MSNBC's Brzezinski: Trump Thinks He Can "Control Exactly What People Think," But That's "Our Job"

The hosts of MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' comment on President Trump's efforts to "undermine the media."



Co-host Mika Brzezinski commented Wednesday morning that she is upset to see President Trump has moved in on the media's turf when it comes to the area of mind control.



"He is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts," she said about Trump. "And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think."



"And that, that is our job," she noted, referring to the media.



She tweeted later that she "said the media's job was to keep President Trump from making up his own facts, NOT that it's our job to control what people think."



Today I said it's the media's job to keep President Trump from making up his own facts, NOT that it's our job to control what people think. — Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) February 22, 2017

Of course, that is obvious from the transcript but some people want to make up their own facts. SAD! https://t.co/AoK2NBR6OB — Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) February 22, 2017

@morningmika Sorry I watched you say it live on the air with my own ears. It's what you think, you show it daily. U just finally admitted it — Sherri Shultz (@SherriShultz) February 22, 2017

@morningmika This may have been what you intended to say, but not what you said. You have been telling us about how much "words matter." — Chris Deister (@deister) February 22, 2017

@morningmika I believe that you believe that. — Karen Palmer (@Karen_J_Palmer) February 22, 2017

SCARBOROUGH: Exactly. That is exactly what I hear. What Yamiche [Alcindor] said is what I hear from all the Trump supporters that I talk to who were Trump voters and are still Trump supporters. They go, 'Yeah you guys are going crazy. He's doing -- what are you so surprised about? He is doing exactly what he said he is going to do.'



BRZEZINSKI: Well, I think that the dangerous, you know, edges here are that he is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts. And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. And that, that is our job.

"Of course, that is obvious from the transcript but some people want to make up their own facts. SAD!" she tweeted next, mimicking the president.Some of her Twitter followers disagreed:Transcript: