MSNBC’s morning news duo loves bashing Trump. Why haven’t they apologized for normalizing him?
MSNBC’s morning news duo Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have become some of Donald Trump’s most vociferous critics in recent months. Amid all of their criticisms of him, however, they have yet to apologize for their own role in helping his presidential campaign be viewed credibly by the press and the general public. During Friday’s episode of “Morning Joe, ” Scarborough flat-out stated that Trump had somehow, magically morphed into a different person from the guy he used to know. “The guy that’s in the White House now is not the guy we knew two years ago, ” Scarborough told his panel. “Not even close, ” Brzezinski agreed. “The Donald Trump we knew for the better part of 10,12 years was always in on the joke, ” Scarborough continued, saying that the future president would frequently engage in outrageous behavior but then wink and nod to signify that it was all part of the show. “This guy is not even the same person he was a year ago, ” Scarborough added, claiming to be repeating an armchair psychiatric diagnosis of a Trump insider who was worried about the president’s health. That’s their story and they’ re sticking to it. Too bad it’s completely false, at least according to Tony Schwartz, the man who wrote “The Art of the Deal” — the book that made Trump into Trump. New Yorker writer Jane Meyer quoted Schwartz that illustrates Trump has long presented himself in the same manner:
