Leftist “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski He held an unexpected “in-person” meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in Florida to “rekindle communications” after it was revealed on Monday that he had been one of his most vicious critics.
The MSNBC co-host, who has repeatedly bashed Republicans on-air for years, said he came face-to-face with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Friday — their first meeting in seven years — After reaching out in the wake of his election victory.
“Five years of political warfare have deeply divided Washington and the country. Brzezinski began Monday’s show with the surprising revelation, saying, “We have been as clear as we know how in expressing our deep concerns about President Trump’s actions and words in the public debate.”
“But for about 80 million Americans, the election denial, the public test, January 6, were not as important as the issues that drove them to send Donald Trump back to the White House with their vote.”
“Joe and I realize it’s time to do something different, and that starts with not just talking about Donald Trump, but having conversations with him,” he said.
Scarborough said the three talked about a range of issues – including “abortion, mass deportation and threats of political retaliation against political opponents and media outlets”.
“We had a good conversation about it,” he said.
“It will come as no surprise to anyone watching this show, who has watched it over the last year or last decade, that we were not eye-to-eye on a number of issues and we told him so.”
Brzezinski then said, “What we agreed on was resumption of communications.”
He acknowledged that Trump was “pleased and excited” during the private meeting — and “he was interested in finding common ground with Democrats on some of the most divisive issues.”
Meanwhile, Scarborough said sources have told him Trump may approach his second term differently given he may not run for president again.
Scarborough said, “Somebody close to Donald Trump told me last weekend, this is a president who is not seeking re-election, so maybe, maybe now is the time for both parties to work on Is.”
Addressing any potential backlash to news of their face-off, Scarborough said the co-host — who has previously accused Republicans of being a threat to democracy — is not trying to “normalize” Trump. Were.
“Don’t be mistaken, we’re not here to defend Donald Trump or normalize him,” he said.
“We are here to report on them and hopefully provide you with insights that will enable us all to better understand these extremely troubling times.”
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