MSNBC Morning Joe February 9, 2022 11:41:00
Recent times. i think, for putin, the calculation was maybe a little bit of, you know, leftover intoxication with his boy donald trump, who was his be all and end all, and would manipulate the american political system in such a way that gave putin cover and gave putin -- >> michael steele, let's also go back to the previous president, barack obama. >> yup. >> in 2014, the ukraiians couldn't even get defensive weapons. >> exactly. >> the message was sent to putin, go in. there are not going to be any consequences. i think he's made the mistake that a lot of the people that were in the obama ad...