Nicolle Wallace
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Next up for us, we'll have much more of my conversation with my dear friend and colleague, Rachel Maddow. Stay right here. I mean, so I've watched Trump sort of break up with Netanyahu, and it's just put a question mark over the Trump-Putin relationship, which seems different and deeper and so reflexive.
Next up for us, we'll have much more of my conversation with my dear friend and colleague, Rachel Maddow. Stay right here. I mean, so I've watched Trump sort of break up with Netanyahu, and it's just put a question mark over the Trump-Putin relationship, which seems different and deeper and so reflexive.
Like, it's clear that the Netanyahu relationship was good for Trump when he thought Netanyahu was more Trumpy. And I wonder about the Putin-Trump relationship. One, if Trump knows... that the world is laughing at Trump, that Putin isn't even trying. Like, Putin used to flatter him. He's now publicly humiliating him, as you said. I wonder, I mean, like, who's going to tell Trump? Like, Rubio won't.
Like, it's clear that the Netanyahu relationship was good for Trump when he thought Netanyahu was more Trumpy. And I wonder about the Putin-Trump relationship. One, if Trump knows... that the world is laughing at Trump, that Putin isn't even trying. Like, Putin used to flatter him. He's now publicly humiliating him, as you said. I wonder, I mean, like, who's going to tell Trump? Like, Rubio won't.
Maybe Vance would to weaken Rubio to say the word. I mean, I don't know how Trump finds out that on Russian state TV they're laughing at Trump. And that in the American media.
Maybe Vance would to weaken Rubio to say the word. I mean, I don't know how Trump finds out that on Russian state TV they're laughing at Trump. And that in the American media.
Correct. And I wonder, like, one, how hermetically sealed is Trump's information flow? Like the PDB has been moved over to Tulsi Gabbard's office. They're trying to fire the people who work for Trump and Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard and wrote The Real Intelligence about Venezuela's tide to trend. Right. Like, I wonder if Trump knows that Putin's laughing at him is what I'm trying to say.
Correct. And I wonder, like, one, how hermetically sealed is Trump's information flow? Like the PDB has been moved over to Tulsi Gabbard's office. They're trying to fire the people who work for Trump and Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard and wrote The Real Intelligence about Venezuela's tide to trend. Right. Like, I wonder if Trump knows that Putin's laughing at him is what I'm trying to say.
I mean, it's like so cartoonish.
I mean, it's like so cartoonish.
And politically unsustainable. Like it fuels the people protesting. It fuels the opposition politicians. I mean, I think one of the things from Ultra and from Prequel is that when the judiciary ends up with too much in its... It's not made to hold up a democracy, right? Like the judiciary isn't there to fight fascism. The judiciary is there to enforce the rule of law.
And politically unsustainable. Like it fuels the people protesting. It fuels the opposition politicians. I mean, I think one of the things from Ultra and from Prequel is that when the judiciary ends up with too much in its... It's not made to hold up a democracy, right? Like the judiciary isn't there to fight fascism. The judiciary is there to enforce the rule of law.
But fascistic movements also try to annihilate fascism. the rule of law. And I wonder, you know, I've covered the judges and I've always been careful to say they're not pushing back against Trump. They're simply articulating that which is illegal.
But fascistic movements also try to annihilate fascism. the rule of law. And I wonder, you know, I've covered the judges and I've always been careful to say they're not pushing back against Trump. They're simply articulating that which is illegal.
And so in a court of law, when they have done something of questionable legality, they are pressing the government to answer the questions about that which may or may not be legal. That's it. And it feels like pushback because for a while in terms of sort of
And so in a court of law, when they have done something of questionable legality, they are pressing the government to answer the questions about that which may or may not be legal. That's it. And it feels like pushback because for a while in terms of sort of
He heard us talking about his favorite gals in the U.S. Vladimir, stop that. Take your shirt off, Vlad. We've both broadcast that shirtless picture on the horse.
He heard us talking about his favorite gals in the U.S. Vladimir, stop that. Take your shirt off, Vlad. We've both broadcast that shirtless picture on the horse.
My fave.
My fave.