‘REALLY BAD RATINGS!’ Trump Rages at Bill Maher and Joe Scarborough in Wild AM Rant

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President Donald Trump raged at two of his favorite media targets — MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough and HBO’s Bill Maher — in a wild Monday morning rant.

In a pair of early-morning posts to Truth Social, the president took on his media frenemies — first taking aim at Maher.

“Bill Maher’s ratings are so low that it is hard to believe his show can continue,” Trump wrote. “In many ways it’s SAD because, in actuality, I like him. Republicans should stop using him as a sounding board, however. It makes them look sooo weak and foolish!”

Maher has gained influence in the Republican sphere of late — with his criticisms of the far-left often getting traction on Fox News and elsewhere.

Moments later, Trump went after Scarborough.

“Joe Scarborough’s show has been cut way back, and will soon be ‘dead!'” Scarborough said. “Too predictable and boring! REALLY BAD RATINGS, just like the rest of MSNOW (MSDNC!).”

In the most recent monthly ratings, Scarborough’s Morning Joe averaged 733,000 total viewers in August — a 27% increase year-over-year. It is also the highest-rated morning show in the all-important Washington, D.C., market.

Scarborough promptly hit back at the president. We will cover that momentarily.

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