Joe Scarborough and Bill Maher Discuss Vladimir Putin's Hold Over Donald Trump's MAGA Base {VIDEO]

During a conversation on Real Time this weekend, Joe Scarborough and Bill Maher talked about how Vladimir Putin has manipulated the MAGA base. 

Despite Russia being America's greatest adversary, Donald Trump has always had a cozy relationship with Vladimir Putin. That relationship is even deeper than once thought as it was recently revealed that Trump had secretly sent the Russian president COVID tests for his own personal use. 

Businessman Mark Cuban began by suggesting that Russia was manipulating the betting site Polymarket to improve the perception about Trump's chances of winning. 

Maher then remarked, "They influence our elections in many ways... I think the biggest hoax going is the idea that the Russian collusion was a hoax. It's not a hoax there was collusion. Just because [special counsel] Bob Mueller was bad at proving it –– there was definitely collusion!"

Scarborough then jumped in to say:

"That's one of the more maddening things. I still read the Wall Street Journal editorial page and the op-eds and it is sort of my go-to in the morning. And it is maddening to see people on there talking about a Russian hoax. And you just want to say: read the Mueller report.""Read everything that has happened and ask yourself why time and time again Donald Trump is doing things that make no sense. Why did he say in Helsinki in 2018 regarding Russia. I trust Vladimir Putin more than my intel agencies?"