MSNBC host Joe Scarborough had an on-air meltdown over former President Donald Trump and his supporters, even blasting Fox News over coverage of the hush money trial that began in New York City this week.

The “Morning Joe” host raged at supporters of the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, insulting them as being unpatriotic and “always running America down” in a lengthy rant on the air Tuesday.

“Where are you from? Because you may claim to be from where I’m from, but you were not raised by the same teachers I was raised by and you don’t read,” he said during a segment covering the trial in which Trump is accused of making a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels over an alleged affair. The former president has always maintained his innocence and has repeatedly called out the case as a political witch hunt against him.

.@JoeNBC: “I’m getting tired of saying this to people who claim to be ‘patriotic’ but hate America… America’s stronger than ever before. Its economy is stronger than ever… But they’d never know this because they are fed a steady stream of hate America first rhetoric.” pic.twitter.com/TCHJLxaHeE

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) April 16, 2024

“I’m getting tired of saying this to people who claim to be patriotic but hate America, because they’re always running America down,” Scarborough said. “They’re always trashing America. They’re always saying America is horrible, its democracy doesn’t work, we need a dictatorship if Donald Trump doesn’t win.”

The trial in Manhattan kicked off on Monday but Scarborough felt that Fox News did not do its part in covering the proceedings thoroughly enough.

“I’ll just say it, on Fox News, they didn’t want to show Donald Trump in trial, so they got three protests and said, protests shut down America, basically. This weekend, there were like four migrants and a hound dog on top of a hill in New Mexico. They had their four migrants and a hound dog cam on for hours,” Scarborough ranted.

He added to his enraged tirade with a mocking impersonation of a Fox News reporter at the southern border. Evidently, the MSNBC host thought the network should ignore the disaster at the border where the influx of migrants illegally crossing into the U.S. broke records at the end of 2023. Scarborough also seemed miffed that Fox News would report on the Israel war with Hamas terrorists and the many pro-Palestinian protests across the nation.

“They give their viewers anything to try to make America look bad,” Scarborough said of Fox News, in a mind-bending take on actual news reporting.

“They are obsessed on trashing America when America is stronger, more powerful than ever before. Its economy is stronger and more powerful than ever before,” he said.

Social media users were quick to school Scarborough:

Just because you repeat the same thing over & over again, doesn’t mean it’s true. The average American who doesn’t have a networth in the millions (like you) can see that. Between gas, groceries, & the housing market, please explain how our economy is stronger than ever?

— Coach Russo (@MrRussoHealth) April 16, 2024

In guess anyone isn’t smoking Hunter’s crack today and wanna see some real #truth. pic.twitter.com/Qzb8PAQfpo

— 🇺🇸STOP SEATTLE DEM’s 2024🇺🇸 (@TurnSeattleRed) April 16, 2024

We don’t hate America. We hate Communists like you

— Slow (@SlowLaneLodge) April 16, 2024

No amount of Gaslighting will remove the “Traitor” sign from your back!

— Mea Tooa (@MeaTooa) April 16, 2024

It’s not that they hate America, they hate the America that you love.

— Commonsense with a little snark. (@MikeCooperva) April 16, 2024

This gambit to slur anyone who lies awake at night staring at the ceiling worrying how they’ll feed their kids, or about the slop being taught at schools, or watching millions pour into their communities with no vetting whatsoever, is the most repulsive, disgusting gambit yet.

— Bob McGovern (@mcgovern_bob) April 16, 2024