‘The behavior is grotesque’: MSNBC host pummels Trump World over war with cemetery

On Friday morning, MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist took aim at Donald Trump and his campaign officials for their continuing attacks on officials at Arlington National Cemetery following the fracas which occurred during a controversial campaign photo-op.

Noting that Trump campaign officials have ramped up attacks on officials who have called out and criticized the former president for breaking the rules, Geist, who has been off the air all week, had a few things to say.

“At the end of the day, the behavior is grotesque,” he began. “Ask yourself, knowing what we know about Donald Trump for these last ten years at least, go back further if you want, if you believe an employee at Arlington National Cemetery, sacred ground of the United States, trying to enforce rules that restrict video and political ads inside a cemetery, or Donald Trump and his campaign and the people who are saying, that this person was mentally ill, throwing that out there, that they were having some kind of a mental health episode, and not just doing his or her job.”

“It tells you something, that this employee did not want to press charges. The employee didn’t want his or her name attached to something because he or she knew the threats that would come with that from Trump’s side,” he added.

Morning Joe regular Eddie Glaude added, “You know, I think our default position when it comes to Donald Trump and his statements should be, prove to me you’re telling me the truth, right? We can’t presume that he’s being honest, we need to presume he is being dishonest, it seems to me.”