TV hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski delayed the start of their vacation to respond to Donald Trump’s misogynistic facelift tweet, claiming that the President is “vicious to women” because he fears them.
“I’m fine,” Ms Brzezinski said. “My family brought me up really tough. This is absolutely nothing for me personally. But I’m very concerned about what this once again reveals about the president of the United States.”
“The president’s tweets, whether they’re personally aimed at me … that doesn’t bother me one bit. It does worry me about the country.”
“It's been fascinating and frightening and really sad for our country,” Ms Brzezinski added. “We're OK,” said Mr Scarborough said. “The country's not.”
When Mr Trump announced he was running for the White House, former congressman Mr Scarborough and co-host Ms Brzezinski, his fiancee, were considered supportive of his bid for the Republican nomination. Mr Trump appeared frequently, on their MSNBC show, Morning Joe, and consider them to be “believers”, if not outright supporters.
But their relationship soured, and took a sharp turn for the worse after Mr Scarborough penned an article in the Washington Post last year expressing concerns about Mr Trump.
This week, Mr Trump sparked widespread outcry when he posted two tweets about the anchors.
“I heard poorly rated @Morning Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore),” he said.
“Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came ... to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a facelift. I said no.”
The comments were widely condemned, both by Mr Trump’s opponents and members of the Republican party. Observers - used to Mr Trump’s unprecedented behaviour since he assumed the presidency - said he had crossed yet another red line.
Mr Scarborough and Ms Brzezinski also responded to Mr Trump, with a joint op-ed article in the Post.
“President Trump launched personal attacks against us Thursday, but our concerns about his unmoored behavior go far beyond the personal,” they wrote.
“America’s leaders and allies are asking themselves yet again whether this man is fit to be president. We have our doubts, but we are both certain that the man is not mentally equipped to continue watching our show, ‘Morning Joe’.”
The couple appearance on Friday morning spread over more than half-an-hour. At times, Mr Scarborough's comments veered towards the pompous and sanctimonious.
Yet Ms Brzezinski spoke very candidly, admitting to the facelift operation that Mr Trump had mocked. "I'm very open about it," she said. "I'm very happy about it."
Mr Scarborough claimed he had been told by senior members of Mr Trump’s team they were worried about his mental health. He said they had also been told things they were not able to say on the air.
Ms Brzezinski added: “He has once again shown the world that he can be played, that he can be tweaked, that he can be goaded. “That is what I’m worried about.”
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