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riversedge

(70,192 posts)
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:02 AM Aug 2016

Trump threatens to 'tell the real story' about Morning Joe 'clowns'

Source: Politico



Trump threatens to 'tell the real story' about Morning Joe 'clowns'

By Nick Gass

08/22/16 07:37 AM EDT



Donald Trump laced into the hosts of MSNBC's morning show anew on Monday, accusing one of co-hosts of being "neurotic" and a "mess" and both of them as being "two clowns."

"Tried watching low-rated @Morning_Joe this morning, unwatchable! @morningmika is off the wall, a neurotic and not very bright mess!" Trump tweeted Monday, referring specifically to Mika Brzezinski, in response to the first hour and 20 minutes of MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

Minutes after his initial tweet, Trump offered another personal broadside.

"Some day, when things calm down, I'll tell the real story of @JoeNBC and his very insecure long-time girlfriend, @morningmika. Two clowns!" Trump tweeted, a day after campaign manager Kellyanne Conway insisted that he "doesn't hurl personal insults."

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-blasts-morning-joe-227258#ixzz4I46nvUCl



And it starts anew.




"@morningmika is off the wall, a neurotic and not very bright mess!" Trump tweeted Monday. | Getty
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Trump threatens to 'tell the real story' about Morning Joe 'clowns' (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2016 OP
It is fun when he shoots himself in the foot amuse bouche Aug 2016 #1
And watching as he throws his campaign manager under the bus Tempest Aug 2016 #4
I can't remember a public person with such thin skin amuse bouche Aug 2016 #10
Nixon Tempest Aug 2016 #19
Nixon famous for institutionalizing the 25 word press release. Gives press less to pick apart. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #26
Nixon was pretty restrained publicly. He spoke softly and carried a baseball bat wrapped in yurbud Aug 2016 #49
Or a surly 13-year-old bully Saviolo Aug 2016 #38
More like 7-year-old bully. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #60
Haha! Fair enough Saviolo Aug 2016 #64
hey, kelly--what in the HELL do you think der drumpfenfuhrer does other than hurl niyad Aug 2016 #45
Maybe he meant "two clowns" literally? Like, they put on make-up and entertain children.... Moonwalk Aug 2016 #68
yup, keep your own repug members like MoJoe wordpix Aug 2016 #27
The New Trump didn't last 24hrs: I thought he didn't make personal insults now! lewebley3 Aug 2016 #53
Remember when Kellyanne Conway was FINALLY going to get him to behave? brooklynite Aug 2016 #2
Well, she kept him busy this weekend playing with Play-Doh underpants Aug 2016 #11
a day after campaign manager Kellyanne Conway insisted that he "doesn't hurl personal insults." Tempest Aug 2016 #3
This sounds like a personal insult to me Botany Aug 2016 #18
Calling them clowns is also an insult. Tempest Aug 2016 #29
Here you go uppityperson Aug 2016 #25
Priceless! freebrew Aug 2016 #72
is this real? or from fakerealdonaldtrump tweets? KewlKat Aug 2016 #74
Fake, it's hard to tell sometimes uppityperson Aug 2016 #80
We know money is your boss donny. riversedge Aug 2016 #82
To be fair, he did not "hurl," he tweeted. yellowcanine Aug 2016 #56
And some of his tweets make the rest of us want to huri! eom Maeve Aug 2016 #66
Good one! n/t Chemisse Aug 2016 #67
Oh goody Mozzonozzo Aug 2016 #5
Welcome to DU Mozzonozzo. GentryDixon Aug 2016 #78
Don't ya love it when assholes start eating each other? popcorn please. Augiedog Aug 2016 #6
Now THAT'S an unpleasant image! Kber Aug 2016 #75
Not a fan of the show saidsimplesimon Aug 2016 #7
gotta love it when they eat their own....Joe tryin to pump the trump now too....so nice to watch beachbum bob Aug 2016 #8
Just as soon as Meredith McIver returns with the file. randome Aug 2016 #9
omg sarae Aug 2016 #51
and MSNBC will continue to kiss his ass maxrandb Aug 2016 #12
