@JoeNBC reply to Trump denial of blackmail story: I have texts from your top aides and phone records

[highplainsdem]

Wow. Just tweeted by Joe Scarborough:

Link to tweet

Yet another lie. I have texts from your top aides and phone records. Also, those records show I haven't spoken with you in many months.


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Trump tweet he's replying to:

Link to tweet

Watched low rated @Morning_Joe for first time in long time. FAKE NEWS. He called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no! Bad show




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Editing to add Joe's followup tweet:

Link to tweet

Why do you keep lying about things that are so easily disproven? What is wrong with you?



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Editing again to add the link to a thread about Scarborough telling a RedState reporter today that he updated NBC execs in real time about these threats from Trump's aides:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029272461

[spanone]

1. K&R.. release the proof joe.

[tanyev]

2. LOLOLOLOL!

[Zoonart]

3. BOOM, Bozo!

[tallahasseedem]

4. Why is this asshole watching tv instead of running the country?

[Moostache]

7. C'mon....was there ANY doubt that he would be glued to the TV this AM? (n/t)

[NCTraveler]

11. I think you should be fair.

He is doing the job to the best of his ability.

[lark]

55. Oh, I 100% disagree.

He is absolutely NOT doing the best job he can as the p word, he's not even trying to do a good job because he doesn't give a flip about the country or us. What he's doing is feathering his own nest and doing Putin's bidding, that's it. He has rallies because the whiney crying inner baby wants applause and he thinks that the well screened crowds love him so he wants their affirmations. He's pushing healthcare destruction because he wants those tax dollars and can't steal enough $ if it isn't freed up this way. He wants to get to tax cuts to remove the AMT because that's all he's paid recently. He wants infrastructure because he's selling us off for pennies on the dollar to foreign countries and a few American oligarchs with a big cut for himself, of course. Americans will pay forever through the nose to drive on roads and bridges.

then there are the Russian sanctions and NATO, he's just itching to give Putin everything he wants on these fronts and fuck up the entire world. How dare they notice that he's a classless idiot bully, he'll get back at them!

Nope, Drumpf isn't trying one bit to be the actual president of the United States, he's aiming for lifetime dictator of Trumplandia, coming soon in his mind.

[tclambert]

67. I think she's implying that this IS Donald's best.

Somebody else could do better. But for Donald? This is his "A" game.

[pnwmom]

77. I think this is an example of dry humor. DT is SO extremely limited, we are seeing

the best -- indeed the only -- thing he can ever do.

His narcissism makes him virtually psychotic in many ways. He's lost touch with reality. He is the god-emperor of his own universe, the one that exists only in his mind, and everything he does has to serve the monarch -- that is, himself.

[YCHDT]

60. lol

[mythology]

24. Considering how bad his plans for the country are

I think I'd rather have him watching TV and throwing temper tantrums on Twitter than actually trying to make progress on his horrid plans.

[Enoki33]

31. His election was seen by him as a boondoggle, a way of finally

paying back the hundreds of millions he owes that threatens his sustainability. His plans for the country revolve around that. It is his priority. Again, the world is littered with such examples on a much smaller but equally corrupt way.

[ginnyinWI]

38. Agree!

I want him to pull up a chair, put his feet up and watch while eating a double scoop ice cream sundae with a Diet Coke.

[bearssoapbox]

57. After eating a bucket of fried chicken.

And fries...can't forget the fries.

[hatrack]

71. Chili cheese fries, preferably

.

[NastyRiffraff]

87. With extra salt n/t

[bearssoapbox]

96. Agreed.

[get the red out]

40. Exactly!

I want him to tweet on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Danmel]

81. I agree completely

The last thing we want is for him to be effective.

[calimary]

89. Excellent point.

Thank heavens for small favors.

[luvtheGWN]

63. Maybe it's better to have him

watching TV rather than ruIning the country, no?

Such incredibly selfish, mean and childish behaviour. I'm not sure whether it's better for MJoe and others to keep needling him, or to lay off and hope he doesn't blow up and take out his angry revenge on the entire world. He has so little self-control it scares me.

[tclambert]

69. One of the foursomes ahead of him must be playing slow.

[doc03]

72. He is doing a good job of running the country

into a ditch.

[barbtries]

82. it's a reality show.

he's checking the ratings.

