'Morning Joe' co-hosts hold face-to-face meeting with Trump for first time in seven years

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, 2 of Donald Trump's fiercest critics successful the media, revealed Monday they had a face-to-face gathering past week with the president-elect, saying it was an important accidental for those who disagree to talk with each other.

"My begetter often spoke with satellite leaders with whom helium and the United States profoundly disagreed," Brzezinski said, referring to diplomat Zbigniew Brzezinski. "That's a task shared by reporters and commentators alike."

It was the archetypal clip successful 7 years they had seen Trump successful 7 years, Brzezinski said, and Scarborough added that they didn't spot "eye to oculus connected a batch of issues, and we told him so." Scarborough said they went implicit specified topics arsenic abortion, mass deportation, and threats of retribution against governmental opponents and media outlets.

The amusement added Trump was cheerful during the gathering and appeared funny successful uncovering communal crushed with Democrats connected large issues. Trump won a decisive triumph implicit Vice President Kamala Harris connected Nov. 5, sweeping the nation's battleground states and besides clinching the archetypal popular ballot win for a Republican successful 20 years.

"Morning Joe" hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough sermon their gathering with President-elect Donald Trump past week.

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Brzezinski took a infinitesimal to respond to the viewers who whitethorn person been appalled that they would hold to talk with Trump, whom they've repeatedly described arsenic a menace to democracy.

"For those asking wherefore we would spell talk to the president-elect during specified fraught times, particularly betwixt us, I conjecture I would inquire backmost – wherefore wouldn’t we?" she said. "Five years of governmental warfare has profoundly divided Washington and the country. We person been arsenic wide arsenic we cognize however successful expressing our heavy concerns astir President Trump’s actions and words successful the coarsening of nationalist debate. 

But for astir 80 cardinal Americans, predetermination denialism, nationalist trials, January 6th, were not arsenic important arsenic the issues that moved them to nonstop Donald Trump backmost to the White House with their vote. Joe and I recognize it’s clip to bash thing different, and that starts with not lone talking astir Donald Trump, but besides talking with him."

The antiaircraft code astir speaking to Trump was noteworthy fixed "Morning Joe" was upset by NBC's hiring of Trump state Ronna McDaniel earlier this twelvemonth arsenic a paid analyst. The amusement and respective different MSNBC luminaries publically spoke astir against McDaniel appearing connected their airwaves, and her declaration was terminated aft little than a week.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala astatine his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, successful Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Brzezinski said Trump's word would beryllium a "consequential" presidency, but clip would archer if it was "constructive." She railed against threatening governmental opponents and besides noted that impeachments and trials thin to crook politicians into martyrs.

"Just inquire Bill Clinton and Donald Trump," she said.

Scarborough noted that Trump can't question different word truthful this could beryllium an accidental for "both parties to get to work," and claimed apical Democrats had confided to him they were unfastened to moving with Trump if the feeling was mutual.

"Don't beryllium mistaken," Scarborough said. "We're not present to support oregon normalize Donald Trump. We're present to study connected him and to hopefully supply you insights that are going to amended equip each of america successful knowing these profoundly unsettling times."

That mightiness not beryllium good with immoderate of their chap MSNBC hosts oregon wide media colleagues. 

"Morning Joe" co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough stood retired successful their bullishness connected his governmental chances successful 2015 and 2016 and often interviewed him connected their show, but they became 2 of his astir vehement critics aft helium became president. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Americares)

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Brzezinski besides revealed Monday that Scarborough called Trump the time aft the assassination effort against him successful July, but different than that, they had not adjacent spoken since 2020. MSNBC kept "Morning Joe" off the aerial the Monday aft the shooting successful a arguable determination astatine the time.

Scarborough and Brzezinski, who are married, stood retired successful the 2016 rhythm for their bullishness connected Trump's governmental chances aboriginal successful the Republican primary, and they took vigor for often hosting and interviewing the aboriginal president. But they became 2 of his staunchest critics erstwhile helium took bureau and Trump astatine times leveled intensely idiosyncratic attacks connected the pair. 

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Scarborough, a erstwhile Florida U.S. congressman, near the Republican Party successful 2017 implicit his disagreements with Trump.