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President Donald Trump drew loud boos and jeers when introduced to the crowd at game 5 of the World Series in Washington on Sunday night. Trump appeared unfazed and continued waving. (Oct. 28) AP, AP

"Morning Joe" hostsJoe Scarborough andMika Brzezinski have taken to social media to respond to backlash to their disgust expressed on Monday's showwith the way President Donald Trump was treated atGame 5 of the World Series Sunday night.

The commander in chief and the first lady watched D.C.'shome team take on the Houston Astros at Nationals Park. In the fourth inning, some attendees began shouting "lock him up," a reference to themotto that Trump supporters directed at Hillary Clinton in 2016. Trump was also booed.

Brzezinskishared a pair of photos with her co-host and husband to Instagram.

"Its one of those days when I feel the need to say how proud I am to be sharing this show (and life)with this man!!" she wrote in the caption."Joe and I both feel strongly that our democracy is being challenged and even squandered every day by weak Republicans who cannot put country over party. Its why Joe left the party.

"He is still a conservative. He is still a constitutionalist and he is still a man who deeply loves this country," she continued. "He fears the rise of illiberalism, wherever it comes from. And right now, that is Donald Trump. Joe and I agree with@michelleobamawhen they go low, we must strive to go high. Remember@repcummingsCummings famous words, 'we are better than this'!#Morningjoe"

On Twitter,she said, "I understand the chanting at the game - But, I worry it is dangerous when it happens - On both sides. Its been a consistent concern on my part. Thank (you) for (your) opinions!!"

Scarborough called out what he viewed as hypocrisy.

"So lets see if Ive got this straight: When crowds chant 'Lock her up'toward Hillary, it is illiberal and anti-American. (I agree)," he tweeted."But when crowds chant the same toward Trump, it is suddenly a fulsome exercise of sacred First Amendment rights. What hypocritical clowns."

"If you think that democracy is strengthened by calling for the arrest of political opponents, youre as ignorant and illiberal as Trump himself," he said in another tweet. "Delete your account and read some civics. Stop embarrassing yourself."

"Republicans, look at the response to a very traditional view that in America, we do not call for the arrest of political opponents," he continued. "And then understand that you reap what you sow."

Addressing the chants on the show Monday,Scarborough called the behavior"just un-American. It started with Donald Trump.In fact, he's made it a centerpiece of his campaign rallies."

"We find it sickening when it happens at his rallies," said Brzezinski.

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"Of course, it's sickening,"Scarborough concurred."We are Americans, and we do not do that. We do not want the world hearing us chant,'Lock him up,' to this president or to any president."

"Let's hope, as we move forward, maybe this is one less fascist tactic he and his supporters use during chants that you are going to actually imprison your political opponent," he added. "So, let's leave that behind."

"Let's hope he gets it,"Brzezinski said.

The segment inspired trending topics on Twitter Monday morning, including "Mika," "Morning Joe" and "Sorry Joe."

Some on the social media site felt the game attendees' actions were more than acceptable.

"Get over yourself," wrote one user. "The country can speak as they wish, its the best thing about our country."

"Sorry Joe, the world wants to hear us saying that," posted another. "And they are right. True Americans have stand up to what is happening and to what this man is doing to this country."

"This was democracy shining," a commenter tweeted.

Contributing: Scott Boeck

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PHOTOS: President Donald Trump at Game 5 of the World Series

World Series crowd chants 'Lock him up' when Donald Trump introduced

Before the fourth inning of Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday, President Donald Trump was shown on the Nationals Park video screen.

Although it's impossible to tell the reaction of all 40,000-plus fans in the stands for the Astros-Nationals game, there were loud boos throughout the stadium as well as a chant of "Lock him up" after he appeared on the screen.

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Trump and first lady Melania Trump sat in a lower-tier box. They were joined in the box by several congressmen, including Lindsey Graham, Matt Gaetz and David Perdue, as well as five wounded veterans.

Astros owner Jim Crane stopped by the box and briefly chatted with the Trumps.

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Fans had to go through extra security to get into the ballpark in anticipation of Trump's attendance. Gates to the stadium were opened an hour earlier than usual in anticipation of security delays.

