Jeanine Pirro Explodes After Geraldo Rivera Suggests Putin Was 'Playing Trump'

Jeanine Pirro practically fell out of her seat Tuesday afternoon on Fox News' The Five as she jumped to defend Donald Trump from Geraldo Rivera's criticism. After Rivera suggested that Putin could have been "playing Trump" while he was in office, Pirro exploded, and she proceeded to go on a rant blaming President Biden for "the decline of the west," among other indignities.

"Oh, stop, he wasn't playing Trump!" said Pirro, after Rivera asked about the former president's close ties with Putin. "He didn't invade when Trump was president. It's not about loving Trump. It's about the fact that Trump had everybody against the wall."

"I love Trump too!" yelled Rivera. "How do you know that Putin didn't think Trump would give him Ukraine anyway?"

"I don't give a damn what Putin thinks!" replied Pirro, slamming the table. "I only care what Putin did. And he was a wuss when Trump was president, and that's the end of it!"

That may be the end of it for now, but it's only a matter of time before this fight makes its way to SNL. Cecily Strong is going to have a field day with this one.

Claire Spellberg Lustig is the Senior Editor at Primetimer and a scholar of The View. Follow her on Twitter at @c_spellberg.