Art Streiber/MSNBCMorning Joe enjoyed its highest-rated show ever on Friday, the day after President Donald Trump targeted the hosts in a series of scornful tweets. During Friday's episode, cohosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough addressed tweets by Trump in which he referred to them as "low I.Q. Crazy Mika" and "Psycho Joe" and alleged that during a visit to Trump's club Mar-a-Lago Brzezinski was "bleeding badly from a face-lift." (The President insists he does not regularly watch Morning Joe any longer, but many insiders doubt this.) On Saturday, just two days after his initial rant, he wrote, "Crazy Joe Scarborough and dumb as a rock Mika are not bad people, but their low rated show is dominated by their NBC bosses.

Source: Forbes July 05, 2017 17:26 UTC