A refusal to answer a question about what to expect from Donald Trump now that he has been re-elected led “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough to admonish famed journalist Bob Woodward on Friday morning.
Woodward, who has a history of being criticized for sitting on bombshell stories and saving them for his books, was asked by the MSNBC host, “Right now you have people in and out of government trying to figure out, was that just Donald Trump on the campaign trail talking, or should he be taken at his word? His own supporters say, ‘Oh, he doesn’t mean any of that, he’s just saying that to rev up the crowd.’ Based on your knowledge, if you were Mark Milley or Liz Cheney or CBS News, would you be worried right now?”
“Well, of course you’re going to be worried,” Woodward replied. “Trump hasn’t changed. I spent the last year of his presidency interviewing him for nine hours, how he handled the coronavirus and it was tragic. He doesn’t understand lots of things, he likes to smash things up. So he’s in for a fight.”
He then changed the topic, telling Scarborough, “There’s a lot of hand wringing in the Democratic party now. The Democratic party needs to come back to life. The news media is going to be there, there’s going to be that tradition of accountability. I know your network, the other television networks, so we’re going to have a fight, but let’s keep it factual.”
“So, Bob, you say you had time and that’s why I’m asking you these questions,” the MSNBC host pressed. “So, again, when Donald Trump says that he’s going to put the military and the national guard out to arrest people like Nancy Pelosi and the next senator from the state of California. Is that, again, based on your knowledge of Donald Trump, is that a credible threat? Is that a credible concern or is this just hyperbole, as a lot of Trump supporters say, oh, he just says that, he doesn’t really mean it?”
“Well, there are a lot of people in that example in the military who are just not going to do it. They will not go along with –,” Wooward parried which led Scarborough to tersely interrupt, “I’m asking about Donald Trump.”
“If you don’t want to state an opinion, I can move on, Bob. I’m asking you based on your knowledge of Donald Trump. I’m asking you to just report the news here, to give us insight, because you have better insight. Are these credible threats at this point, or was that just Donald Trump trying to whip up his crowd by talking about the military arresting Democrats? ”
“But, Joe, you’re asking me to predict the future,” the Watergate reporter protested.
“No. I’m asking for your insight,” Scarborough shot back.
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