Michael Weiss maintained a deadpan demeanor. But seen in the context of his other comments, it seemed that the MSNBC regular was mocking President Trump.
On Monday’s Morning Joe, reacting to the recent round of Russian attacks on Ukraine, and on Trump’s critical comments about Putin, Weiss [looking like he just crawled out of bed] said:
“I think the most generous interpretation we can make is that Donald Trump genuinely believes that the force of his own personality, and I suppose his charisma and his intellect, could bend Putin to his will. The Russian president’s response is, f-off, basically. He’s humiliating Trump. He’s embarrassing Trump’s so-called peace process.”
For his part, Jonathan Lemire, hosting the interview, added his own share of skepticism about Trump. Reacting to Trump’s assertion that “I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin….
