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Donald Trump and other Republicans have suggested that President Joe Biden was complicit in the Hamas attack on Israel, but MSNBC's Joe Scarborough knocked down their smears as false.

Republicans have linked the surprise attack to the complicated agreement Biden approved in August that allowed five detained Americans to leave Iran in exchange for $6 billion in Iranian funds that had been frozen in South Korea, but the "Morning Joe" host said that money had not been spent at all.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough was repulsed but unsurprised by reports that Donald Trump blabbed about nuclear secrets with a Mar-a-Lago club member.

The former president allegedly discussed sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines with Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt three months after leaving office, and the "Morning Joe" host showed video from 2016 of him discussing Trump's sloppy approach to classified materials.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said he has spoken to Donald Trump about his bid to become the next House speaker, and he vowed to protect Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) from being voted out of the Republican conference.

The Ohio Republican told NBC News that he spoke to the former president, who some Republicans have floated as a possible speaker, but declined to offer details about their discussion. He said he would not support exiling Gaetz, whose motion to vacate triggered the ouster of Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from House leadership.

Donald Trump has been spewing "Nazi talking points" as his legal problems cascade, according to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough.

The former president, who has been indicted four times on 91 counts and found liable in court for fraud and sexual abuse, has recently threatened or celebrated violence against his enemies, and this week told an interviewer that immigrants were "poisoning the blood of our country" – which the "Morning Joe" host denounced as plainly fascist.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) managed to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House speaker, and panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" suggested he made the move to wriggle out of personal problems.

McCarthy was widely disliked by his fellow Republicans and barely managed to win the speaker's gavel earlier this year, but Gaetz didn't win any friends by introducing a motion to vacate his position that passed with eight GOP votes and the backing of the Democratic caucus.

Republicans expected Democrats to bail them out of Rep. Matt Gaetz's challenge to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's leadership, and a congressional reporter expects them to exact revenge once the dust settles.

Democrats joined with eight GOP lawmakers to vote McCarthy out of a job Tuesday, and Punchbowl co-founder Jake Sherman told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Republicans blame them for the unprecedented ouster.

Donald Trump drew a rebuke from the judge overseeing his fraud case after he targeted a courthouse staffer online, and MSNBC's Claire McCaskill said that showed how shaken the former president was by the lawsuit threatening his livelihood.

Judge Arthur Engoron, who found last week that New York attorney general Letitia James had proven the fraud claims against Trump and his two adult sons, ordered the ex-president to take down a Truth Social post smearing his clerk and banned him from making additional comments about his staff, and McCaskill told "Morning Joe" his attack was telling.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and a small minority of Republican lawmakers who took down House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for no real reason.

House members voted 216-210 to remove McCarthy as speaker, and the "Morning Joe" host compared them to political terrorists who took down House leadership for purely chaotic reasons.

Donald Trump suggested that Gen. Mark Milley deserved execution for "treason," and the former president's fans heard his message loud and clear.

The ex-president – currently the GOP frontrunner – claimed last month the recently retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would have faced death "in times gone by" for reassuring a Chinese general there were no plans to attack during the chaotic last days of Trump's administration, and supporters outside an Iowa campaign rally told NBC News they agreed.

Donald Trump ranted and raged outside the courtroom against the New York judge overseeing his fraud trial, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough didn't see that strategy ending well for him -- or anyone else.

The former president excoriated Supreme Court justice Arthur Engoron during a break as a "disgrace" who should be disbarred and criminally charged, and "Morning Joe" co-host Willie Geist displayed newspaper photos of Trump's face contorted with rage during his courthouse "tantrum," while host Joe Scarborough said most defendants would face consequences for such an attack.