Joe Scarborough Says Trump’s Meeting With Media Heavyweights Wasn’t as Harsh as Reported (Video)
Joe Scarborough Says Trump’s Meeting With Media Heavyweights Wasn’t as Harsh as Reported (Video)
The “Morning Joe” co-host said he talked to several participants from the press who attended the meeting between President-elect Donald Trump and heavyweights from the TV news industry.
“He wasn’t upset, he wasn’t yelling, he shook everybody’s hand, he introduced them, he talked to them calmly but then he said all of these really harsh things,” Scarborough said, citing what his sources in the room told him.
Trump’s spokeswoman called the meeting “unprecedented,” and the New York Post reported the president-elect tore into the leaders of the “dishonest” media.
Trump specifically named CNN president Jeff Zucker in the off-the-record meeting, according to the Post, which described the atmosphere as like a “firing squad” by the real estate mogul turned reality TV host turned politician.
The meeting came less than a week after Trump ditched his press pool to take his family to dinner, which sparked outrage among journalists who typically sent a small pool to follow presidents and presidents-elect in any public setting.