Joe Scarborough Delivers Harsh Critique Of Donald Trump Over Intel Leak To Russia

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough delivered a very harsh critique of Donald Trump for sharing highly classified intelligence information to the Russians. And at the same time, Scarborough implored Republicans to take Trump’s threat to national security seriously.

 

The Morning Joe host said Donald Trump’s actions are “risking American lives.”

“It’s not enough for (Senate Majority Leader) Mitch McConnell and conservative talk show hosts to simply attack the ‘lamestream’ media or (House Minority Leader) Nancy Pelosi,” Scarborough said. “Americans will not buy that. That’s a cowardly act, and it’s intended to hold onto as much of the audience that they can hold onto without embracing Trump.”

“At this point, if you do not call him out for risking American lives and doing things that most intel people I spoke with last night said will lead to the death of Americans in the future or lead to the death of critical allies in this counterinsurgency battle against ISIS, then you are doing a grave disservice to your voters or to your listeners or to the United States of America,” Scarborough added.

“There is no middle ground here anymore — there just isn’t. This is about national security in the United States of America.”

Later in the segment, Scarborough said: “Here’s the problem, the arc of this narrative keeps getting worse.”

“People on the inside say he keeps getting worse, mentally keeps getting worse. This is not, unfortunately, a learning curve — this is a man in decline.”

Here is the full segment: