President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that he is prepared to declare a national emergency and use military assets to push his mass deportation operation in January.

President-elect Donald Trump is emphasizing his plan to declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations.

Donald Trump has backed calls for a "national emergency" plan as part of his mass deportation policy. Writing on his Truth Social platform, the President-elect responded to reports that he was considering the move in order to secure the use of military resources in carrying out deportations of foreign criminals who have entered the country illegally.

The hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" revealed they had an in-person meeting with the president-elect, their first time seeing him in seven years.

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski discuss their meeting Friday with former President Trump and their commitment to "restart communications" between the president and the Beltway's flagship television morning show.