MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slams Trump for brazenly 'lying' to 'American heroes'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough of Morning Joe.
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President Trump couldn't even get a visit to the troops right, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough says.

On Wednesday, Trump made his first active war zone visit to surprise troops in Iraq. The trip is worth commending — except the part where Trump brought up the border wall fight to push his "unpopular domestic agenda" on "American heroes," Scarborough said on Morning Joe Thursday morning.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.