Nikki Haley and Charlamagne agree 'Morning Joe' co-hosts visited Trump because 'they saw the ratings tank'

Radio big Charlamagne Tha God and erstwhile GOP statesmanlike campaigner Nikki Haley said the "Morning Joe" co-hosts' arguable sojourn to the property of President-elect Donald Trump was thing much than a play for ratings.

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

Haley spoke astir the incidental connected an episode of her SiriusXM show, "Nikki Haley Live," that volition beryllium released successful afloat connected Wednesday, November 27, astatine 8 a.m. ET.

"Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough tore maine up erstwhile I said thing astir voting for Donald Trump oregon what I agreed with him on, adjacent though I criticized him erstwhile I thought helium was wrong. I praised him erstwhile I thought helium was good. They tore maine up," Haley said of the duo earlier their abrupt about-face.

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Radio hosts Charlamagne Tha God and Nikki Haley sermon however the hosts of "Morning Joe" met with President-elect Donald Trump past week. (SiriusXM/Nikki Haley Live)

"But the information is, it's not that they abruptly saw the light. It's that they saw the ratings," Haley suggested arsenic Charlamagne chuckled and agreed. "I mean, let's beryllium clear. They saw the ratings tank and they realized, 'Oh, we amended get connected with Donald Trump oregon other we're not going to person a show.'"

"It's a ratings and gross game," Charlamagne said. "What I don't recognize is, if you don't similar thing that somebody's saying, if you don't similar thing that somebody's doing, wherefore not spell speech to that idiosyncratic astir it and situation them close past and there?" 

He added that the Democrats, immoderate of whom person complained they request their ain wide media, could commencement changing their crippled program by simply appearing connected the platforms they criticize.

"That's wherefore I deliberation the biggest contented is, adjacent now, erstwhile I spot each of these liberals, they're having these conversations about, ‘Oh, the near needs a Joe Rogan’ oregon ‘The near needs a blimpish web similar the close has.’ It's like, no, however about, turn immoderate balls and spell connected these platforms? How about, go speech to Joe Rogan?" helium said.

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"Morning Joe" co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough enraged liberals connected societal media aft gathering with President-elect Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

Charlamagne added further that determination is 1 Democrat who appears to beryllium up of the curve connected this tactic.

"When you look astatine what Governor Newsom is doing close now, I deliberation it's a astute strategy. Like, you know, he's not my favourite candidate, right? Or anybody that I'm looking to enactment astatine this moment. But I similar his media strategy," Charlamagne said, suggesting that by going connected news outlets similar Fox News, Newsom is "meeting radical wherever they are. And I deliberation that's what a batch of these politicians aren't doing. At slightest the Democratic politicians, they're not gathering radical wherever they are."

The quality astir the Trump-Scarborough-Brzezinski gathering acceptable disconnected a firestorm connected the left, with MSNBC staffers lashing out astatine the co-hosts.

"Cowardice," 1 MSNBC worker reacted to Fox News Digital. "Doing precisely what [anti-Trump historian] Tim Snyder warns connected our aerial not to do: obey successful advance. It’s disgusting but frankly unsurprising."

The root said MSNBC's fertile and record are present "largely disdainful" of the network's greeting stars, saying it "feels similar they are conscionable opportunistic."

Trump, meanwhile, described the gathering arsenic "extremely cordial."

"I received a telephone from Joe Scarborough requesting a gathering for him and Mika, and I agreed that it would beryllium a bully happening if specified a gathering took place," Trump told Fox News Digital. "Many things were discussed, and I precise overmuch appreciated the information that they wanted to person unfastened connection … In galore ways, it’s excessively atrocious that it wasn’t done agelong ago.

"The gathering ended successful a precise affirmative manner, and we agreed to talk successful the future," helium added.

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Fox News' David Rutz contributed to this report.