President Trump had contained some of his comments on Twitter since taking offic
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President Trump had contained some of his comments on Twitter since taking office—until now. He tweeted about Mika Brzezinski, co-host of Morning Joe, which continues the feud from last summer. Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough (engaged to be married) aren't keeping quiet about the situation. In a long piece in Vanity Fair, Brzezinski tells more gory details about meetings and her neck surgery. They wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post, and
Business Insider describes the hosts refutation of Trump's claims. The whole story sounds a bit high school: were they friends, and now they're not anymore? Business Insider also reported Brzezinski's response about the tweet: Brzezinski said she was "fine" after the attack, adding that her family "brought me up really tough." "This is absolutely nothing for me personally," she said. "But I’m very concerned about what this once again reveals about the president of the United States. ... It does worry me about the country." "We’re okay," Scarborough said. "The country is not."
Discussion:
* How do you assess Brzezinski's reaction? Should she and Scarborough let it go? What are their motivations?
President Trump had contained some of his comments on Twitter since taking office—until now. He tweeted about Mika Brzezinski, co-host of Morning Joe, which continues the feud from last summer. Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough (engaged to be married) aren't keeping quiet about the situation. In a long piece in Vanity Fair, Brzezinski tells more gory details about meetings and her neck surgery. They wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post, and
Business Insider describes the hosts refutation of Trump's claims. The whole story sounds a bit high school: were they friends, and now they're not anymore? Business Insider also reported Brzezinski's response about the tweet: Brzezinski said she was "fine" after the attack, adding that her family "brought me up really tough." "This is absolutely nothing for me personally," she said. "But I’m very concerned about what this once again reveals about the president of the United States. ... It does worry me about the country." "We’re okay," Scarborough said. "The country is not."
Discussion:
* How do you assess Brzezinski's reaction? Should she and Scarborough let it go? What are their motivations?
President Trump had contained some of his comments on Twitter since taking office—until now. He tweeted about Mika Brzezinski, co-host of Morning Joe, which continues the feud from last summer. Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough (engaged to be married) aren't keeping quiet about the situation. In a long piece in Vanity Fair, Brzezinski tells more gory details about meetings and her neck surgery. They wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post, and
Business Insider describes the hosts refutation of Trump's claims. The whole story sounds a bit high school: were they friends, and now they're not anymore? Business Insider also reported Brzezinski's response about the tweet: Brzezinski said she was "fine" after the attack, adding that her family "brought me up really tough." "This is absolutely nothing for me personally," she said. "But I’m very concerned about what this once again reveals about the president of the United States. ... It does worry me about the country." "We’re okay," Scarborough said. "The country is not."
Discussion:
* How do you assess Brzezinski's reaction? Should she and Scarborough let it go? What are their motivations?
Explanation / Answer
Brzezinski's reaction is very mature as she knows what are the things to actually concentrate on. As she said, her father recently passed and she knows what things to concentrate on. That reflects the level of maturity she has. For a president to use such terms for an individual, be it a woman or a man, doesn't pertain to his dignity. The head of the country is supposed to rise above such menial things and concentrate on what he does best, take care of the country. To comment on such personal things, as to a face lift, is really derogatory. It is evident that if someone is at a higher lace, they will be attacked with words, but at this place the president should have shown some maturity, if he thought some words were offending to him, as the president's office is claiming.
It does not pertain to my situation to comment if letting it go is correct or not, though there is no one who would lose here. The more the tiff continues, the uglier it would continue to become. Leaving the tiff at a place would just show Scarborough and brzezinski to be a better person, which trump did not appear to be in this case.
Their motivation at this place is the people supporting the,pm, their colleagues and of course family who's always there.
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