The Hill
June 30, 2017
President Trump on Friday accused MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” of being “FAKE NEWS,” disputing the hosts’ claims that he threatened bad publicity against them.
“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,” Trump tweeted.
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
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2017
“Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on Friday said members of the administration threatened bad publicity against them if they refused to apologize to Trump for their coverage.
“This year, top White House staff members warned that the National Enquirer was planning to publish a negative article about us unless we begged the president to have the story spiked. We ignored their desperate pleas,” they wrote in an op-ed.
Scarborough quickly responded to Trump’s tweet, calling it “yet another lie” and adding, “I have texts from your top aides and phone records. Also, those records show I haven’t spoken with you in many months.”
This article was posted: Friday, June 30, 2017 at 9:22 am
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