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Fla Dem

(25,679 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 11:38 AM Monday

MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' hosts reveal they met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago 'to restart communications'

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Source: CNN Business

New York
CNN — The news was so shocking that some “Morning Joe” viewers probably spit out their coffee.

MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski “went to Mar-a-Lago to meet personally” with President-elect Donald Trump, Brzezinski revealed at the beginning of Monday’s show. The Friday rendezvous was “the first time we have seen him in seven years,” she added.

In a back-and-forth that the husband and wife co-hosts scripted ahead of time, Scarborough said, “we didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues, and we told him so.” But “what we did agree on was to restart communications,” Brzezinski said, suggesting that their behavior should be a model for others.



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Really? Mika and Joe, what do you hope to gain, or were you concerned he would come after you.

It's a betrayal of your current audience. Of course, if you don't fall all over yourself kissing his ass and report honestly and critically, then ...... well we'll see.
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MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' hosts reveal they met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago 'to restart communications' (Original Post) Fla Dem Monday OP
Disgusting fluffers. Irish_Dem Monday #1
My first thought was, Why? Magoo48 Monday #8
ACCESS! GLORIOUS ACCESS!! Blue_Tires Monday #22
Absolutely get the red out Monday #29
Just like CNN,I will never view their POS show again. Bengus81 Monday #39
I was a daily viewer Nictuku Monday #2
I gave it up over ten years ago, haven't missed it at all. Magoo48 Monday #10
It was Dead to me in Nov 2002... Cha Monday #33
I took their explanation at face value. Littlered Monday #3
True, but, there are work arounds. republianmushroom Monday #5
He's probably ineligible to be VP, according to the last line of the 12th Amendment Polybius Monday #16
Who owns the supreme court ? republianmushroom Monday #17
We have a Constitution right now. SC is not mentioned to help Trump served more terms. Bengus81 Monday #40
We had the same Constitution when trump tried to over throw our newly elected President. republianmushroom Monday #42
Trump has even floated the idea... keep_left Monday #19
Good luck with that one Trump,think Dems are going to side with Republicans letting you serve multiple terms? Bengus81 Monday #37
You obviously have not been paying attention to the claims that the 22nd niyad Monday #20
Nah.... Bengus81 Monday #41
He will absolutely run again JoseBalow Monday #26
He also wants to stay out of jail. He'll burn the whole country down for that. hadEnuf Monday #30
I really don't think he'll make for four years. Intractable Monday #44
I didn't ...they are dead to me...took all of MSNBC out of my DVR and cancelled all recordings. Demsrule86 Monday #43
Bootlickers. johnp3907 Monday #4
Obeying in advance. SupportSanity Monday #6
"Mr. and Mrs. Vichy Quisling" JohnQFunk Monday #7
I remember well the Morning Joe of 2015-16. Joe and especially Mika seemed to loathe Hillary. Jit423 Monday #15
I don't watch them. Ever since they were all in for him years ago, I never watched again. Deuxcents Monday #9
Appeasement.... Joe_Gadway Monday #11
Ick. I stopped watching that show years ago. City Lights Monday #12
There will be a steady stream Miguelito Loveless Monday #13
So now they are berksdem Monday #14
Welcome to Quislingland ZonkerHarris Monday #18
I'm done SallyHemmings Monday #21
Whee! Now they'll get to go to parties at Mar a Lago again! tanyev Monday #23
Like I said if he can serve as President down there he can server in prison in NY. cstanleytech Monday #24
I am very disappointed in Mike and Joe LetMyPeopleVote Monday #25
Cowards who stand for nothing. hadEnuf Monday #31
Its sickening but somewhat understandable. LiberalLovinLug Monday #27
The monicker "Morning Scum" seems more apt than before. rickford66 Monday #28
Did Meeka mouse do her table dance? RandiFan1290 Monday #32
That sexist image still makes me sick. niyad Monday #36
Kiss ass Bastards grockri Monday #34
This say everything about the cable media and why this country is screwed............... turbinetree Monday #35
When does Liz Cheney do the same? Bengus81 Monday #38
After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking. Emile Monday #45

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
1. Disgusting fluffers.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 11:42 AM
Monday

And calling them fluffers is the most polite word I can think of.

