Rachel Maddow's Dogged Russia-Gate Narratives Will Be Part Of American History

Rachel: "Calling Montenegro and Montenegrins a threat is not part of American foreign policy. It's not part of conservative American foreign policy, liberal foreign policy, the Moon-Is-Made-Of-Green-Cheese American foreign policy. The president is not reading that in his briefing books no matter who is writing them. He's not hearing that from anybody in the American Congress. His advisors are not whispering in his ear about the aggressive Montenegrins and the threat of World War III. The only place on earth that has been pushing any sort of line like that-- that Montenegro is unusually aggressive and will start World War III if they're allowed to join NATO-- the only place on earth articulating that is the Kremlin under Vladimir Putin. Where did he get that from? Who planted that in his ear? Poland's going to invade Belarus? No they're not. Putin made that up. Montenegrins are unusually aggressive and they;'ll going to start World War III if they're allowed to join NATO? No they're not; Putin made that up. Where's he hearing this stuff?"

She decided to discuss the role Putin's United Russia Party-- and it's decision to rewrite some old Soviet history in Central Asia-- is playing inside Trump's sad, mushy mind-- or what Chris Hayes calls "the president's broken brain"-- with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFall. No collusion, folks-- maybe something far, far worse? A puppet's worse than a colluder, right? You've got to watch this: