Rachel Maddow: I Don’t Think People Voted To Make the U.S. a Subsidiary Diplomatic Entity To Putin

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Trump is way out ahead of the people. As you’re polling that you just showed, just described.
>> Yeah, I think whatever Americans voted for, I don’t think people voted to make the United States a subsidiary diplomatic entity to Vladimir Putin, which is the way that Trump is, is operating here. You mentioned the rest of Europe rallying to Zelenskyy. One of the things that we saw today were leaders of democracies from all over Europe publicly thanking Zelenskyy today, standing with him in solidarity after this meeting with Trump. You know, you talk about whether or not the United States is any longer associated with the free world, whether we are the leader of the free world, if we’re not, is it becoming clear who is?
>> Well, I want to keep hope alive. The Trump, president, Trump and his team don’t seem to be want to be part of the free world. But I’m an American, too. I want to be part of the free world. I hope there are other Americans who believe the same as me, and I don’t want them to turn this this way, because I don’t believe it serves America’s interests. And by the way, there’s a lot of Americans like me who think we’re more than just mineral deals. We stand for more of that. So it is the fight is still on. But to your point, yes, the center of gravity has moved to Europe. I was at the Munich security conference, actually, we talked at four in the morning there, I now remember. And the mood then was, well, we’ve got to pick this up. We’ve got to unite. We’ve got to stand behind the democratically elected leader of Ukraine against this imperialist dictator that has invaded his country. And tragically for now, that’s where the center of gravity for the free world is.
>> Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia. I do appreciate you being here. I