10-07-2025
Lawrence O'Donnell Points To 5 Words From Trump As The Brutal ‘Truth' Of His Presidency
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday highlighted what he thinks is the key 'theme' of Donald Trump's presidency, which is related to an admission the president made when asked about a key military decision.
Earlier this week, Trump acknowledged he didn't know who in his administration had ordered a pause in sending some munitions to Ukraine as the country continues to defend itself from Russia's invasion. When reminded of that comment and asked if he'd since found out who made the call, Trump replied: 'I haven't thought about it.'
Pressed further on what it says 'that such a big decision could be made' without him knowing, Trump pivoted and insisted, 'I would know,' adding, 'If a decision was made, I will know,' that he'd be 'the first to know,' and, 'In fact, most likely I'd give the order.'
O'Donnell, baffled, commented: 'If you don't think that that string of English words made any sense, you are correct. It did not make any sense.'
But 'if there's a shred of truth in anything that Donald Trump said' in his response, O'Donnell said it would be the five words, 'I haven't thought about it.'
'And that is the truth of everything Donald Trump does and doesn't do as president: 'I haven't thought about it,'' he continued.
O'Donnell then tore into Trump:
'That is the theme of the Trump presidency. In your lifetime of listening to presidents being asked questions about policy situations they are actively engaged in every day, you have never once heard a president say, 'I haven't thought about it.' It takes Trumpian stupidity to say something like that. And when you're as stupid as Donald Trump, you have no idea how stupid your stupidity sounds. Donald Trump is trapped in his stupidity. There is no way he can fake sounding smart about anything, not even his lifetime passion and greatest expertise, golf, which he simply lies about.'
Watch from the 11:30 point here:
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