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Fact check: Did Trump call MSNBC host "charming" after Mar-a-Lago meeting?

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    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    25% ReliablePoor

  • Policy Leaning

    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -17% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : "The ClaimA post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) claimed that Trump described Brzezinski as "charming" in a Truth Social post following a supposed meeting with her and Joe Scarborough at Mar-a-Lago.
66% : Brzezinski noted that Trump "was cheerful and upbeat" during the private meeting and "seemed interested in finding common ground with Democrats on some of the most divisive issues.
56% : In the post, widely shared on Elon Musk's X, Trump claimed the MSNBC hosts "begged to meet" with him and described Brzezinski as "charming, as usual.
55% : The co-hosts also confirmed that this was their first in-person meeting with Trump in seven years and that they agreed to resume a dialogue.
51% : Shortly after reports of the meeting surfaced online, a Truth Social post allegedly from Trump addressing the encounter began circulating.
30% : Additionally, there is no evidence to support the claim that Scarborough "begged" Trump for a meeting.
16% : The post also claimed that Joe Scarborough had "begged" Trump for the meeting and that Scarborough approached Trump "like a scolded dog."

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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