Do tell us Donald Politicub Aug 2016 #13
I think his telling us is a certainty. Paladin Aug 2016 #20
actually, I know a few 13-years old who are years more mature than donnie boy. niyad Aug 2016 #46
Interesting how most of the insults are reserved for the woman co-host: thucythucy Aug 2016 #14
that part appears to be true. Mika just quietly divorced her husband Jim and there have been CTyankee Aug 2016 #23
do tell. I never "got" they were a couple when I watched MoJo wordpix Aug 2016 #88
it makes the show kinda interesting, doncha think? CTyankee Aug 2016 #89
Right after his report on Obama's birth certificate randr Aug 2016 #15
That was a another PatSeg Aug 2016 #16
There are people working on it now. duncang Aug 2016 #17
why not? apparently, a 12-year old is running the jeffco (CO) trump field office. niyad Aug 2016 #48
I guess Joe's mama never taught him that UpInArms Aug 2016 #21
Four point pivot. nt Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #22
Then there's this piece of tripe on the Clinton foundation... uppityperson Aug 2016 #24
he never backs up statements with facts & every high school student knows wordpix Aug 2016 #28
If its that corrupt then why did HE donate 100K to it? 7962 Aug 2016 #32
no no, It's the Republican party that is the corrupt criminal enterprise vlyons Aug 2016 #59
Don't think any of the trump foundations are on the up & up Motley13 Aug 2016 #62
I bet it will be as juicy as what his "people" found in Hawaii MynameisBlarney Aug 2016 #30
The funny bit was that it was just after Joe said he could support the Republican Nominee IF he OnDoutside Aug 2016 #31
"long-time girlfriend" Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2016 #33
I can just see President Trump getting pissed Stonepounder Aug 2016 #34
Roger Ailes is running Trump's campaign. UCmeNdc Aug 2016 #35
I think it was Zombie Breitbart. BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #63
That's our boy! Blue Idaho Aug 2016 #36
You know cannabis_flower Aug 2016 #37
Truer words were never spoken! nt wolfie001 Aug 2016 #39
Same with the ladies in the County Clerks office, Stonepounder Aug 2016 #43
That guy has never told a "real story" in his life. "Real" implies that one understands reality. ancianita Aug 2016 #40
Well...he does LOVE to project... Moostache Aug 2016 #41
What happened to the reset? TomCADem Aug 2016 #42
He's done vadermike Aug 2016 #44
Does anyone care what the true story is? leftyladyfrommo Aug 2016 #47
Joe and Mika malcolmboeing Aug 2016 #52
Well well well, I can see heads of state/countries who opposes T-rump will have their Iliyah Aug 2016 #50
All his wives and divorces and he thinks he can sling mud at them? jeanmarc Aug 2016 #54
Never thought I'd say this, but Trump is right vlyons Aug 2016 #55
Trump can't help himself. nt SunSeeker Aug 2016 #57
This morning JoeShmoe kept asking Loki Aug 2016 #58
TRUMP IS KING OF THE CLOWNS! AS THE SAYING GOES, "IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW cornball 24 Aug 2016 #61
Please don't shout. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #70
So very sorry to offend you. I did not know you were sensitive to capital cornball 24 Aug 2016 #85
Joan Walsh Tweets a Warning to Trump tweeting "personal secrets" misterhighwasted Aug 2016 #65
He is a broken record. I'm utterly sick of him. elias7 Aug 2016 #69
I would feel sorry for Mika, but... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #71
This is a woman who saidsimplesimon Aug 2016 #76
So much for "staying on script". JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2016 #73
Um, doesn't everyone know that Joe and Mika are together?! Trump as usual is years late to the party anneboleyn Aug 2016 #77
I was thinking the same thing. Grammy23 Aug 2016 #86
"Trumper the chronic cheater" lololol wordpix Aug 2016 #87
Just like he was going to blow the lid off Obama's birthplace. bulloney Aug 2016 #79
This is what Presidents do BeyondGeography Aug 2016 #81
I thought we were getting Trump 2.0.... MissMillie Aug 2016 #83
Here's the real story: Vinca Aug 2016 #84

