'He's losing it!' Morning Joe rips Trump for 'crazy' lie about NATO allies

Donald Trump is fond of telling self-aggrandizing stories where otherwise strong individuals throw themselves at his mercy, gratuitously calling him "sir," and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said his latest version shows the former president is "losing it."

The ex-president told a rally crowd that he told a foreign leader that he would let Russia to "do whatever the hell they want," in violation of the NATO treaty, and the "Morning Joe" host said that was an obvious lie.

"By the way, it was one of those crazy, and someone stood up and said, 'Sir, sir,' and he said they were from a big country – 'Sir, sir, if we don't pay, what will you do, sir?'" Scarborough said. "Nobody is saying that! What a jackass. How stupid would you have to be in the audience to go, 'Oh, well, did they really say that? That's amazing.' I didn't believe a big country president would say that. It's just stupid."

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"Like, he is now so desperate to support Vladimir Putin and undercut America's allies in Europe, he's making up a 'sir' story?" Scarborough added. "It's not even a good lie for Donald Trump. Like, you can tell he's losing it. like, he's losing his touch. This is when Elvis couldn't even get -- he's so fat, he couldn't even get the scarves from around his neck to throw to the audience. He kind of sat there, looked down, and sang. Remember when they had to hold the microphone for fat Elvis when he was playing piano? He lost all his moves. This is Donald Trump. It's a story that a third-grader would go, 'Why is he lying to me?' You know, the people in the audience, they can't be that dumb to say, 'Oh, big country person said, 'Sir, what if we don't?' This guy will do anything to justify defending and supporting Vladimir Putin and getting us all ready for -- this is the dangerous part, when he is president again, he's getting us ready for him to be an autocrat, a dictator and a guy who is going to tell Vladimir Putin, sweep in."

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