Rachel Maddow exclusively previewed elements of the new blockbuster story by Newsweek‘s Kurt Eichenwald that details the deep-running connections between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin‘s Russia. Eichenwald’s highly-anticipated Newsweek story was released Friday morning , detailing how Trump’s actions impacted Russian cyberattack efforts and their hopes of “weakening Western alliances.” It explains that our " NATO partners got spooked after Trump’s debate comments about Russian hacking. Trump “alarmed several NATO partners because it suggests he either does not believe the information he receives in intelligence briefings, does not pay attention to it, does not understand it or is misleading the American public for unknown reasons.” They fear that if he's elected, he could disregard key information shared by the intelligence community."