Morning Joe Ratings Plummet After Hosts' Meeting With Trump at Mar-a-Lago

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MSNBC's *Morning Joe* has suffered a significant ratings decline following the announcement that hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski met with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate. The meeting, which the hosts described as an attempt to "restart communications" with Trump ahead of his presidency, has sparked backlash from colleagues, media pundits, and political figures alike.  

 

The visit, revealed during Monday’s broadcast, marked the hosts' first face-to-face encounter with Trump in seven years. Scarborough and Brzezinski, who have been openly critical of Trump in the past, explained that the meeting touched on contentious topics such as abortion, mass deportation, and threats of retribution against political opponents and media outlets. Despite this, their announcement prompted sharp criticism.  

 

The backlash appears to have impacted the show’s viewership. According to Nielsen ratings, *Morning Joe*, which airs from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., saw its numbers drop precipitously after the meeting was discussed on air. The audience began tuning out just 56 minutes after the explanation of the Mar-a-Lago visit, with viewership between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. falling by 17 percent, from 839,000 to 694,000. Among viewers aged 25 to 54, a critical demographic for advertisers, the decline was even sharper—a staggering 38 percent.  

 

The show experienced a brief recovery between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., with an uptick to 775,000 viewers, but by the final hour, the numbers dipped slightly again to 770,000. Adding to the controversy, the program’s official X account disabled comments, though it is unclear if this decision was directly tied to the fallout from the Trump meeting.  

 

Criticism has come from all sides. Comedian Jon Stewart, host of *The Daily Show*, lambasted the duo for meeting with Trump after recently comparing him to Adolf Hitler. Former U.N. Ambassador and Trump rival Nikki Haley dismissed the meeting as a ratings stunt, claiming, "They realized they needed Trump for their survival." MSNBC colleague Katie Phang offered a more subtle critique, posting, "Normalizing Trump is a bad idea. Period."  

 

Defending their actions on Monday, Brzezinski addressed the skeptics, asking, “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?” Scarborough added that while their discussion with Trump was candid and often contentious, they made it clear when they disagreed with him. “We didn’t see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues, and we told him so,” he said.  

 

Despite their explanations, the backlash continues to overshadow their rationale. Critics argue that the meeting may undermine the credibility of the hosts, who have frequently positioned themselves as outspoken opponents of Trump’s policies. For *Morning Joe*, the consequences of this controversial encounter could be long-lasting, with ratings and reputations hanging in the balance.  

 

Based on a report by the Independent 2024-11-22

 

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

Seems Trump doesn't have to do much to destroy his critics- the woke mob will do it for him.

[JonnyF]

Lefties cancelling a station for refusing to cancel the democratically elected future President.

 

Sounds about right. 

[Jingthing]

8 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Lefties cancelling a station for refusing to cancel the democratically elected future President.

 

Sounds about right. 

He's a criminal. 

[dinsdale]

It's just wonderful watching these idiots self implode. The cry babies on here haven't stopped their self pitying virtue signaling nonsense. It's definitely some sort of mental illness.

[pattayasan]

I never liked him anyway. He's too wishy washy.

[JonnyF]

10 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

He's a criminal. 

 

You forgot to mention Nazi 😆.

 

You feeling OK?

[Jingthing]

8 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

You forgot to mention Nazi 😆.

 

You feeling OK?

I never called him a Nazi even though he has invited Nazis to dinner.

Edited 7 hours ago by Jingthing

[EVENKEEL]

40 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

He's a criminal. 

He's our prez elec.

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Lefties cancelling a station for refusing to cancel the democratically elected future President.

 

Sounds about right. 

Lefties didn't vote for Trump. This just demonstrate the scorn and disdain for anything to do with Trump. Morning Joe is a coward for kissing Trump's ring.  

[illisdean]

4 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

coward

and a moron and soon to be unemployed.

 

Fake news at epic levels, there is no more prolific fake and lying media activists than these two a$$-hats. Their days AND MSNBC's as well are numbered.

 

 

[illisdean]

Just now, illisdean said:

Their days AND MSNBC's as well are numbered.

 

[illisdean]

10 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Morning Joe is a coward for kissing Trump's ring.  

Lol....so true.

 

 

[Jingthing]

31 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

He's our prez elec.

Criminal president elect.

[illisdean]

And just like that, Elon comes to the rescue and saves the day.

 

 

[illisdean]

The guy (47 POTUS, President DJ Trump) is a national hero, tough as nails and knows NEVER to quit and lay down despite insurmountable odds. This is EXACTLY the type of WARRIOR & HERO required to return America to it's former glory.

And you all thought he was done....Actually he's only just begun. Get out of his way or be part of the problem.

 

 

 

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[illisdean]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

 

You forgot to mention Nazi 😆.

 

You feeling OK?

Now it seems EVERYONE wants to meet with hitler.....lol

 

 

[blazes]

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I never called him a Nazi even though he has invited Nazis to dinner.

 

!!!!!!!!!  So inviting a Nazi for dinner automatically makes you a Nazi?????

Sublime logic.

So, if Hitler invites Neville Chamberlain for dinner at the Chancellery in Berlin (as he did) that makes Hitler an appeaser and a lover of democracy?

 

Time you took your afternoon nap....

 

 

 

[RichardColeman]

11 hours ago, Social Media said:

The backlash appears to have impacted the show’s viewership.

Nonsense. Has nothing to do with him kissing Trump's ring.

 

It's to do with  :  A. Not wanting to be unemployed after all the lefty show hosts are not required anymore and B. The fact that he was only popular as right wing people tuned into his show to see exactly how deranged he was with Trump phobia 

[WDSmart]

Good! I hope he loses his show permanently.

[Iron Tongue]

7 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I never called him a Nazi even though he has invited Nazis to dinner.

Um, yeah.

So Donald Trump leans with Nazis, yet somehow allows his daughter to marry an orthodox Jew and convert to Judiasm.  His grandchildren are Jews.

So how many streets in Israel do they name after Nazis?

Give up already.  The top party Dems have already moved-away from calling Trump a Nazi after the elections ended.  Only morons are trying to keep up with that line of political attack.

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, Iron Tongue said:

Um, yeah.

So Donald Trump leans with Nazis, yet somehow allows his daughter to marry an orthodox Jew and convert to Judiasm.  His grandchildren are Jews.

So how many streets in Israel do they name after Nazis?

Give up already.  The top party Dems have already moved-away from calling Trump a Nazi after the elections ended.  Only morons are trying to keep up with that line of political attack.

Calling him a fascist which he is not the same as calling him a Nazi.

Only morons fail to understand that.

Don't bother trying to bully me. That's obnoxious.

Edited 3 minutes ago by Jingthing

[Nick Carter icp]

7 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I never called him a Nazi even though he has invited Nazis to dinner.

 

   Can you provide a link to that claim ?

Trump did invite Kayne West to Mar le go for lunch and he did turn up with two Anti semites as his own guests .

   When  did Trump invite Nazis to dinner ?