‘Morning Joe’ faces ratings drop and ridicule after sucking up to Trump

MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” is seeing a ratings drop and facing criticism from multiple sources after the hosts of the show, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, traveled to Mar-a-Lago to pay homage to incoming president Donald Trump.

According to Nielsen television ratings, the audience for “Morning Joe” dropped 17% in the hour after Brzezinski relayed the details of the couple’s meeting with Trump. The audience decline was even more pronounced—down 38%—among the 25-54 demographic, a key metric for advertisers.

Criticism soon came in from multiple sources. Katie Phang, host of MSNBC’s “The Katie Phang Show,” wrote on X as the disclosure was made, “Normalizing Trump is a bad idea. Period.”