‘Morning Joe’ Blasted by Keith Olbermann After Making Peace With Trump

Former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann has blasted Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting with president-elect Donald Trump at his Palm Beach residence, Mar-a-Lago.

The Morning Joe duo, who have been strong critics of Trump’s over the past seven years, revealed the news on Monday morning’s (November 18) edition of their MSNBC program, explaining how they reached out to Trump’s team for an interview.

“Joe and I realized it’s time to do something different and that starts with not only talking about Donald Trump but also talking with him,” Brzezinski said, per The Hollywood Reporter. “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? Five years of political warfare has deeply divided Washington and the country.”

“We talked about a lot of issues, including abortion, mass deportation, threats of political retribution against political opponents and media outlets,” Scarborough added. “We talked about that a good bit. It will come as no surprise to anybody who watches this show, has watched it over the past year or over the past decade, that we didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues, and we told him so.”

Joe and Mika went to Mar a Lago to talk with Trump over the weekend. First face-to-face meeting in seven years. “We didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and we told him so,” @JoeNBC says. “What we did agree on – was to restart communications,” @morningmika says. pic.twitter.com/lyWZWK4CwX

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 18, 2024

“What we did agree on was to restart communications,” Brzezinski continued.

Scarborough, who also posed for a selfie with a thumbs up beside Trump, added, “I will tell you a lot of Democratic leaders we have talked to this past week since the election have told Mika and me, it’s time for a new approach.”

BREAKING NEWS: I TOLD YOU SO @joenbc and @morningmika – Trump collaborators

Not a word Mr. and Mrs. Vichy Quisling say can ever be trusted again – not that those words ever should have been trusted. They are confidence tricksters – and grifters https://t.co/3WQqpaEDMX pic.twitter.com/ofDTmlmpPA

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 18, 2024

Olbermann, who hosted Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC from 2003 to 2011, took to X to blast the Morning Joe co-hosts.

“BREAKING NEWS: I TOLD YOU SO,” Olbermann wrote. “@joenbc and @morningmika – Trump collaborators. Not a word Mr. and Mrs. Vichy Quisling say can ever be trusted again – not that those words ever should have been trusted. They are confidence tricksters – and grifters.”

To political reporters, commentators, liberals, moderates: After this fawning, humiliating, network-destroying surrender, if you go on @Morning_Joe you have endorsed and bought into #VichyMSNBC pic.twitter.com/gyfoFInYcR

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 18, 2024

He followed up in a separate X post, writing, “To political reporters, commentators, liberals, moderates: After this fawning, humiliating, network-destroying surrender, if you go on @Morning_Joe you have endorsed and bought into #VichyMSNBC.”

Look, this isn’t complex. Joe Scarborough has always been a political whore.

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 18, 2024

“Look, this isn’t complex. Joe Scarborough has always been a political whore,” the ex-CNN sports correspondent added. “Btw just wait until [Rachel] Maddow says nothing about this tonight.”

Btw just wait until Maddow says nothing about this tonight pic.twitter.com/qImauQT0lW

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 18, 2024

You can check out more reaction to the Morning Joe Trump meeting below.

Annals of shamelessness: They call Trump a fascist, and much, much more, and then, just 22 days after his ‘Nazi-like’ rally, they fly to Florida for an audience. Afterward, they say, ‘We didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues,’ but they want to ‘restart communications.’ What? https://t.co/TUhJM9ofSD

— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 18, 2024

Joe and Mika went to Mar a Lago to talk with Trump over the weekend. First face-to-face meeting in seven years. “We didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and we told him so,” @JoeNBC says. “What we did agree on – was to restart communications,” @morningmika says. pic.twitter.com/lyWZWK4CwX

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 18, 2024

Fuck Joe & Mika.
Fuck Morning Joe.
And fuck MSNBC if they keep them on the fucking air.

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) November 18, 2024

This is why people don’t trust the mainstream media anymore. Joe and Mika who constantly attack “fascist” Trump on their show, went to Mar a Lago to talk with Trump over the weekend.

“We didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and we told him so…What we did agree on – was to… pic.twitter.com/qi2kDn5Wt5

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 18, 2024

This is why people don’t trust the mainstream media anymore. Joe and Mika who constantly attack “fascist” Trump on their show, went to Mar a Lago to talk with Trump over the weekend.

“We didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues and we told him so…What we did agree on – was to… pic.twitter.com/qi2kDn5Wt5

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 18, 2024

Given Morning Joe and Mika are now sucking up to Trump I wanted to re-share my clip from MSNBC on Friday when I made it clear WE will NEVER surrender to Trump. We will take the fight to him. We will not meet him halfway on his fascism. We know who he is and more importantly we… https://t.co/SFiI1q5qax

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) November 18, 2024

To those of you waking up at this hour and thinking of watching the rerun of the first hour of @Morning_Joe, this is what you are in for: @JoeNBC‘s and @morningmika‘s betrayal of their colleagues, democracy, and us all. It is a disgusting show of obeisance in advance. https://t.co/chF0NWp45e

— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 18, 2024