MSNBC's Joe Scarborough sassily points out Trump's hypocritical 'facelift' comments

Joe Scarborough.
(Image credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Americares)

The pot is calling the kettle black, said MSNBC's Joe Scarborough of President Trump's morning tweetstorm.

Trump denounced the "fake news media" for wondering where first lady Melania Trump has been, assuring the public that she hasn't been M.I.A. for weeks because of a facelift or domestic abuse. The president called the rumors "unfair" and "vicious," given that Melania is simply recovering from a kidney procedure.

Morning Joe host Scarborough chimed in to agree that false rumors can be hurtful — a public pain, he pointed out, that Trump himself has caused.

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

Scarborough's tweet harkened back to when Trump claimed on Twitter that he had seen Scarborough's Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski "bleeding badly from a face-lift." He also described Brzezinski as "low I.Q. Crazy Mika." Trump was roundly criticized for his personal attacks against Brzezinski, but he never apologized. Brzezinski agreed with Scarborough, joining him in wondering aloud what kind of person would say such a thing: "I can't even imagine," she tweeted.

Explore More
Summer Meza, The Week US

Summer Meza has worked at The Week since 2018, serving as a staff writer, a news writer and currently the deputy editor. As a proud news generalist, she edits everything from political punditry and science news to personal finance advice and film reviews. Summer has previously written for Newsweek and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, covering national politics, transportation and the cannabis industry.