Rachel Maddow snarked Monday that President Donald Trump simply cannot stop himself from helping Russia because “it just feels so good.” (Watch the video below.)

The MS NOW host made a stinging case that the president has continually boosted Russia and its interests amid the U.S. war against Iran.

She noted that Russia is reaping the windfall of jacked-up oil prices amid the conflict, to which the U.S. responded by actually easing oil sanctions against its geopolitical foe. And that all happened while Kremlin intelligence reportedly advises Iran on how to fight the Americans.

To make matters worse, Maddow said, the Trump administration is trying to free a Russia-connected ex-FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov. Smirnov purposely told lies about Joe Biden to the FBI, spawning House Republicans’ failed impeachment attempt. But Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche filed a brief earlier this month to support Smirnov’s effort to have his guilty plea withdrawn and prison sentence struck down, Mother Jones reported.

Maddow couldn’t wrap her head around the latest developments.

“Maybe our president just can’t stop himself from acting to help Russia,” Maddow said. “Even when Russia is acting to kill Americans. Maybe he just can’t stop himself. It just feels so good. He can’t stop.”

A USA Today editorial on Tuesday stated that “Trump has always been harder on America’s allies than he has on geopolitical foes like Russia.”

But Maddow’s stinging rebuke hints that Trump is not only softer on America’s traditional enemy but is actively chummy with it.

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