Magoo48

(5,336 posts)
8. My first thought was, Why?
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:02 PM
Monday

Blue_Tires

(55,776 posts)
22. ACCESS! GLORIOUS ACCESS!!
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 01:11 PM
Monday

Donnie's Freakshow Circus is going to be must-see TV and no cable news channel wants to be left out in the cold and miss out on fat ratings from the endless discussion of his daily scandals... It wouldn't surprise me if NBC executive brass personally told Joe and Mika to go kiss the ring...

get the red out

(13,579 posts)
29. Absolutely
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:14 PM
Monday

Big media has to bend the knee and kiss the ring.

Bengus81

(7,367 posts)
39. Just like CNN,I will never view their POS show again.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 05:51 PM
Monday

Nictuku

(3,863 posts)
2. I was a daily viewer
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 11:45 AM
Monday

I have not tuned in since the election. Now I'm really glad I didn't. MSM is Dead to me.

Magoo48

(5,336 posts)
10. I gave it up over ten years ago, haven't missed it at all.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:04 PM
Monday

Cha

(305,385 posts)
33. It was Dead to me in Nov 2002...
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:46 PM
Monday

and I know from reading DU it's only gotten Exponentially Worse.

I never looked back.

Littlered

(39 posts)
3. I took their explanation at face value.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 11:49 AM
Monday

Made sense to me. This is our new reality. He can’t run again.

republianmushroom

(17,612 posts)
5. True, but, there are work arounds.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 11:58 AM
Monday

He can run on a ticket as Vice President with a presidential candidate such as Mike Johnson, Matt Gaetz, hell, even Jr. and then have that persons step down after he is sworn in.

Polybius

(17,798 posts)
16. He's probably ineligible to be VP, according to the last line of the 12th Amendment
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:26 PM
Monday
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.


But even if I'm wrong, he's aging fast. 82 year old Trump may be too far gone.

republianmushroom

(17,612 posts)
17. Who owns the supreme court ?
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:31 PM
Monday

It will be his age and, health both physical and mental. Thankfully.

45 months and counting

Bengus81

(7,367 posts)
40. We have a Constitution right now. SC is not mentioned to help Trump served more terms.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 05:57 PM
Monday

republianmushroom

(17,612 posts)
42. We had the same Constitution when trump tried to over throw our newly elected President.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 06:14 PM
Monday

For his efforts he was granted impunity for his actions by the Supreme Court. That same Court that is suppose to protect and defend our elected Constructional govt..

keep_left

(2,412 posts)
19. Trump has even floated the idea...
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:43 PM
Monday

...that the 22nd Amendment should be repealed so that he can have what would be a zombie third term, as demented as he is already. No chance of that happening, of course, but it shows the level of arrogance and ego that Trump possesses.

Bengus81

(7,367 posts)
37. Good luck with that one Trump,think Dems are going to side with Republicans letting you serve multiple terms?
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 05:37 PM
Monday

Not going to happen....

niyad

(119,875 posts)
20. You obviously have not been paying attention to the claims that the 22nd
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:46 PM
Monday

amendment only applies to CONSECUTIVE terms.

Bengus81

(7,367 posts)
41. Nah....
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 05:59 PM
Monday

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

JoseBalow

(5,138 posts)
26. He will absolutely run again
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:06 PM
Monday

He will never give up the grift, it is too lucrative for him to walk away from.

And when he gets sued over it, he'll fundraise on that too.

This fucker will never go away on his own.

hadEnuf

(2,698 posts)
30. He also wants to stay out of jail. He'll burn the whole country down for that.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:28 PM
Monday

Yeah, he'll run again.

Intractable

(541 posts)
44. I really don't think he'll make for four years.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 08:31 PM
Monday

Between the ever-increasing dementia and his desire to not actually do the job, I think he'll drop out.

We'll be dealing with Vance.

Demsrule86

(71,021 posts)
43. I didn't ...they are dead to me...took all of MSNBC out of my DVR and cancelled all recordings.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:41 PM
Monday

johnp3907

(3,888 posts)
4. Bootlickers.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 11:56 AM
Monday

SupportSanity

(1,111 posts)
6. Obeying in advance.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 11:59 AM
Monday

Any other MSNBC hosts meeting with Trump?

JohnQFunk

(448 posts)
7. "Mr. and Mrs. Vichy Quisling"
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:00 PM
Monday

Keith Olbermann FTW!

