Trump Dismantles Decades-Old Surveillance Treaty Irreparably On His Way Out The Door | Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow describes how Donald Trump in his lame duck period has not only abruptly removed the U.S from the decades old Open Skies Treaty that supplies the U.S. and its allies with surveillance data on Russian military activities, but has taken steps to dispose of the program's specialized planes and removed the option of replacing them. Aired on 11/24/2020.
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Trump Dismantles Decades-Old Surveillance Treaty Irreparably On His Way Out The Door | Rachel Maddow

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    1. No Republican will ever be investigated or prosecuted for anything that they’ve done. Democrats aren’t interested in holding them accountable.

    2. ​@Amy Hinton The Republican establishment and Democrat establishment might as well be the same organization. They both hated Trump because he damaged their powerbase. Have no fear though, we’re right back to Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton. You voted for Jeb Biden, and Jeb Biden is what you’ll get. I hope you enjoy the war he starts.

    3. @Mark Gibson That was a shot at our own investigative agencies and the Democratic Party. It’s pretty ridiculous when our own establishment is completely uninterested or incapable of watchdogging itself.

    1. Well Trump couldnt do it alone. Moscow Mitch, Leningrad Lindsey, Rubio, Cruz, Rand, Barr and all GOP henchmen have all enabled Trump. Why would Trump destroy the airplanes 1:34? Because hes patriotic and MAGA? Treasonous and downright criminal, sinister, evil.

    1. @Gerome McGowan Yeah, it’s kind of easy to talk trash about an illiterate grade-school dropout, especially when you’re accusing others of not being able to read.

      You do understand that you write at a second-grade level, right?

    2. It was the commonest people and Mitch McConnell, the senator leader. Then Kentucky turned around in the 2021 election put Mitch McConnell back in, now that’s communist voting.

    3. @Darque1137 it is amazing if gerome is actually a person
      It is like looking at the output from 1980s aphorism generator

    4. @Gerome McGowan um moron it is “you’re ” not your
      “Asking how stupid can you be?” is not a challenge

    1. @marlene mead You should follow your own advice: get educated and try researching the truth. You could start with some grammar lessons. Maybe that’s why you don’t understand the junk news what you consume…

    2. Sorry, but Trump has over 74 MILLION AMERICANS, GOBBLING UP HIS BS! This is SERIOUS, VERY SERIOUS for this many Americans are this STUPID, or better yet, BELIEVES and THINKS AS TRUMP DOES, for they want to POSSESS the same POWER & CONTROL TRUMP HAVE, to TREAT OTHERS, as Trump is MISTREATING the American People, just like the DICTATOR’S he has STRONG RESPECT FOR! 70 MILLION AMERICANS WANTS THE SAME CONTROL TRUMP HAS, TO TREAT AMERICANS, THE SAME WAY TRUMP HAS BEEN TREATING US!
      PONDER ON THIS FACT FOR A FEW MINUTES! TRUMP SUPPORTER’S ARE JUST LIKE HIM & WOULD DO EXACTLY THE SAME IF THEY HAD TRUMP’S POWER & CONTROL! GUYS, WE ARE IN DEEP DOO DOO!

    1. If I were asked to specify what breed of lapdog individual one is, based on his “hair”, I’d say Vladimir has a very loud Pomeranian, that _may_ have rabies.
      But that’s be a terrible insult to an entire dog breed.

    1. Yes. Hillary warned us.
      She could not tell the intelligent information. And President Obama went to Moscow mitch McConnell
      He said he would tell that President Obama is trying to win the election for Hiliary.

    2. From day one of the trump administration…if it walks like and it talks like and looks like a Russian intelligence asset has been apparent to many both inside and outside of government. Now, “what is to be done?”

    3. Russia doesn’t need Trump as they can and do overfly and inspect any territory of the 34 countries in the Open Skies Treaty. As can any signatory country overfly Russia.

      Oh wait you didn’t know this ….??

    1. On the contrary. His people will cheer him on if they ever hear about it. Waste of money something something new cordial relationship with Russia something something….

    2. His destruction will not be permanent luckily!! Also his executive orders will be reversed !!! America will always be the beacon of hope for the entire humanity.

  1. UNBELIEVABLE!! Trump HAS TO PAY for ALL the EVIL he has committed against our nation!! He will reap ALL the evil seeds he has sown!!!! Payday is coming…AND SOON!!

    1. The sentence is eternal and the judgement has already been rendered. this is a lesson to mankind that we can not be complacent when it comes to EVIL

    1. 25th Amendment–A sitting President can be removed for incapacity, an inability to discharge the duties of his office, in which case the Presidency would then revert to the VP. If the shoe fits…

    2. @marlene mead Turn your caps lock off. Makes you seem like you are screaming. You call others stupid but it just makes you look that way. Your Dear Leader is the one who conned you. You will see the proof on Jan 20th. He’s done.

    1. One word: Sedition. Guilty as charged is every single “just following orders” person engaged in the dismantling.

  2. Mary Trump said he would do all he could do to destroy the US before he left office.. Boy was she right 🤔☹️

    1. Watching her interviews scares me and I haven’t read the book… But she is spot on about ole fRump.. 🥺🥺

  3. Trump thinks he’s above the law hopefully when he gets out of office he spends the rest of his life in jail.

  4. “So, it’s good that the arsonist is gone, yes?” said the homeowner walking through the heap of ashes of what had been a great and mighty nation.

    1. I think Dems should see an EMERGENCY INJUNCTION/RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST TRUMP, FOR ANY/ALL CONDUCT which poses any form of harm to the US; prison as the alternative for contempt of Court. I would also like to see them pursue the 25th Amendment, incapacity, arguably an inability to discharge the duties of his office.

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