Rachel Maddow

Oh, yeah. I think one of the reasons that I often use the term strongman to describe him is I think he'd probably call himself a strongman, too. Yeah.

But then.

But then.

Yes. Strongman dictatorship. Like, okay. I don't know.

Yes. Strongman dictatorship. Like, okay. I don't know.

Can we put that on a hat? I like all the root words. Authoritarian. Yes. I am a bestselling author. Yes, I am. Strongman. I am so strong. Yes, I won't go there with dictator, but I just... Oh, my God.

Can we put that on a hat? I like all the root words. Authoritarian. Yes. I am a bestselling author. Yes, I am. Strongman. I am so strong. Yes, I won't go there with dictator, but I just... Oh, my God.

Yeah. Although I do feel like there's still – like real value in making sure that we're covering them in such a way that is not the stories that they want us to tell and not the topics they want us to be covering. So the whole provocation, like yanking our chain stuff, like the Trump 2028 stuff and all those things are designed to get us to react, right?

Yeah. Although I do feel like there's still – like real value in making sure that we're covering them in such a way that is not the stories that they want us to tell and not the topics they want us to be covering. So the whole provocation, like yanking our chain stuff, like the Trump 2028 stuff and all those things are designed to get us to react, right?

Tap your moral compass, see if it's working. We must express outrage because he's done an outrageous thing, blah, blah, blah. I get it. Like, I understand how that all works. But there is, I feel like, real value in making sure that we are telling the stories that are not the stories of their choosing.

Tap your moral compass, see if it's working. We must express outrage because he's done an outrageous thing, blah, blah, blah. I get it. Like, I understand how that all works. But there is, I feel like, real value in making sure that we are telling the stories that are not the stories of their choosing.

And so, like, one of the things that I've been thinking about with the relations with foreign countries stuff is not just the grifting stuff that they're doing in public, but, like, what's leading to these weird international new connections that we have? Like, one of the stories that I've been sort of starting to pursue is what's going on in Libya.

And so, like, one of the things that I've been thinking about with the relations with foreign countries stuff is not just the grifting stuff that they're doing in public, but, like, what's leading to these weird international new connections that we have? Like, one of the stories that I've been sort of starting to pursue is what's going on in Libya.

So, like, Libya turns up as a place where we're going to send immigrants who have no connection to Libya. Why are we going to send them there? I don't know. People from the Philippines. Yeah. Why are people from the Philippines going to Libya? And then, you know, Libya doesn't have a unified government. They've got the Benghazi government. Remember Benghazi?

So, like, Libya turns up as a place where we're going to send immigrants who have no connection to Libya. Why are we going to send them there? I don't know. People from the Philippines. Yeah. Why are people from the Philippines going to Libya? And then, you know, Libya doesn't have a unified government. They've got the Benghazi government. Remember Benghazi?

Remember how upset Republicans in particular were about their whole conspiracy theories about Benghazi? And then there's a different government that controls a different part of the country. And the other part of the government keeps saying on the record, we have not had conversations with the U.S. government. We don't understand. They're sending immigrants here. We have no knowledge of this.

Remember how upset Republicans in particular were about their whole conspiracy theories about Benghazi? And then there's a different government that controls a different part of the country. And the other part of the government keeps saying on the record, we have not had conversations with the U.S. government. We don't understand. They're sending immigrants here. We have no knowledge of this.

There's been no negotiations between us, government to government. We don't know anything about this. The other part of the Libyan government, the part in Benghazi, they're like, no comment. And it turns out the Benghazi warlord, like the oil warlords in Benghazi, have been talking to Tiffany Trump's father-in-law.

There's been no negotiations between us, government to government. We don't know anything about this. The other part of the Libyan government, the part in Benghazi, they're like, no comment. And it turns out the Benghazi warlord, like the oil warlords in Benghazi, have been talking to Tiffany Trump's father-in-law.

And so remember when Tiffany Trump's father-in-law, they thought he was a billionaire and it turns out he just owns a truck dealership? Yes, yes. So, like, that guy who needs to prove himself.