BREAKING NEWS: I TOLD YOU SO. With hostage-video like cowering, Scarborough and Brzezinski resume being Trump collaborators

Not a word Mr. and Mrs. Vichy Quisling say can ever be trusted again - not that those words ever should have been trusted. They are confidence tricksters - and grifters


https://bsky.app/profile/olbermann.bsky.social/post/3lb7whvyggc2g

Jit423

(276 posts)
15. I remember well the Morning Joe of 2015-16. Joe and especially Mika seemed to loathe Hillary.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:22 PM
Monday


Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:34 AM
Every time I tuned in either Trump was on a call or they were talking about Hillary's emails and private server.

I never forgot. I still watch them because I really like their guests, pundits and journalists. Joe can really hit the nail on the head as far a Trump goes, but he fails to convince me that he is as much against the MAGA cult as he pretends. I am sure that since Trump is President elect he and Mika are fearing what might be instore for them at the Network.

I have made up my mind that if MSNBC continues to search out the truth and gives the facts they will be my only cable new source. If not, why should I bother. I will keep searching the Internet and reading the Guardian and Philadelphia Enquirer for my news.

Deuxcents

(19,694 posts)
9. I don't watch them. Ever since they were all in for him years ago, I never watched again.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:03 PM
Monday

I usually don’t watch any MSNBC in the mornings n now I’m only watching Lawrence O.
I feel much better 🤗

Joe_Gadway

(49 posts)
11. Appeasement....
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:06 PM
Monday

Just when we needed Joe and Mika to be Winston Churchills, they turn into little Neville Chamberlains.
OK!
We will continue the struggle for America without them!

City Lights

(25,298 posts)
12. Ick. I stopped watching that show years ago.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:07 PM
Monday

I won't be going back.

Miguelito Loveless

(4,666 posts)
13. There will be a steady stream
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:11 PM
Monday

of pundits making the trek to suck up to 45, including a lot of journos.

berksdem

(678 posts)
14. So now they are
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:15 PM
Monday

going to be sane washing for the Dotard? Unf'ing believable....

ZonkerHarris

(25,268 posts)
18. Welcome to Quislingland
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:40 PM
Monday

SallyHemmings

(1,880 posts)
21. I'm done
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 12:56 PM
Monday

I usually give them a hour during my workout. Sportscenter here I come!

tanyev

(44,501 posts)
23. Whee! Now they'll get to go to parties at Mar a Lago again!
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 01:12 PM
Monday

cstanleytech

(26,993 posts)
24. Like I said if he can serve as President down there he can server in prison in NY.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 01:49 PM
Monday

After all just like a convicted felon can run for the Presidency as the Constitution does bar it the Constitution also doesn't bar him from serving time in prison for something he's already been convicted for.

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,421 posts)
25. I am very disappointed in Mike and Joe
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 01:58 PM
Monday


WOW! And so it begins:

Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski normalizing Donald Trump after meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago on Friday. This is how we got President Trump the first time. They learned nothing.

I’m posting the entire segment so folks can decide for themselves.
Also sharing in the thread a summary of Trump’s second-term agenda

hadEnuf

(2,698 posts)
31. Cowards who stand for nothing.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:31 PM
Monday

Screw them.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,374 posts)
27. Its sickening but somewhat understandable.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:06 PM
Monday

I hate it, but just like world leaders, top news media personalities will have two choices:
Suck up to him to get any access or become another declared enemy.

I'm Canadian, and I am loathing the next four years where our PM has no choice but to lick Trumps shoes and tell him he's the best. Still probably won't be enough to stop the Trudeau hatefest. And if Poilievre the conservative wins the next election, he'll have to do the same. And that goes for all world leaders. Macron seemed to find a sweet spot with him. While I'm sure privately gagging about it.

rickford66

(5,664 posts)
28. The monicker "Morning Scum" seems more apt than before.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:08 PM
Monday

RandiFan1290

(6,402 posts)
32. Did Meeka mouse do her table dance?
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:42 PM
Monday


I can't believe anyone watched that garbage.

niyad

(119,875 posts)
36. That sexist image still makes me sick.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 05:00 PM
Monday

grockri

(38 posts)
34. Kiss ass Bastards
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 03:15 PM
Monday

Joe is just an opportunist. He has always been a work. Mika is too. What ever makes them part of the uppercrust. They are both pieces of crap!!!. I never watched them much at one point they were against frump. Now they are kissing his orange ass.

Disgusted!!

turbinetree

(25,267 posts)
35. This say everything about the cable media and why this country is screwed...............
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 03:51 PM
Monday

Bengus81

(7,367 posts)
38. When does Liz Cheney do the same?
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 05:50 PM
Monday

Emile

(29,780 posts)
45. After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 09:02 PM
Monday

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