Rachel Maddow

on Ukraine and what he needs politically to look at himself in the mirror and also to pull off all the gambits that he's pulling off with regard to this sort of strongman cosplay stuff. So I don't know where that goes because I'm assuming that Putin is as sadistic as he seems, both at a personal level and at a political level.

on Ukraine and what he needs politically to look at himself in the mirror and also to pull off all the gambits that he's pulling off with regard to this sort of strongman cosplay stuff. So I don't know where that goes because I'm assuming that Putin is as sadistic as he seems, both at a personal level and at a political level.

And I'm assuming that the way he's humiliating Trump is just whet his appetite for more. And so I'm assuming this is going to get worse and worse and worse. But I don't know where it ends because it has to end somewhere, right?

And I'm assuming that the way he's humiliating Trump is just whet his appetite for more. And so I'm assuming this is going to get worse and worse and worse. But I don't know where it ends because it has to end somewhere, right?

Correct. Trump is getting laughed at here. Like, every headline is Trump gets played by Putin again, right? Correct. It's not the narrative he wants.

Correct. Trump is getting laughed at here. Like, every headline is Trump gets played by Putin again, right? Correct. It's not the narrative he wants.

Well, I'm assuming that Putin is laughing. I mean, directing him in some way, like when they're on the phone to get like, why would you know, Trump since the last call was like two hours plus on the phone with Putin and he gets off the call and he's like, I have incredible news. I have a big announcement. We are Putin is going to still do the thing he said he was going to do.

Well, I'm assuming that Putin is laughing. I mean, directing him in some way, like when they're on the phone to get like, why would you know, Trump since the last call was like two hours plus on the phone with Putin and he gets off the call and he's like, I have incredible news. I have a big announcement. We are Putin is going to still do the thing he said he was going to do.

let the discussions commence. It's like a princess bride.

let the discussions commence. It's like a princess bride.

I mean, I just think that that humiliation of Trump, and I think we've seen enough of Putin in these 25 years that he's been in power to know that it doesn't get better with Putin. His humiliation of Trump is going to get more and more abject. Correct. And that is going to be be a problem for Trump domestically. And I don't know. I don't think he can break up with Putin.

I mean, I just think that that humiliation of Trump, and I think we've seen enough of Putin in these 25 years that he's been in power to know that it doesn't get better with Putin. His humiliation of Trump is going to get more and more abject. Correct. And that is going to be be a problem for Trump domestically. And I don't know. I don't think he can break up with Putin.

And I don't think he can stand up to him. And I don't know. I feel like there's some breaking points that I'm watching for. That is one of them. I'm watching for a breaking point in terms of government revenue. One of the tariffs thing that's going on is that like we're not bringing in a lot of money from the tariffs.

And I don't think he can stand up to him. And I don't know. I feel like there's some breaking points that I'm watching for. That is one of them. I'm watching for a breaking point in terms of government revenue. One of the tariffs thing that's going on is that like we're not bringing in a lot of money from the tariffs.

It is not replacing the internal revenue service with an external revenue service. But meanwhile, they have broken the internal revenue service. And so tax receipts are going to go way down. I think there's a there's a just a fiscal reckoning coming in terms of the Trump blowing up the means by which the U.S. government funds itself. Like that's going to have a

It is not replacing the internal revenue service with an external revenue service. But meanwhile, they have broken the internal revenue service. And so tax receipts are going to go way down. I think there's a there's a just a fiscal reckoning coming in terms of the Trump blowing up the means by which the U.S. government funds itself. Like that's going to have a

And I think that the opposition to Trump broadening, deepening and becoming bigger and ever more sustainable and mainstream, all of those things are all pushing against him in a way that feels like he doesn't have an answer for. And that's that that seems good.

And I think that the opposition to Trump broadening, deepening and becoming bigger and ever more sustainable and mainstream, all of those things are all pushing against him in a way that feels like he doesn't have an answer for. And that's that that seems good.

public life because congress is off the because republican-led congress is sort of off the field i wonder how you sort of look at the courts right now it's i think it's a a good point about like how much can the how what was that i don't know what that was um there's a putin yeah exactly

public life because congress is off the because republican-led congress is sort of off the field i wonder how you sort of look at the courts right now it's i think it's a a good point about like how much can the how what was that i don't know what that was um there's a putin yeah exactly