After millions took to the streets this past weekend to protest against President Donald Trump’s administration, Rachel Maddow said Trump has become a “sad” and “small” political figure.
On Monday night’s show, Maddow referenced the thousands of “No Kings” protests that took place across the country Saturday and compared them with the apparently sparse showing at Trump’s military parade, which occurred in Washington, D.C., on the same day.
Maddow said the lack of attendance likely irked crowd-obsessed Trump, who she said was upset that “nobody came to his $45 million military birthday party.”
Americans are watching Trump “fail and flail over and over again,” Maddow said.
But, according to Maddow, Trump’s diminishing profile isn’t just a domestic issue. She said the president’s early exit from the G7 summit on Monday made him a “laughingstock on the world stage.” Maddow said the president was “so embarrassing himself” at the summit, where, she claimed, he was being treated like “Putin’s intern.”
Maddow then ticked through other areas where she argued the president had embarrassed himself in recent weeks, including his back-and-forth on tariffs, which she said has become a “punchline.” Americans are watching Trump “fail and flail over and over again,” Maddow said.
“So for a would-be strongman, he’s not strong,” Maddow concluded. “He’s a remarkably weak and feckless political figure who is nevertheless trying to overthrow the American form of government while pushing incredibly unpopular policies and executing everything incredibly poorly with a laughingstock full of a terribly, terribly staffed administration and Cabinet.”
According to Maddow, that’s good news for Trump’s opposition: “Everybody against him is getting stronger and more confident; everybody with him is starting to get a little worried about how long they can stay with him.”
“The opposition against him is big, deep, growing and increasingly unstoppable,” Maddow said.
Watch Maddow’s full takedown of Trump in the clip above.
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