‘Morning Joe’ Hosts and Trump Bring National Enquirer Into Their Feud
Mr. Trump fired a volley, tweeting that he had watched the “low rated @Morning_Joe for first time in long time” and called it “FAKE NEWS.”
Referring to Mr. Scarborough, he wrote: “He called me to stop a National Enquirer article.
The two hosts also injected an element of supermarket tabloid intrigue by asserting
that top White House aides had contacted them to say that they could prevent The National Enquirer from publishing a negative article about them if they called the president, apologized for criticizing him on their show and asked for his forgiveness.
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In a statement, The National Enquirer defended an earlier story on Ms. Brzezinski
and Mr. Scarborough and said it had “absolutely no involvement” in any discussions between the co-hosts and the White House.
“From his menstruation musings about Megyn Kelly, to his fat-shaming treatment of a former Miss Universe, to his braggadocio
claims about grabbing women’s genitalia, the 45th president is setting the poorest of standards for our children.”
The White House did not explain what had prompted Mr. Trump’s outburst,
but a spokeswoman said the president was entitled to fight back against those in the media who he felt attacked him unfairly.
The exchange kept the spotlight on the coarse and personal criticism Mr. Trump directed
at the two hosts on Thursday, when the president described Ms. Brzezinski as “low I. Q.