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Trump Rips Bill Maher and Joe Scarborough in Wild Rant
Trump blasted Joe Scarborough and Bill Maher on Truth Social, while Morning Joe said Scarborough’s show averaged 733,000 viewers in August.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump attacked media figures Joe Scarborough and Bill Maher in early-morning Truth Social posts, claiming their shows suffer from poor ratings and calling them "dead" or "weak."
- These attacks follow Trump's attempt to ban MS NOW, CNN, and Politico from the White House; a federal judge ordered him to restore access for those outlets last Thursday while their lawsuit proceeds.
- Scarborough responded on air by noting his program remains the top-rated morning show in Washington, D.C., averaging 733,000 viewers in August with a 27% year-over-year increase, contradicting Trump's claims.
- During the broadcast, co-host Jonathan Lemire and Scarborough joked about Trump's posts following an interview with Monty Python founder Eric Idle, with Scarborough quipping he "didn't think this war boring."
- Elsewhere on the show, Lemire reported that Republican lawmakers have expressed fears of a congressional "wipeout" in November, with some GOP members using Maher's platform to share their political ideas.
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Trump declares Morning Joe 'dead!' — and gets immediate blowback live on air
Within minutes of President Donald Trump attacking them on Truth Social, the co-hosts of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” fired right back with derision, a fact check — and some life advice.Coming out of a commercial break after an interview with “Monty Python” founder Eric Idle, co-host Jonathan Lemire reported, “Just now, so I follow President Trump on Truth Social so you don't have to, he writes this about us, ‘Joe Scarborough’s show has been cut way b…
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