Rachel Maddow said President Donald Trump could “effectively declare war on the United States” by ignoring the courts’ decision on a freeze on foreign aid. The MSNBC host starkly warned that Trump could cause a full blown constitutional crisis and “effectively end the republic” on her show Thursday night.

"If he does try to defy the courts, he is effectively declaring war on the United States of America," Maddow said.

America faces a potential constitutional crisis as President Donald Trump contemplates ignoring a court order related to his administration's foreign aid freeze. This alarming situation could have far-reaching consequences for the nation's democratic institutions,

The stark possibility of President Donald Trump potentially ignoring a court order sparked by his administration’s foreign aid freeze could explode into a full-on constitutional crisis — “and effectively end the republic,