--- title: Donald Trump Twitter Rant Targets Mika Brzezinski's Looks description: President Trump attacked Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, blasting their ratings and targeting Brzezinski's appearance canonical: https://time.com/4838899/donald-trump-twitter-morning-joe-mike-brzezinski/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-29T14:02:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T06:16:26.000Z og:title: Trump Said 'Crazy' Mika Brzezinski Got a Face Lift. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:16 AM UTCPublished: Jun 29, 2017 2:02 PM UTC  Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski attend Silver Hill Hospital 2016 Giving Hope Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Nov. 14, 2016 in New York City. Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski attend Silver Hill Hospital 2016 Giving Hope Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Nov. 14, 2016 in New York City. Sylvain Gaboury—Patrick McMullan/Getty Image  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:16 AM UTCPublished: Jun 29, 2017 2:02 PM UTC President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4819555/fight-to-bring-order-donald-trump-white-house/) attacked [_Morning Joe_ co-hosts](http://time.com/4769942/snl-morning-joe-cold-open/) Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on Twitter on Thursday morning, blasting the show’s ratings and specifically targeting Brzezinski’s appearance. “I heard poorly rated @Morning\_Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore),” Trump said in a pair of tweets. “Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!” Trump has made a habit of [attacking media outlets](http://fortune.com/2017/06/28/donald-trump-twitter-jeff-bezos/) and [singling out female reporters](http://fortune.com/2017/06/28/donald-trump-female-reporters/), often for their appearance. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/880408582310776832) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/880410114456465411) Brzezinski issued a subtle response on Twitter, tweeting an image that referenced a long-running joke about the size of Trump’s hands — something Trump himself infamously and crudely weighed in on during a Republican presidential debate last year. > [](https://twitter.com/morningmika/status/880415526371176448) “Never imagined a day when I would think to myself, ‘it is beneath my dignity to respond to the President of the United States,’” Mark Kornblau, spokesperson for NBCUniversal News Group, said in a [tweet](https://twitter.com/MarkKornblau/status/880420278416941057). MSNBC called it a “sad day for America when the president spends his time bullying.” > [](https://twitter.com/gerryfsmith/status/880425003904368643) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4838899/donald-trump-twitter-morning-joe-mike-brzezinski/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4838899/donald-trump-twitter-morning-joe-mike-brzezinski/"},"headline":"Trump Said 'Crazy' Mika Brzezinski Got a Face Lift. 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