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Donald Trump’s Wednesday morning decision to post on social media that he wants Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor J.D. Pritzker put in jail for opposing his sending in the National Guard to support ICE agents set MSNBC host Joe Scarborough off on an epic rant aimed at the president and his party.

After co-host Jonathan Lemire read the president’s post on-air, the “Morning Joe” co-host was off and running and used the contentious appearance by Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday as part of his rant.

According to Scarborough, a former Republican member of the House representing Florida, none of this “will end well” for the GOP....

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was not having it on MSNBC on Tuesday morning, when host Joe Scarborough insisted he agree with him that more police on the streets of his city would solve what Johnson maintained was a much more complex problem.

In an interview that grew increasingly combative, with the ”Morning Joe” host continually talking over his guest, Scarborough hectored Johnson to give him a simple yes or no answer if thousands more police would help — a prescription Scarborough believes would keep President Donald Trump from sending in troops like he has threatened.

The MSNBC host lectured his guest, “I’m asking would 5,000 more police officers on the street in Chicago be helpful to go along with all of those social programs that a lot of cities are engaging in and having success with?”...

President Donald Trump lashed out at Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Truth Social Wednesday moments after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on MSNBC to claim Powell's job is safe.

Morning Joe host Jonathan Lemire asked Bessent, "Should the president just simply say, 'I'm going to let the Fed Chair finish his term? Wouldn't that supply a bit of comfort and stability to the markets that seem to rattle every time the president suggests that Powell should go?"

"Well, I'm not sure where that question comes from because President Trump has repeatedly said that he's not going to fire Chair Powell," Bessent said. "He might like for him to resign but he's not going to fire him. He's said that on numerous occasions, I think he may have even said it again yesterday."...

New polling showing Black voter sentiment toward Donald Trump caused MSNBC's Chris Jansing to sit up and take notice Thursday.

Political strategist Cornell Belcher said the polling done by his organization, Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies, shows Donald Trump's job approval and favorability are at an all-time low with the Black community.

"I've been around doing polling for 30 years; I've never seen an official's numbers as bad as they are among Black voters, as Donald Trump's is right now," Belcher said, causing Jansing to interrupt....

Top White House aide Stephen Miller's claims of exploding crime across the country came as a surprise to residents of Minneapolis after he held up that city as a cautionary tale, according to Steve Benen with MSNBC.

Miller told Fox News this week, "We have communities all across this nation that, 20 years ago, before the era of open borders, were completely peaceful, completely stable, thriving middle classes."

He added, "Look at a place like Minneapolis. Post-mass migration, they are unsafe, they are violent, you cannot use the public parks."...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't quite get the warm reception from President Donald Trump that he hoped for following U.S. strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, according to reporting on MSNBC.

Journalist Noga Tarnopolsky told host Katie Tur on Tuesday that Netanyahu "expected a lot more pomp and circumstance" to celebrate the bombing campaign during his White House visit and to boost his flagging popularity back in Israel.

"I think his goal, his stated goal, basically for this trip to Washington, which is his third since President Trump returned to office, was a victory lap," Tarnopolsky said. "And I think he really expected to meet the press on the White House lawn, to shake hands, to raise, you know, high fives, maybe from the White House balcony....and instead, President Trump did receive him, did eventually accede to inviting him, but really toned the visit down."...