Tempest

(14,591 posts)
4. And watching as he throws his campaign manager under the bus
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:10 AM
Aug 2016

a day after campaign manager Kellyanne Conway insisted that he "doesn't hurl personal insults."

amuse bouche

(3,657 posts)
10. I can't remember a public person with such thin skin
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:23 AM
Aug 2016

The only thing I can compare his behavior to, is a road rager. They think everyone is out to cut them off and they are always ready to overreact...consequences be damned

That temperament is not one the world needs in the White House or really any position dealing with the public or any living creature.

Tempest

(14,591 posts)
19. Nixon
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:35 AM
Aug 2016

He was famous for his thin skin. He took offense at every little slight.

If Twitter was around during Tricky Dick, we would have seen the same kind of thing from him.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
49. Nixon was pretty restrained publicly. He spoke softly and carried a baseball bat wrapped in
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:44 AM
Aug 2016

barbwire.

Trump is all impotent bloviating.

Smart assholes don't get mad, they get even.

Average to stupid assholes have temper tantrums.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
60. More like 7-year-old bully.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:05 PM
Aug 2016

My 12-year-old has much better comebacks than that, unfortunately for me.

Saviolo

(3,280 posts)
64. Haha! Fair enough
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:34 PM
Aug 2016

I usually found the big bullies were a little dim, though. They resort to terrible comebacks, strong-arming, and casual violence. Gee, now who does that remind me of?

Someone orange-ish...

niyad

(113,265 posts)
45. hey, kelly--what in the HELL do you think der drumpfenfuhrer does other than hurl
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:38 AM
Aug 2016

personal insults? have you actually listened to anything he says??

Moonwalk

(2,322 posts)
68. Maybe he meant "two clowns" literally? Like, they put on make-up and entertain children....
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 01:31 PM
Aug 2016

...in their off hours?

I'm just saying we shouldn't jump to the conclusion that he's personally insulting them. Especially after his spokeswoman was so insistent that he doesn't do that sort of thing.

underpants

(182,774 posts)
11. Well, she kept him busy this weekend playing with Play-Doh
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:25 AM
Aug 2016

I can't wait to see the diarama he made of the Morning Joe set

Tempest

(14,591 posts)
3. a day after campaign manager Kellyanne Conway insisted that he "doesn't hurl personal insults."
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:10 AM
Aug 2016

Only took a day before he showed his campaign manager is a liar.

Botany

(70,496 posts)
18. This sounds like a personal insult to me
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:34 AM
Aug 2016

"@morningmika is off the wall, a neurotic and not very bright mess!" Trump tweeted Monday.

freebrew

(1,917 posts)
72. Priceless!
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 04:43 PM
Aug 2016

Such an excellent comeback for a rich pampered idiot.

Hillary doesn't need to campaign. tRump is doing it for her.

Funny shit. Sort of.

GentryDixon

(2,949 posts)
78. Welcome to DU Mozzonozzo.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 07:47 PM
Aug 2016

Have fun. You will be amazed at the intellect, wisdom and comic relief from our members. Check out the Lounge for a little down time from all that is stressful.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
7. Not a fan of the show
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:18 AM
Aug 2016

My reasons are diametrically opposite of the rump. I was livid because MSNBC allowed morning blow to promote the rump into a primary win.

I stocked up on popcorn. This is good for ratings ala faux news.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
9. Just as soon as Meredith McIver returns with the file.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:20 AM
Aug 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.
[/center][/font][hr]

Paladin

(28,252 posts)
20. I think his telling us is a certainty.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:41 AM
Aug 2016

The guy has the emotional capabilities of your average 13 year-old. Luckily for us......

thucythucy

(8,047 posts)
14. Interesting how most of the insults are reserved for the woman co-host:
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:32 AM
Aug 2016

"neurotic, not very bright mess"...."very insecure long time girlfriend...."

This last is also interesting. Is there a romantic relationship between the hosts? Is that what Benedict Donald is trying to imply?

Every word the man utters reeks of misogyny.

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)
23. that part appears to be true. Mika just quietly divorced her husband Jim and there have been
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:50 AM
Aug 2016

reports that the two are "dating.." She used to talk about Jim ever so often on the show but that doesn't happen any more. Joe has been divorced from his second wife for several years.

I guess they're in no hurry to say much about their relationship publicly.

randr

(12,411 posts)
15. Right after his report on Obama's birth certificate
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:33 AM
Aug 2016

There may be legs on this story but it is still no ones business.
The simple fact is that even if he tells the truth he is not credible.

duncang

(1,907 posts)
17. There are people working on it now.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:34 AM
Aug 2016

And it will be yuuuuge when it comes out.

I wonder if he hired the kid who tried climbing trump towers to head his information group?

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
24. Then there's this piece of tripe on the Clinton foundation...
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:57 AM
Aug 2016

DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON CLINTON FOUNDATION: SHUT IT DOWN

Hillary Clinton is the defender of the corrupt and rigged status quo. The Clintons have spent decades as insiders lining their own pockets and taking care of donors instead of the American people. It is now clear that the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history. What they were doing during Crooked Hillary’s time as Secretary of State was wrong then, and it is wrong now. It must be shut down immediately.

– Donald J. Trump

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
28. he never backs up statements with facts & every high school student knows
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 10:27 AM
Aug 2016

that earns him or her an F.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
62. Don't think any of the trump foundations are on the up & up
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:18 PM
Aug 2016

he uses them (other people's money) to fund things that help him, like using the funds to pay for golf trips to his courses or stays at his hotel.

OnDoutside

(19,954 posts)
31. The funny bit was that it was just after Joe said he could support the Republican Nominee IF he
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 10:45 AM
Aug 2016

walked back on banning Muslims and the Deportations. I wish someone would ask Joe what he thinks now !!!

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
34. I can just see President Trump getting pissed
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:01 AM
Aug 2016

and tweeting out something nasty about, oh, say - Angela Merkel.