[YCHDT]

5. People, this is no small thing ... the Enquire was calling her children !

[Ilsa]

41. I found this to be extremely disturbing. I don't

Know how old her daughters are, but they got the go-ahead to harass the daughters and try to intimidate Mika and Joe.

I don't know if the idea came from the NE friend of trump, or if trump asked him to do this. In either case, it is grotesque abuse of power and the media.

[George II]

51. They're teenagers but younger than 18 years old. This is blatant harrassment and I'm sure...

...violates all kinds of laws. I wish they would sue the Enquirer and trump.

[padah513]

76. Agree 100%

I bet they're talking to lawyers right now.

[YCHDT]

59. +1

[Moostache]

6. "what is wrong with you?"

THAT is the question of the age...

[Achilleaze]

8. republicans really need to stop lying to Americans

can't trust a damn thing the republicans say...

[BigmanPigman]

13. They can't since it's a permanent condition with no cure...I hope they have health coverage for that

[LaydeeBug]

9. It's kind of bullshit that we're finding out about tis only now. nt

[rzemanfl]

19. You need an "h." It is kind of bullshit we have to find out about this at all. n/t

[LaydeeBug]

22. You need a "t". nt

[rzemanfl]

36. I will lie and say I did that on purpose.

Thank you.

[LaydeeBug]

48. LOL! No problem. nt

[Doodley]

10. Trump just admitted the blackmail. This is the the biggest story.

[Fiendish Thingy]

46. What blackmail? I'm missing some details here...n/t

[rurallib]

66. that's the way I understand it also

[demmiblue]

12. !

[GusBob]

14. So "hit back 10 times harder" means "lie, lie, lie"

This sort of compulsive behavior can and will be used by our allies and enemies both.....tho' it seems the enemies list is growing daily

[GusBob]

15. Maybe this faulty memory business is due to the onset of dementia?

In his declining mind this is the way he pictures things, or frames them in his diseased mind the way he wants them to be?

[highplainsdem]

16. David Frum: "Trump aides TEXT extortion threats???"

Link to tweet

[DeminPennswoods]

27. Translation:

Could these people be any stupider?

[Ilsa]

68. Or, develop the evidence to use against the crazy boss. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

17. He and Mika spent all last year praising him & bashing Obama and Clinton

[SweetieD]

18. When did blackmail attempt start? Maybe they were playing along? But anyway

Mika and Joe have always been conservatives. So their conservative anti Obama leaning doesn't surprise me.

[BumRushDaShow]

34. They seem to suggest this happened after the election.

During the past year, and notably once the general began, the NE has been overtly pro-Drumpf (plus they endorsed him) and DUers were all talking about flipping the tabloid around if they saw them in supermarkets.

[rzemanfl]

37. They also bought off Drumpf's mistress. n/t

[Ilsa]

42. It was this year, they said on tv this morning. nt

[wishstar]

83. Late April into early May is when this Nat Enquirer saga was playing out

[Cosmocat]

30. snakes turning on one another

the only good from this is that Scar is nearly as big a POS and is able to get in the mud with 45 and possibly goad the dolt into doing himself in even worse than he normally does.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. Schmoe seems more like a coward

all talk and then slink away.

[central scrutinizer]

85. They're all grifters

Just another long con to boost ratings. Dead Intern, Mika, and the Marmalade Shartcannon are laughing all the way to the bank.

[misanthrope]

94. I've suspected the same

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Trump's base won't be swayed by any of this. If anything, it goes toward destroying the integrity of the office and normalizing his deplorable behavior, further inuring the public.

Morning Joe will get a huge ratings boost as Mika and Joe get painted in a sympathetic light after enabling this third-rate mobster throughout the election cycle.

When I heard Scarborough say that Trump has somehow "changed" from the guy they knew previously, something didn't sound right. Nothing has changed about Trump in decades. Nothing. Not according to those who've interacted with him and it's obvious to folks everywhere. What we have now is the person he's always shown himself to be.

So why Scarborough's wildly errant characterization? How could he be this dense?

Last night I heard a group of pundits lump Trump's treatment of Mika in with his administration's treatment of the White House press pool and I winced. Those reporters dealing with the White House are outright journalists, doing their best to keep the American public informed.