Browse through the photos at the top of the page for a look at Donald Trump at Game 5 of the World Series.

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President Trump traveled to the Florida Panhandle to fire up his staunch supporters with fiery rebukes of congressional Democrats, whom he accused of blocking additional disaster aid for the storm-hit region and wanting to give Puerto Rico "more and more" federal aid.

Holding up a paper chart which purportedly showed that the hurricane-battered island has received more federal assistance than states in the mainland, Mr. Trump told the boisterous crowd, "What the Democrats want to do, they want to give more and more."

"They complain, they want more money," Mr. Trump said, referring to Puerto Rico's government, which he has constantly clashed with over federal assistance to the island in wake of a pair of devastating storms which struck the U.S. territory in 2017.

Mr. Trump told supporters that the island has received $91 billion from the U.S. government a misleading claim he has made on numerous occasions. Although the figures are murky, Puerto Rico has not received $91 billion from Washington.

A Puerto Rican government official told CBS News last month the island has received $300 million in funding for "permanent work" on the island in the wake of hurricanes Maria and Irma. The official added that several federal agencies, like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), have projected billions in relief work for Puerto Rico over the next several years, but that only a small percentage of the funds have been distributed.

The president also told his supporters he's ready for a general election opponent. "I want to run so badly. I want this race to start immediately," he said.

He mocked a few of his opponents from the stage, making fun of Pete Buttigieg's name pronouncing it "Boot-edge-edge" and saying he'd like to see the South Bend mayor negotiate a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He asked if former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke had "fallen like a rock?" And he called "sleepy" Joe Biden and "crazy" Bernie Sanders "some real beauties."

Bringing up the tariffs he authorized to go into effect Friday, Mr. Trump said China "broke the deal" on trade. But he assured the crowd that his administration will ultimately broker a pact with Beijing.

"Don't worry about it. It'll work out. There's no pressure," he said of Thursday's negotiating sessions with the Chinese vice premier.

Before the rally, the president visited storm-hit Tyndall Air Force Base, which is still reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Michael. Additional federal relief funds for the Panhandle and other disaster-hit communities across the country have stalled in Congress in recent months as lawmakers have failed to break agridlockover additional hurricane recovery funds for Puerto Rico which the White House strongly opposes.

In a statement, Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, the vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, criticized the president for "repeatedly and falsely" claiming that Democrats were blocking the disaster aid package. "The fact is that the President is holding disaster aid to all American communities hostage over his petty political grudge with the American citizens of Puerto Rico," Leahy said.

The president's visit to Florida also came as Democrats in Washington are warning of a "constitutional crisis."

Earlier in the day, the president claimedexecutive privilegeover special counsel Robert Mueller's entire report and its underlying documents at the request of Attorney General William Barr. Echoing comments made by the Justice Department, the White House insisted that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, a Democrat from New York, is "overstepping" his oversight authority.

Making good on his promise, Nadler and his Democratic-controlled committee voted to find Barr in contempt for not complying with the panel's subpoenas for the Mueller report. The New York Democrat told reporters that the "stonewalling" by the Justice Department and White House had precipitated a "constitutional crisis."

Arden Farhi contributed to this report.

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President Trump owes the American people a fuller account of his financial dealings, including the release of his recent tax returns, because politicians should keep their promises, because the public deserves to know whether his policies are lining his pockets and because the integrity of our system of government requires everyone, particularly the president, to obey the law.

Mr. Trump promised to release his tax returns before his presidential campaign and in the early stages of that campaign, then reneged, offering a long series of inconsistent excuses for breaking his promise. Now Mr. Trump is resisting the lawful request of the House Ways and Means Committee for the Treasury secretary to release the last six years of his tax returns.

In seeking the presidents returns, the House is clearly acting in the public interest.

First and foremost, the public deserves to know more about Mr. Trumps finances: from whom he has borrowed, with whom he has done business, to whom he may be beholden. This is relevant information about any president, but it is particularly important in the case of Mr. Trump, because he refused to divest his business holdings following his election, breaking with the practice of his predecessors.

