‘Trump Has the Cards!’ Joe Scarborough Drops Surprising Take on Trump-Putin Power Struggle

Despite a host of critics panning President Donald Trump in the wake of his meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, one of MSNBC’s flagship voices believes Trump emerged from the Alaska summit in the driver’s seat.

In a surprising commentary on Wednesday’s Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough said that it is Trump — and not Putin — who has the commanding position in the talks about a potential peace agreement with Ukraine.

“You know, there are a lot of people talking about who has cards, who’s not playing cards …it’s Donald Trump,” Scarborough said. “Donald Trump has the cards. He has the cards with, first of all, with sanctions. He can just say, ‘Hey, Lindsey [Graham], go ahead. Let’s pass the sanctions bill and let’s grind him down.’ And the second thing is they were talking about a possible $90 billion military aid bill to Ukraine. Those are two things that would change the dynamics very quickly.”

Scarborough added that Putin’s efforts to show power over Trump are all for show.

“Vladimir Putin can huff and puff and say he’s gonna blow the house down all he wants,” Scarborough said. “He’s not holding the cards. Donald Trump’s holding the cards right now. It’ll be very interesting to see if he’ll play them over the next 10 days.”

Watch above, via MSNBC.