Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann says the U.S. military will soon be led by "scum" who are beholden to "Russian scum."

Olbermann said on his GQ.com internet program on Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's win "reduces the chance that we will have any future elections."

"The nation and all of our freedoms hang by a thread, and the military apparatus of this country is about to be handed over to scum! Who are beholden to scum! Russian scum!"

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Olbermann — who parted ways with MSNBC in 2011 before jumping to Current TV, a progressive media channel co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore Albert (Al) Arnold GoreBusiness groups start gaming out a Biden administration Cruz says Senate Republicans likely have votes to confirm Trump Supreme Court nominee 4 inconclusive Electoral College results that challenged our democracy MORE — added that the United States is no longer "an independent country" due to Russian influence.

"As things are today, January 20th will not be an inauguration, but rather the end of the United States as an independent country," Olbermann argued on "The Resistance with Keith Olbermann," which began earlier this year.

"It will not be a peaceful change of power. It will be a usurpation, and the usurper has no validity, no credibility and no authority under the Constitution.”