C’mon, ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts — Trump Is Definitely The Same Guy He Was 2 Years Ago

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They were friends of Trump in the early months of his presidential campaign, often having him dial in to their show for small talk and praise as the Republican presidential primary unfolded. But the relationship eventually soured. The negativity peaked Thursday morning, when Trump attacked the hosts on Twitter and hurled sexist remarks at Brzezinski.

Friday morning, while reflecting on the insults, Scarborough claimed that Trump has changed.

“The guy that’s in the White House now is not the guy we knew two years ago,” Scarborough said. “The guy that’s in the White House now is not even close.”

Let’s be real: Trump is definitely the same guy he was two years ago.

As Scarborough and Brzezinski heaped praise on Trump in the early days of his presidential campaign, he was busy waging a campaign against immigrants, mocking the disabled and regularly making sexist and offensive remarks about women. […] Paige Lavender, HuffPost writer

Apparently, quite a few folks, both on the left and right, are taking issue with Mika's and Joe's totally BS claim this morning that Trump somehow "isn't" the same guy he was two years ago.

Say what?!

Ed Morrissey (conservative blogger & columnist): Scarborough: "This Isn’t The Same Trump From Two Years Ago"

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Joe and Mika certainly have a case to make that Trump acted reprehensibly yesterday. Even if this is a feud that has had both sides acting inappropriately, one side consists of television hosts of a chatty morning show, and the other is … the head of state for the US and the leader of the free world. The public puts its trust in the latter to prioritize our interests, rather than use his office to answer personal insults.

However, one also expects political analysts of Joe and Mika’s stature to have more insight than this. Trump has been rude and crude his entire adult life, and from their ringside seats no one should know that better than Joe and Mika. To claim that they missed that aspect of Trump’s personality when it was on full display for everyone else is to undermine their own status as political commentators, a point made by NRO’s Andy McCarthy on Twitter.

McCarthy tweet: "If that's Scarborough's take, why would anyone want his analysis of anything?"

Joe and Mika have done fine work in this slot over the years, and have been gracious hosts to me on more than one occasion. I found Trump’s tweets offensive too and expected a pushback this morning, but … this argument that Trump has changed is sheer nonsense. And you know who points that out in an op-ed in today’s Washington Post? Joe and Mika. […] – Hotair

SEE: Mika's "Opinion" piece on the Washington Post website: "Donald Trump is not Well"

On a more serious note…….

The world is watching ALL of this play out in real time and I can only imagine what leaders of countries who had been Our allies must be thinking now.

I'm at work watching Morning Joe online. Joe and Mika postponed their scheduled vacation to come on their show this morning to address Trump's attack against Mika yesterday.

MSNBC, (via Joe and Mika) is predictably milking this latest Trump madness for all its worth. And what I find so disgusting in all this is that Joe and Mika were among Donald's best buds during the Repub primaries and during his run against Hillary. Joe and Mika as much ANY Trump supporter helped put that Vulgarian in the White House.

Further – watching cable news now being INCENSED over one of their own being "viciously attacked" by the same Vulgarian who cable news gave at least $2 billion dollars worth of FREE media to during his run for the presidency proves my point.

Trump/his sycophants and most of cable news in America ALL deserve each other.

While it isn't unusual for the president to attack people on Twitter, his Thursday morning tweets insulting Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski drew particular ire from his fellow

On the Hill, Ryan told reporters, "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."

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Sen. James Lankford of South Carolina criticized the president's attacks on Twitter: