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By Todd Beamon
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Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and senior adviser to President Donald Trump, told MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that an apology to the president could stop The National Enquirer from publishing a story about their relationship,\u00a0The Hill reported<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on Friday.<\/p>\n Kushner and Scarborough texted each other about the story in mid-April before the tabloid published it earlier this month, according to the Hill.<\/p>\n The report was originally disclosed by Gabriel Sherman in\u00a0New York Magazine.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Kushner said the Enquirer’s story could be stopped if Scarborough and his “Morning Joe” co-host, now engaged to be married, apologized to Trump for their negative coverage of his administration.<\/p>\n Scarborough refused \u2014\u00a0and\u00a0the Enquirer published the report<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on June 5: “Joe & Mika: TV Couple’s Sleazy Cheating Scandal.”<\/p>\n In a statement to New York Magazine, the Enquirer said: “We have no knowledge of any discussions between the White House and Joe and Mika about our story, and absolutely no involvement in those discussions.”<\/p>\n Scarborough and Brzezinski first disclosed the incident Friday in their op-ed piece in The Washington Post, “Donald Trump Is Not Well.”<\/p>\n “We have known Mr. Trump for more than a decade and have some fond memories of our relationship together,” they said. “But that hasn’t stopped us from criticizing his abhorrent behavior or worrying about his fitness.”<\/p>\n They added that President Trump’s “unhealthy obsession with ‘Morning Joe’ does not serve the best interests of either his mental state or the country he runs.<\/p>\n “We believe it would be better for America and the rest of the world if he would keep his 60-inch-plus flat-screen TV tuned to ‘Fox and\u00a0Friends,'” they said.<\/p>\n The pair also slammed\u00a0Trump’s attacks on Brzezinski’s appearance<\/strong><\/a>and mental stability in a pair of Twitter posts on Thursday.<\/p>\n The tweets brought widespread condemnation from both Republicans and Democrats.<\/p>\n On Friday, Trump tweeted that he did not stop the Enquirer’s story.<\/p>\n Watched low rated @Morning_Joe<\/a> for first time in long time. FAKE NEWS. He called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said no! Bad show<\/p>\n — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n