Mr. Trump has provided some information, including in the annual financial disclosures he filed as a candidate and as president. But his tax returns would provide a fuller record, including previous investments and obligations.

A tax return is far from a complete picture of a persons financial life. For one thing, it is an accounting of income rather than wealth, so it would not establish whether Mr. Trump is a billionaire. But Mr. Trumps tax returns could provide significant information about matters of greater public import, including his debts and the sources of his income. For example, if Mr. Trump deducted the interest payments on a loan from his taxable income, he would be required to disclose information about the source and amount of that loan. Another example: A partnership that sells real estate, and includes foreign partners, must disclose information about those partners.

If Mr. Trump holds money in foreign tax havens, those investments would be listed, too.

The disclosure of Mr. Trumps tax returns could also help to verify, or falsify, a range of assertions that Mr. Trump has made about his own life stories that he used to build support for his candidacy and continues to use to build support for his policies.

One straightforward fact-check: Mr. Trump repeatedly said he would not benefit from the tax cuts passed by Congress in 2017. He said that he would be a big loser and that the plan is going to cost me a fortune. The claim is absurd on its face. Virtually every major analysis of the tax cut has shown that wealthy people like Mr. Trump are the primary beneficiaries. But despite Mr. Trumps best efforts, facts remain stubborn things with special power, and the release of his tax returns would allow a precise calculation of just how much money the president put into his own pocket.

Reporting on Mr. Trumps financial past by Times reporters, including David Barstow, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner has already undermined the presidents confected image as a hugely successful businessman. In a piece published Tuesday evening, Ms. Craig and Mr. Buettner reported Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer year after year in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. Mr. Trump has long said he suffered setbacks during the recession in the early 1990s, and then bounced back to rebuild his fortunes. But tax records and other sources show Mr. Trump lost big during the boom years of the late 1980s.

Far less is known about Mr. Trumps more recent financial dealings. His federal disclosures provide estimates of revenue rather than profits: In 2017, for example, Mr. Trump reported that his Irish golf business had revenues of $14 million, while a separate report to Irish regulators said the business lost about $2 million. For most of Mr. Trumps ventures, there is no public account of the bottom line.

The tax returns could also be used to verify the accuracy of the financial disclosures, or at least to check whether Mr. Trumps returns are consistent with those disclosures.

Mr. Trump, for example, omitted from his 2017 disclosure his obligation to repay Michael Cohen for the $130,000 payment Mr. Cohen made on his behalf to the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels. That was before The Wall Street Journal first reported the debt. The following year, Mr. Trump reported on his disclosure that he had repaid Mr. Cohen.

And the returns could shed light on some mysteries. In the decade before he became president, Mr. Trump went on a $400 million shopping spree, paying cash for real estate around the world a binge first reported by The Washington Post. It was a marked break from Mr. Trumps longstanding habit of using other peoples money, and it remains unclear where Mr. Trump got the money, and why he decided to spend it.

The returns also could help to clarify whether Mr. Trump continues to cheat on his taxes. The Times has previously reported that Mr. Trump engaged in fraud to avoid taxation during the 1990s. In requesting Mr. Trumps tax returns, the House has said it seeks to evaluate whether he is being properly audited by the Internal Revenue Service, which audits all presidential returns as a matter of policy. It has asked for the last six years of the presidents personal tax returns the period likely still subject to an I.R.S. audit and tax information for eight of Mr. Trumps businesses.

The congressional effort to obtain Mr. Trumps returns is a second-best solution. The House committee would be able to evaluate the information, but not to share the returns with the public. Similarly, a bill passed by the New York State Senate on Wednesday would allow New York to release Mr. Trumps state tax returns to select congressional committees, but not to the public.

The best answer remains for Mr. Trump to keep his promise and release his returns voluntarily. But unless and until he does so, Congress can and must force the issue.

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US President Donald Trump will make a three-day state visit to the UK from 3 to 5 June, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The president and First Lady Melania Trump will be guests of the Queen and attend a ceremony in Portsmouth to mark 75 years since the D-Day landings.

He will also have official talks with the prime minister at Downing Street.