Mika Brzezinski is a talking head on a dog-and-pony morning talk show, or as Scarborough put it, "a cable TV host." She doesn't deserve to receive what Trump's folks dealt her but to lump her in with reporters out there hustling their asses off isn't exactly true either.

Something about this whole thing is very bizarre. It's like pro wrestling and reality TV mashed up with politics and we know how scripted and "fake" the first two of those three are.

[jberryhill]

20. What does the rest of the world make of this?

I imagine world leaders getting their daily briefings and having their aides explain all this to them somehow.

[get the red out]

58. At this point

They probably just wake up wondering what insanity the POTUS will create today like we do.

[dawnie51]

21. Dump is doing what he does......

he is not there to run the country. He has no interest in that, and no idea of what running the country is. He is doing what he has done for thirty years, except he's probably dressed instead of in his pajamas. He has NEVER worked, and he isn't working now, and he's not going to work, because he is clueless. The handful of lowlifes around him have managed to keep everything from totally imploding, but the clock is ticking. This can only go on so long. Dump's mental acuity is sinking daily, so quickly that it is no longer on the down low. It is in your face and for the world to see. Ryan and McConnell had dreams of running the country; just let Dump rusticate in the WH and at the resorts, and they'd take care of everything. But by now they have realized that it's too late for that. Dump sabotages anyone and everyone in his orbit. He is the equivalent of the Ebola virus in politics. We are in deep shit.

[northoftheborder]

90. Yes....!

[Doodley]

23. This is going to blow up into the biggest news story of the day.

[Doodley]

25. Trump accidentally confesses to blackmail scheme against Morning Joe hosts

President Donald Trump on Friday fired back at the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe program.

Specifically, the president responded to allegations that the White House asked co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski to apologize personally to Trump for their negative coverage of him in exchange for him telling the National Enquirer to back off of a negative story planned about the couple.

“Watched low rated Morning Joe for first time in long time,” Trump said. “FAKE NEWS. He called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no! Bad show.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/trump-accidentally-confesses-to-blackmail-scheme-against-morning-joe-hosts/

[Turbineguy]

26. Indulging in this to raise the other discourse

dumping 22 million people healthcare.

[BeyondGeography]

28. You might not like Joe (I don't), but this is how you kick someone's ass

[Doodley]

29. This "Fake News" satire story from last week looks shockingly possible now:

Trump Didn’t Tape Comey, But Says He Does Have Video Of Joe And Mika Doing It

President admits to possessing “more than 30 blackmail tapes” that he plans to use “if people don’t start acting nicer to me”


https://extranewsfeed.com/trump-says-he-didnt-tape-comey-but-he-does-have-video-of-joe-and-mika-doing-it-d8f8a23d29ce

[livetohike]

32. I want to know what will finally take Trump down and when?

This Presidency is a disaster. It is not going to get better. He needs to be removed due to mental incapacity. Now.

[Doodley]

33. This could be it. In a matter of days!

[livetohike]

35. I hope so. I have been calling and faxing my Senators

several times per week. No reply from any of them regarding Trump's mental state. Their aides are polite and listen, but this is unnacceptable.

[ginnyinWI]

39. on the other hand,

it is somewhat comforting to know that even with no effective person or staff in the White House these last months, the nation has not fallen.

[livetohike]

56. So far! How long until Trump insults a leader with the

same emotional instability and what will be the result? This is surreal.

[riversedge]

70. for me trumps tweets went from boring to scary and now to dangerous.

[livetohike]

80. Same here. It's clear he is unstable.Someone has to stop

him/force him out. I've had enough of his crap.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

43. This comes after Republicans plead with Republican Trump to stop tweeing garbage. . . . nt

[Doodley]

47. They obviously think he is an idiot.

[malaise]

45. But the NE article suddenly appeared

this morning - need any more proof that the Con is a raving lunatic?

[retrowire]

49. Oh. That tweet. So good.

That question. Why do you keep lying about things so easily disproven? What is wrong with you?

Thank you Joe.

[orleans]

50. this

headline: Joe Scarborough says White House aides promised Trump would 'spike' a tabloid story on Joe in exchange for an apology

"MSNBC's "Morning Joe" TV host Joe Scarborough asserted Friday that three top White House staffers had told him that President Trump could arrange to "spike" a negative story about him in the National Enquirer if Scarborough would call the president and apologize for his negative coverage of Trump.

