we were given the opportunity to do just that. Joe and I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet privately with President-elect Trump. We met him at 7 p.m. It's been a year.
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What we agreed on was to resume communications. ”
BREAKING NEWS 🚨: The hosts of MSNBC's Morning Joe met with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago for the first time in seven years on Friday, resuming lines of communication despite disagreements on many issues. He said he agreed. pic.twitter.com/s3Wmfr7KSE
— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) November 18, 2024
Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski opened Monday's show by saying they will travel to Florida to “meet privately” with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, “resume communication” and ” It began with the surprising revelation that a new approach had been established. their coverage of his incoming administration;
The MSNBC host led coverage during the presidential campaign, previously criticizing Trump and his words and actions.
Brzezinski opened the show Monday by acknowledging that many viewers, from “regular citizens” to “political leaders,” felt “horrified” and “disappointed” by Trump's Cabinet picks. As a result, she and Scarborough decided to reach out to Trump's team to see if they could get an “opportunity to speak with the president-elect himself.”
She continued: “On Friday, we were given the opportunity to do just that. Joe and I went to Mar-a-Lago to meet privately with President-elect Trump. It was the first time in seven years that we had seen him. Ta.”
Mr. Scarborough took over the monologue and detailed the conversation. “We talked about a lot of issues, including abortion, mass deportations, and the threat of political retaliation against political opponents and the press. We talked about it a lot.”
After Donald Trump's victory, MSNBC's prime-time viewership plummeted.
In the days after Donald Trump won the White House, MSNBC's prime-time ratings plummeted by 54% as viewers turned away from left-leaning coverage, according to the report.
The Comcast-owned cable news channel averaged 1.1 million viewers a day through October, but on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after Election Day, according to Nielsen Media Research data reported by Fox. The number of viewers decreased to an average of 736,000 people per day. news.
This represented a 31% decline following Trump's decisive victory in the popular vote and all seven key battleground states. Meanwhile, Fox News' ratings rose a whopping 61% during the same period, according to Nielsen data reported by Fox.
MSNBC was hardest hit during prime time, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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