President Donald Trump calls on a reporter at one of his news conferences on the pandemic. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

(CNSNews.com) - President Donald Trump admitted on Tuesday that he watched the beginning of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," where hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough daily attack President Trump, both personally and in his capacity as president.

The show's only guests and contributors march in lockstep with the daily dose of "Morning Joe" hatred.

In three tweets early Tuesday, Trump wrote:

Watched the first 5 minutes of poorly rated Morning Psycho on MSDNC just to see if he (Scarborough) is as “nuts” as people are saying. He’s worse. Such hatred and contempt! I used to do his show all the time before the 2016 election, then cut him off. Wasn’t worth the effort, his mind is shot!

It is amazing that I became President of the United States with such a totally corrupt and dishonest Lamestream Media going after me all day, and all night. Either I’m really good, far better than the Fake News wants to admit, or they don’t have nearly the power as once thought!

I’ve had great “ratings” my whole life, there’s nothing unusual about that for me. The White House News Conference ratings are “through the roof” (Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale, @nytimes) but I don’t care about that. I care about going around the Fake News to the PEOPLE!

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In the opening segment of Today's "Morning Joe," Scarborough mocked the "lackeys" who follow Trump around, calling him "sir."

"The sirs -- I counted three or four sirs yesterday in the press conference that I didn't want to watch. You wonder if the guy walks to the helicopter and he sees a frog, and he goes, 'The frog said, "Sir. Sir, you look tall today.' Where does he get the 'sirs' from?"

"To sir with dumb," Scarborough later mocked.

"But how would you like to be one of these lackeys that are following Donald Trump?" Scarborough asked. "Because think about it. If you're a Trump lackey, and you have got to follow everything he says. First you start by saying it's a hoax, that it's being blown up and blown out of proportion..."

Scarborough described Trump as doing "the full Mussolini thing."

"Then, of course, he's Che Guevara -- 'Liberate! Liberate Michigan!'"

The formerly Republican Scarborough, now as liberal as his far-left Democrat wife, also attacks Trump supporters now and then.

On Tuesday, Scarborough insulted people in Georgia (and elsewhere) who support their governor's decision, announced Monday, to "incrementally and safely reopen sectors of our economy."

"By the way, just for the Yahoos out there, whether you're from the north, the south, the east, or the west, going, 'Hell, yeah, he's reopening the government.' Guess what?" Scarborough asked. "He's going against Donald Trump's own guidelines, right? I don't know. Is he liberating Georgia from the iron grip of Trumpism? Because Donald Trump, and all his health officials, over the past several days have been saying, 'You need to meet certain guidelines before you open up.'"

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said on Monday that elective surgeries may resume.

Kemp also announced: "Given the favorable data, enhanced testing, and approval of our healthcare professionals, we will allow gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists, hair designers, nail care artists, estheticians, their respective schools, and massage therapists to reopen their doors this Friday, April 24, 2020.

"Unlike other businesses, these entities have been unable to manage inventory, deal with payroll, and take care of administrative items while we shelter in place. This measure allows them to undertake baseline operations that most other businesses in the state have maintained since I issued the shelter-in-place order," Kemp said.

Later on Tuesday, Trump sent a fourth tweet: "96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. Thank you! This must also mean that, most importantly, we are doing a good (great) job in the handling of the Pandemic."