MSNBC viewers tuned out of Morning Joe in droves shortly after its co-hosts announced a peace-making meeting with Trump, who they've long compared to Hitler. The post NEW: Morning Joe Hemorrhaged Viewers After Announcing Meeting With Trump first appeared on Mediaite.

Morning Joe' hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski announced that they met with Trump, but many want to know what motivated that decision.

According to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, Scarborough and Brzezinski were credibly concerned that they could face governmental and legal harassment from the incoming Trump administration.