MSNBC's Joe Scarborough early Thursday dismissed President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's comments that the press paints him to be far "more uncivil" than he actually is, saying the president is not "a civil man."

"I may not be the smartest person in the world, but I can read the president’s tweets. I can read the president’s statements. He is not a civil man," Scarborough said on "Morning Joe."

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The morning show co-host refuted Trump's claim that the press is to blame for his image, pointing to the president's habit of tweeting controversial statements.

"It is not the media that is making him uncivil. We are not the ones going in and pressing his fingers on the tweets," he continued.

Trump on Wednesday brought up his Ivy League education to challenge the notion that he is uncivil.

“I think the press makes me more uncivil than I am. You know, people don’t understand, I went to an Ivy League college. I was a nice student, I did very well. I’m a very intelligent person," he told a scrum of reporters.

"I really believe … the press creates a different image of Donald Trump than the real person," he added.

Trump's defense follows feuds with a Gold Star widow who recently lost her husband in an ambush in Niger as well as Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who attacked the president for his conduct.

Trump graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1968.