Mr Trump previously met the Queen at Windsor Castle when he came to the UK in July 2018 on a working visit.

The White House said the upcoming trip would reaffirm the "steadfast and special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom".

The president was promised a state visit by Prime Minister Theresa May after he was elected in 2016 - but no date was set.

Mrs May said June's state visit was an "opportunity to strengthen our already close relationship in areas such as trade, investment, security and defence, and to discuss how we can build on these ties in the years ahead".

But shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry voiced concerns about the visit, saying: "It beggars belief that on the very same day Donald Trump is threatening to veto a United Nations resolution against the use of rape as a weapon of war, Theresa May is pressing ahead with her plans to honour him with a state visit to the UK."

Representatives of other countries invited to the Portsmouth event on 5 June include those from Canada, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Greece, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

Portsmouth was one of the key embarkation points for many of the landing craft on D-Day, when, during World War Two, Allied forces invaded Nazi-occupied France marking the beginning of the end for Adolf Hitler's domination of Europe.

The June gathering on Southsea Common will involve live performances, military displays and tributes to the Allied troops who fought in Normandy, including at least 11 Royal Navy vessels in the Solent and a flypast of 26 RAF aircraft.

After leaving the UK, Mr Trump and his wife will travel to France for a series of D-Day anniversary events on 6 June itself.

The president's last visit to the UK - when he had talks with Mrs May at Chequers before heading to Scotland, where he owns the Turnberry golf course - was marked by demonstrations.

In London, thousands of people took to the streets to voice their concerns.

And in Scotland, people showed their displeasure, both in Edinburgh and at Turnberry.

The National Police Chiefs' Council estimated that the police operation for the president's 2018 visit cost nearly 18m.

It said 10,000 officers from across the country were needed to cover the occasion.

The campaigners behind the 2018 protests - the Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up To Trump - have vowed to mobilise "huge numbers" once again in response to the visit.

Shaista Aziz from the Stop Trump Coalition criticised the US president's "politics of hate and bigotry", while Sabby Dhalu from Stand Up To Trump called for people to "take to the streets and say clearly that Donald Trump is not welcome here".

But Sarah Elliott, chair of Republicans Abroad, denied that President Trump courted the support of racists, telling the BBC he won in many areas that had elected Barack Obama twice. "He spoke to the people and what they wanted to hear," she said.

A spokeswoman for Commons Speaker John Bercow said a request for Mr Trump to address Parliament - an event often associated with a state visit - would be "considered in the usual way", but did not say whether a request had yet been received.

Mr Bercow - who, as Speaker, has the power to veto who addresses Parliament - previously said he would be "strongly opposed" to Mr Trump addressing the Houses of Parliament during a state visit.

BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said Mr Trump avoided London on his last visit and made it clear he did not particularly want to come to the capital if he was going to face protests.

However, our correspondent said a key part of a state visit is the procession down the Mall in front of Buckingham Palace and it is thought protesters will gather there - not a first for a state visit.

Once inside Buckingham Palace, it is expected the Queen will host a banquet for around 150 guests in Mr Trump's honour.

The Queen has hosted two previous state visits from US presidents - George W Bush in November 2003, and Barack Obama in May 2011.

A state visit is a formal visit by a head of state and is normally at the invitation of the Queen, who acts on advice from the government.

State visits are grand occasions, but they are not just ceremonial affairs. They have political purpose and are used by the government of the day to further what it sees as Britain's national interests.

Once the location and dates are confirmed, the government, the visiting government and the royal household will agree on a detailed schedule.

The Queen acts as the official host for the duration of the trip, and visitors usually stay at either Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle.

There is usually a state banquet, and a visit to - and speeches at - the Houses of Parliament may be included. The Speaker of the House of Commons is one of three "key holders" to Westminster Hall, and as such, effectively holds a veto over who addresses Parliament.

The Queen usually receives one or two heads of state a year. She has hosted 112 state visits since becoming monarch in 1952.

The last state visit to the UK was in October, when King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands came for two days.

The official website of the Queen and the Royal Family has a full list of all state visits since then, including details of how the ceremonies unfold.

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