The National Enquirer Went After ‘Morning Joe,’ And Trump Says He Refused To Stop It

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President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that he enabled a supermarket tabloid to publish an attack story on two cable TV hosts who have been critical of him.

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough said Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that top White House aides had told them to call Trump and apologize for saying negative things about him, and had threatened that if they did not, the National Enquirer would publish a negative story about the pair.

Within minutes, Trump issued a Twitter statement, just as “Morning Joe” was ending.





Scarborough replied by dismissing the president’s tweet as “yet another lie” and said that he has texts from Trump aides and phone records.

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Defiant Trump resumes attacks on 'Morning Joe' hosts, despite bipartisan criticism

A defiant President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on Saturday morning, calling Scarborough "crazy" and Brzezinski "dumb as a rock," despite days of bipartisan criticism over his initial attacks on the pair earlier this week.

"Crazy Joe Scarborough and dumb as a rock Mika are not bad people, but their low rated show is dominated by their NBC bosses. Too bad!" Trump tweeted Saturday morning.



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