Yeah, he's not easily manipulated. [laughing]
The rift between President Donald Trump and Morning Joe cohosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski continued into Friday morning, following a tweet by Trump suggesting that the MSNBC personalities had asked him to dispel a story to be published in the National Enquirer.
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
Trump’s assertions didn’t go unchallenged, however. Joe Scarborough responded on Twitter to the president’s lofty claims, apparently with evidence to counter his assertions.
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.
https://t.co/TZWiElo6Gs
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC)
June 30, 2017
Scarborough then asked a question that’s probably on a lot of people’s minds: just what
IS wrong with the president these days?
Why do you keep lying about things that are so easily disproven? What is wrong with you?
https://t.co/aAoUj5HYZS
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC)
June 30, 2017