Morning Joe Hosts Respond to Trump's Tweets

Donald Trump's 140-character anecdote about Mika Brzezinski, the co-host of MSNBC talk show Morning Joe, showing up to his New Year's party post-facelift has crossed the line for some people, well, especially the hosts of Morning Joe.

President Trump isn't a normal politician. He's like you. Every morning, he wakes up in the Lincoln bedroom, throws off his solid gold sheets, grabs his solid gold Samsung Galaxy and tweets about television. After all, who likes to get started on work right away, especially when your job includes fixing health care in America.

Yesterday, June 29th, he directed one of his infamous tweetstorms at an old favorite: Early morning MSNBC news commentary show Morning Joe. However, the target of his ire wasn't the content of the show, it was the appearance of its host Mika Brzezinski.

He tweeted:

"I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came…..to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!"

Needless to say, people had a few opinions about Donald Trump's tweets, which usually take hold of the newscycle until we're all desensitized enough to think that this is normal political discourse. The Washington Post published an article entitled "Trump’s latest attack on Mika Brzezinski is laced with sexism." The piece shot to the top of their "Most Read" list with more than 3,700 comments in 24 hours.

But the normal attacks from "the opposition party," as Trump calls the media, weren't the only things Trump faced this time, when members of his own party spoke out. Some usually-silent GOP politicians stood up to the big boy for his, frankly, disturbing picture of his bizarre New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago.

First up, House Speaker Paul Ryan in a press conference said of the tweets, "Obviously I don't see that as an appropriate comment. What we're trying to do around here is improve the tone, the civility of the debate. And this obviously doesn't help do that."

Senator Lisa Murkowski, whom Trump needs to vote for his signature health care bill, criticized the tweets saying, "Stop it! The Presidential platform should be used for more than bringing people down @POTUS, do you want to be remembered for your tweets or your accomplishments?"

Brzezinski fired back at the President with a popular tweet of a picture of a Cheerios box, which featured a picture of a child reaching for a Cheerio and the caption "Made for Little Hands," referencing a popular joke about the size of Donald Trump's hands..

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— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) June 29, 2017

The following day, Brzezinski and Scarborough published an op-ed in The Washington Post entitled "Donald Trump Is Not Well.". They also discussed the incident on their show, which they postponed their vacation to attend.

"I’m fine, said Brzezinski. "My family brought me up really tough. This is absolutely nothing for me personally. But I’m very concerned about what this once again reveals about the president of the United States…It does worry me about the country."

Scarborough added, "We're fine. The country's not."

Of course, that's not the end of it. Today, the President of the United States of America tweeted some more about Joe and Mika, specifically regarding a National Enquirer article that the couple wanted pulled from publication. He said, "Watched low rated @Morning_Joe for first time in long time. FAKE NEWS. He called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no! Bad show."

Scarborough responded shortly after, saying, "Yet another lie. I have texts from your top aides and phone records. Also, those records show I haven't spoken with you in many months."

Despite the pleas from just about everyone, Trump isn't likely to put the phone down anytime soon, so stay tuned for more.