Trump breaks silence on Morning Joe's secret Mar-a-Lago trip

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78% : But Trump appeared willing to bury the hatchet on Friday, describing the meeting as 'extremely cordial.'Donald Trump participates in a town hall with Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough'The meeting ended in a very positive manner, and we agreed to speak in the future,' he said.
69% : But Trump was gracious on Friday as the couple sought to 'restart communications' and set a 'new approach' ahead of his second term.
59% : Trump told Fox News he received a call from Scarborough requesting the meeting and that pair traveled to Palm Beach, Florida after he graciously accepted, scheduling it for 8:00 am.
38% : The pair had not met with Trump in seven years.
37% : Brzezinski said they decided to reach out to Trump for 'the opportunity to speak with the President-elect, himself' because their viewers and 'regular citizens' have expressed fear following Trump's election and his recent cabinet selections.
29% : Scarborough said they spoke about several issues pressing the country reassuring viewers that that they and Trump 'didn't see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and we told him so.'Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have revealed they visited president-elect Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago over the weekendThe Morning Joe hosts and the president-elect met at Mar-a-Lago on FridayDefending their decision, Brzezinski said: 'For those asking why we would go speak to the president-elect during such fraught times, especially between us, I guess I would ask back - why wouldn't we?'Brzezinski said Trump was cheerful during their meeting and seemed interested in finding common ground with Democrats.
25% : Trump wrote, referring to Brzezinski.
22% : In many ways, it's too bad that it wasn't done long ago.'Trump said that both of the hosts, '"congratulated me on running a "great and flawless campaign, one for the history books."'During the 2024 election, both Brzezinski and Scarborough repeatedly denounced Trump as a racist, sexist, fascist, and told viewers he did not deserve to be president.
16% : In June 2017, Trump fired back at the pair on social media, recalling how 'low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe,' came to Mar-a-lago for three nights in a row during New Year's Eve, and were desperate to spend time with him.
8% : At one point, Scarborough said Trump was acting 'full-on Hitler' and Brzezinski condemned him for echoing the 'dangerous language of infamous fascist leaders.'

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