Looks like liberals and conservatives on social media can actually agree on something: Donald Trump’s interview on “Morning Joe” was a bad idea.
Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski met with the president-elect on Friday and told viewers on Monday’s show they decided it was time to “restart communications” after a long-standing feud.
Trump used to be a regular guest before he first ran in 2016, and he had a friendly relationship with the couple in the early days of his campaign. But in 2017, things went south.
Brzezinski said she and Scarborough only met with Trump to “restart communications,” and her co-host and real-life husband added that they aren’t “here to defend or normalize Donald Trump.”
However, many people on social media who lean left were skeptical at the couple’s motives, especially since Trump told Fox News how Scarborough and Brzezinski “congratulated me on running a ‘great and flawless campaign, one for the history books,’ which I really believe it was.”
I don’t know what’s worse, being gaslighted by these two, or feeling sorry for the true journalists on their show to witness this craven display of fealty to Mr. Hitler. Sure, have a good talk & say goodbye to your sane viewers who are not putting up with this 💩
— Vickie Stangl (@VSStangl) November 18, 2024What a huge mistake. The problem has always been that Trump has been normalized. Why continue? We’re falling back into the trap.
— Dianne Callahan (@DianneCallaha16) November 18, 2024This is why people don't trust the mainstream media anymore. Joe and Mika who constantly attack “fascist” Trump on their show, went to Mar a Lago to talk with Trump over the weekend.
“We didn't see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and we told him so…What we did agree on – was to… pic.twitter.com/qi2kDn5Wt5
Given Morning Joe and Mika are now sucking up to Trump I wanted to re-share my clip from MSNBC on Friday when I made it clear WE will NEVER surrender to Trump. We will take the fight to him. We will not meet him halfway on his fascism. We know who he is and more importantly we… https://t.co/SFiI1q5qax
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) November 18, 2024Autocrat scholars call this Anticipatory Obedience.
See AP: "How Hungary’s Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark" https://t.co/5RRvHHN994
See AP: "How Hungary’s Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public…
To those of you waking up at this hour and thinking of watching the rerun of the first hour of @Morning_Joe, this is what you are in for: @JoeNBC's and @morningmika's betrayal of their colleagues, democracy, and us all. It is a disgusting show of obeisance in advance. https://t.co/chF0NWp45e
— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 18, 2024But while Trump may have praised “Morning Joe” for meeting with him, many of his supporters weren’t impressed, and found their desire to “restart communications” with him was hypocritical, considering they, among other things, previously labeled him a fascist.
Annals of shamelessness: They call Trump a fascist, and much, much more, and then, just 22 days after his 'Nazi-like' rally, they fly to Florida for an audience. Afterward, they say, 'We didn't see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues,' but they want to 'restart communications.' What? https://t.co/TUhJM9ofSD
— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 18, 2024It’s difficult to overstate how dishonest these two are. Mika & Joe scream for months that Trump is a “fascist” who would “end democracy.”
Now that he’s elected — and very popular — they visit him like it’s just coffee with an opposing party politician???pic.twitter.com/jB3oZqyEnl
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