"He described the White House officials as "three people at the very top of the administration."

"They said if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike the story," Scarborough said.

"Scarborough said his response was, "Like ‘are you kidding me. I don't know what they have, run a story, I'm not going to do it,’ Scarborough said. "

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/30/joe-scarborough-says-white-house-aides-promised-trump-would-spike-tabloid-story-exchange-apology/442127001/#

[Tatiana]

62. Bannon. Kushner. Priebus.

With Priebus being the one that called first.

Pathetic. This SCROTUS needs to be impeached for being unhinged alone!

[Ilsa]

73. That's who i think it was, too. nt

[-Steph-]

52. It's unconscionable that the President of the United States was not only harassing them, but also

their families and even Mika's teenage CHILDREN. Attempting to blackmail Mika & Joe into presumably giving the President more favorable coverage is so deeply disturbing. I have a strong feeling that a lot of people that have crossed Trump are sitting in silence about stories just like this one. It's hard to believe that these are the only two Trump and others at the White House have tried to blackmail. Others need to start coming forward.

[Ilsa]

74. Ding ding ding! Winner here!

There are likely to be more. I hope they come forward, if it's safe for their families.

[yuiyoshida]

53. HIS highness, President

Asshole, can't stop lying and a good question: "WTF is wrong with you?"

[orleans]

54. i just emailed sen. durbin with the usa today link n/t

[disillusioned73]

61. lmao..

trainwreck..

[herding cats]

64. Due to an early appointment this morning I just found out about all this taking place.

What the hell were these fools thinking TEXTING their extortion attempts? the leve of stupidity here is mind boggling.

[KRISITNA]

65. BLACKMAIL IS AGAINST THE LAW, FIRST COMEY NOW MORNING JOE--LOCK HIM UP

[Martin Eden]

75. Why does Trump continue to lie ...

... about things that are so easily disproven?

Well, he built his presidential campaign on a cavalcade of lies and now he is POTUS.

Why should he stop lying when he suffers no real consequence?

[Gothmog]

78. Trump is caught lying yet again

[highplainsdem]

79. Just edited the OP to add link to thread about Joe saying he kept NBC execs updated in real time.

Here's that link again:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029272461

[orangecrush]

84. Damn!

[perdita9]

86. I don't even like Joe Scarsborough...

...but props to him for standing up to the mad king trying to destroy our democracy. The Republicans in the House and Senate should have that kind of guts and integrity.

[More_Cowbell]

92. He and Mika propped Trump up for months

They're trying to act like Trump has changed, but he hasn't. They just don't want to admit they were complicit.

[Lyricalinklines]

88. Another situation that brings understanding to his lack of business success. Eom

[AC_Mem]

91. I have a theory

About the human soul, that part of our consciousness that is not corrupt, no matter how small that part may be. You look at criminals who have gotten away with crimes and atrocities... How many do you see who, rather than count their good fortune that they have, in some cases, literally gotten Away with murder, do something comparatively small and foolish and receive punishment. There is a part of us that knows when we have done wrong and knows that the balance of punishment is deserved. And they will continue to push their "luck", until, like 45's casinos, they crash and receive that judgement.

I know of no other earthly explanation of why people who supposedly are of superior intelligence would do something so stupid as to publish threats of blackmail to the media via text message while under investigation!

Smdh,
A

[Honeycombe8]

93. Trump isn't the one who texted, I think.

It was staff.

Trump is not of superior intelligence. I think he had average grades. Not to confuse ability to turn $14 Million into $30 Million with smarts. Two different things. Put $14 Million in a total-index fund, and leave it there. It'll turn into $30 Million in about 10 to 15 years. Even for someone who is stupid. Trump did worse than that. He ended up with LESS than an index fund, after doing all his wheelings and dealings. And had 6 bankruptcies along the way.

I don't think he "knows he's done something wrong" deep down. He is not the sort to do soul searching. Those who know him have said he was a bully from a young age and hasn't changed at all. He doesn't think. He's rich, he was good looking, the world was good to him...no reason to second guess anything.

I think he does stupid things because there's something wrong with him. In his head. He can't control himself...what he does or says. He's out of touch with reality. He doesn't seem to be able to distinguish between what's important and what's not.

[AC_Mem]

95. I wasn't speaking of 45

Those who did this are also under investigation.....