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
35. Roger Ailes is running Trump's campaign.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:07 AM
Aug 2016

He had spies that told him all of the dirt about media personnel.

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
37. You know
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:22 AM
Aug 2016

Working in schools there is some good advice: Always be nice to the office ladies and the janitorial staff. You are going to need their help and you don't want to get on their bad side.

I think the same can be said of politicians and the press.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
43. Same with the ladies in the County Clerks office,
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:31 AM
Aug 2016

the DMS, and the PA's (used to be called Secretaries) of the people you need to deal with.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
47. Does anyone care what the true story is?
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:40 AM
Aug 2016

I don't.

And I wouldn't believe anything that came out of Donald Trumps nasty, hate filled mouth anyway.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
50. Well well well, I can see heads of state/countries who opposes T-rump will have their
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:46 AM
Aug 2016

secrets revealed. Only T-rump has amnesia for his own ugly secrets.

jeanmarc

(1,685 posts)
54. All his wives and divorces and he thinks he can sling mud at them?
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 11:57 AM
Aug 2016

I mean, it's probably a massive mistake that they're together, but for him of all people to throw out the insults is richer than he is.

He's a massive cheating joke.

Loki

(3,825 posts)
58. This morning JoeShmoe kept asking
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:03 PM
Aug 2016

I think it was Eugene Robinson, what could Trump do or say that would possibly interest AA voters into giving him a second look or change their attitudes about him. Robinson being African American, said nothing, but Joe kept pushing him and he came up with 3 possible changes..... 1. Talk directly to African Americans not just about them to white audiences, 2. hire a more diverse campaign staff, and forcefully and completely disavow the KKK, David Duke and Alt Right Nazis and say he does not want or desire their support.. What I'm really angry about, is no one, NO ONE asked Joe what could Hillary do to make him think about voting for her. They are all a bunch of cowards and ball less dicks because no one can ask a decent rebuttal question when they have the opportunity to smack them down. This should be done every fucking time they talk about Orange Man pivoting to talk to all Americans not just to his hate spewing supporters.

cornball 24

(1,475 posts)
61. TRUMP IS KING OF THE CLOWNS! AS THE SAYING GOES, "IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:14 PM
Aug 2016

ONE" OR IN THIS CASE, "TO KNOW TWO"- MEEKa and SHMOE!

cornball 24

(1,475 posts)
85. So very sorry to offend you. I did not know you were sensitive to capital
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 04:23 PM
Aug 2016

letters. My intent was not to infer that my comment was in any way "especially more important than the others". I forgot to kill the caps. I do know that if I comment on a thread on which you have posted, I will surely tiptoe through the tulips.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
65. Joan Walsh Tweets a Warning to Trump tweeting "personal secrets"
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:37 PM
Aug 2016

Hillary HQ Retweeted
Joan Walsh ✔ @joanwalsh
I hope @realDonaldTrump doesn't have any personal secrets, now that he's tweeting about journalists' personal lives.

elias7

(3,997 posts)
69. He is a broken record. I'm utterly sick of him.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 01:40 PM
Aug 2016

It really boggles my mind that anyone thinks this is ok. And the news stations gobble it up, giving him the same free attention he got during the primaries.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
76. This is a woman who
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 07:30 PM
Aug 2016

promotes seminars for women on "Know Your Own Values"? Unless this is photo chopped, it looks to me like a scene from a brothel. Oh well, I always thought that Joe acted like a pimp.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
77. Um, doesn't everyone know that Joe and Mika are together?! Trump as usual is years late to the party
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 07:38 PM
Aug 2016

I have never even watched their show but I had heard that they were together and that it was a bit of a scandal/gossipy at the time but old news now. Trump is such a pathetic old fart...oooo, Trumper the chronic cheater is going to call out someone else for having an affair?! Such a pathetic ass.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
86. I was thinking the same thing.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 04:31 PM
Aug 2016

Isn't this old, commonly known news?? Does he think he has a bombshell to unleash. Too late. LOL

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
79. Just like he was going to blow the lid off Obama's birthplace.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 09:07 PM
Aug 2016

That's been how many years ago and we still haven't heard or seen any shocking discoveries?

This guy is off-the-charts crazy. He literally says anything if he thinks it will give him an advantage in the political discussions.

Vinca

(50,267 posts)
84. Here's the real story:
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 07:22 AM
Aug 2016

"Morning Joe" gave Trump so much free air time during the primary it helped significantly in getting Trump selected as the nominee. Now, realizing what they have done, "Morning Joe" is no longer a Trump love fest. "Morning Joe" has, like many others, gone into save-the-country-from-Trump mode.

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