Mark Halperin Worried Donald Trump Is Alienating The Media
This morning, the most talked-about segment coming out from the Morning Joe crew was how they responded to a tweet by Donald Trump, live!
Wow, I hear @Morning_Joe has gone really hostile ever since I said I won't do or watch the show anymore.They misrepresent my positions!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 9, 2016
But what caught my eye was Mark Halperin's worry that Trump, was killing his chances, not with his nativist, authoritarian, misogynist and xenophobic ideas, but because he was being mean to the press.
Earlier in the segment, Halperin praised Trump by saying, "Trump was genius, understanding the Republican electorate, yeah, genius." he continued, "Trump is banking on the fact that the country wants change and not more of the same."
After a commercial break, Mika and Scarborough then discussed Trump's tweet about the show and made fun of him for saying he stopped watching the show.
Scarborough mockingly said, "He watches, Hi Donald. It's very funny when you say you don't watch the show."
But then Halperin got very serious and interjected a plea to his favorite candidate.