MSNBCs Mika Brzezinski makes bizarre social media move after defending her controversial Trump meeting
Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski has backed away from using social media platform X despite defending her meeting with president-elect Donald Trump and encouraging fans to speak to everyone.
Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski has backed away from using social media platform X despite defending her meeting with president-elect Donald Trump and encouraging fans to speak to everyone.
Brzezinski, 57, made what appears to be her final post to the platform, owned by Trump supporter Elon Musk, opting to move to left-leaning site Bluesky.
I’ve decided to leave X, but I’d love to keep the conversation going. Join me on BlueSky!, linking her new profile on the site.
Its a far cry from the open-mindedness she has been preaching since her meeting with Trump.
On Monday, Brzezinski and her husband and co-host Joe Scarborough said on their show that they had visited Trump at his Florida home after a years long feud.
Things came to a boil earlier this year after Scarborough likened Trump to Adolf Hitler, with their visit sparking fury amongst their liberal viewers and show staff.
Speaking about the visit for the first time with The Daily Beast podcast with hosts , Brzezinski said they met with Trump due to people being really scared.
The way I look at it is people are really scared, thats one of the reasons we went in there. People are really scared about Trumps comments about political adversaries. A lot of people are scared because of what has happened with abortion.
Speaking about the visit for the first time with The Daily Beast podcast, seen here, Brzezinski said they met with Trump due to people being really scared
Brzezinski has now moved her social media presence to left-leaning site Bluesky instead of X
I was trying to think through it, I think everyone is so scared. Whether they are in the media or citizens of this great country.
I think everybody is scared, disorientated, fearful of the future, and I think just for a quick moment I might the punching bag for that.
Id like to believe we are going to get through this and I have a lot of questions too though, and I want the chance to ask them.
Her comments dont square with her leaving X, which is owned by Trumps closest ally, Elon Musk.
When asked if the meeting made her more hopeful, she said: No, I would have no illusions about that. I am glad it happened. The fact that it happened is good.
I am deeply, deeply, upset and fearful for the woman of this country, and not just the women of child-bearing age. Im going to be looking for ways to work on this issue.
Revealing the meeting on Monday, Brzezinski said they decided to reach out to Trump due to their viewers expressing fear over his election win.
She added: My father [diplomat Zbigniew Brzezinski] often spoke with world leaders with whom he and the United States profoundly disagreed. Thats a task shared by reporters and commentators alike.
Joe and I realized it’s time to do something different and that starts with not only talking about Donald Trump, but also talking with him.
Brzezinski shared that Trump was cheerful during their meeting and seemed interested in finding common ground with Democrats.
Revealing the meeting on Monday, Brzezinski said they decided to reach out to Trump due to their viewers expressing fear over his election win. She is seen here with Scarborough in 2015
Brzezinski shared that Trump was cheerful during their meeting and seemed interested in finding common ground with Democrats
However, Scarborough concluded by telling viewers they will not stop their criticism of the president-elect.
He said: Don’t be mistaken. We are not here to defend or normalize Donald Trump.
We are here to report on him and to hopefully provide you insights that are going to better equip all of us in understanding these deeply unsettling times.
Trump told Fox News that he took the meeting in order to Make America Great Again, it is very important, if not vital, to have a free, fair and open media or press.
I am not looking for retribution, grandstanding or to destroy people who treated me very unfairly, he added.
Many things were discussed, and I very much appreciated the fact that they wanted to have open communication, he said. In many ways, its too bad that it wasnt done long ago.
Trump said that both of the hosts, congratulated me on running a great and flawless campaign, one for the history books.
The meeting ended in a very positive manner, and we agreed to speak in the future, he said.
Following the big reveal on Monday, their ratings have tanked 15 percent overall and a whopping 41 percent in the 25-54 year old demographic.
Trump appeared on the show dozens of times before the pair fell out spectacularly during the 2016 election cycle
The show went from 770,000 viewers on Monday, to 680,000 Tuesday, to 647,000 Wednesday, per Variety.
Trump used to be routine contributor to Morning Joe, and Scarborough was an early cheerleader for the billionaires maverick bid for the GOP nomination in 2016.
But relations soured as Trump pulled off a surprise victory in the Republican primaries and began to look like a serious challenger to the Democrats Hillary Clinton.
The four-hour morning show became a bastion of the Democratic establishment after Trumps first term, with President Joe Biden routinely tuning in while doing his morning exercises to see his acolytes promote the partys talking points.
With Trump in the White House and Scarborough engaged to co-host Brzezinski he began cementing his shows identity as an outpost of opposition to the new administration.
The couple even recorded a Christmas album called A Very Drumpf Christmas with childrens songs portraying the president as Dr. Seuss The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
It eventually attracted the attention of the president himself, who delivered a series of withering put-downs, labeling Scarborough Psycho Joe and his then-fiancée as low IQ Crazy Mika, while mischievously claiming she had been bleeding badly from a face-lift during a visit to his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Brzezinski later confirmed shed been recovering from cosmetic surgery during the trip.
And the feud deepened when the president revived long-debunked claims that Scarborough had been involved in the death of his former congressional staffer who was found dead on his office floor in 2001.
An autopsy found that Lori Bolterstein Klausutis, 28, had hit her head on a desk after collapsing from an undiagnosed heart-valve irregularity but Trump called for a fresh investigation into the case.
The allegations earned Trump his first rebuke from Twitter, which would eventually kick him off the platform altogether in January 2021.
