Donald Trump is out there trying to win over the voters the matter most his juries.

He showed up to speak on his own behalf and everything went smoothly until the judge

asked him to tell the truth the whole truth and

everybody busted out laughing.

Good morning and welcome to morning Joe. It's Friday January 26th we have a lot to get to this morning.

Donald Trump's latest temper tantrum. This one was in court.

We'll go through his very brief testimony and get legal analysis ahead of today's closing arguments in the defamation

damages trial how much he should pay. Meanwhile Trump continues to work behind the

scenes and on social media to tank a deal on border security and foreign aid in the Capitol.

We'll show you his latest post aimed at Republicans and play for you the handful of GOP lawmakers standing up to the former

president.

Also, a head President Biden hits the road following a surprisingly strong economic report. The data is so good that even a

former Trump advisor had to admit the president should be bragging about it.

Plus, we'll go through a significant development in the hostage negotiations between Israel

and Hamas as the CIA director is now set to travel abroad in hopes of closing a deal.

So really, you know in Washington, of course a deal. So really, you know, in Washington, of course,

the big question is whether the Republicans are going to stab

you, keep stabbing Ukraine in the back,

stabbing Israel in the back,

and calling for open borders until Donald Trump is the

president of the United States. The lead editorial in the Wall Street Journal

talks about a GOP border reckoning where it says

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