Lawrence O’Donnell Says Trump Was ‘Angry’ At 1 Irrefutable Thing In Address To Nation | EUROtoday

MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell on Wednesday stated President Donald Trump is the “worst public speaker” in America, fact-checked his White House tackle on the financial system from earlier within the night — and invited House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to share his reactions.

“America’s worst public speaker struggled mightily reading a teleprompter full of lies tonight,” stated O’Donnell. “His speech, if we can call it that. In it, Donald Trump said that when he took office, quote, ‘Inflation was the worst in the history of our country.’”

He continued, “That is a lie. A typical Trump lie. Inflation was at 3% when Donald Trump took office. Inflation is at 3% right now. Donald Trump said that when he took office, we had, quote, ‘Transgender for everybody.’ That would mean that Donald Trump is transgender.”

O’Donnell additional debunked Trump’s claims that he was “elected in a landslide” (he received the favored vote by 1.5 share factors), that his tariffs aren’t being footed by the American taxpayer (they’re), and that Democrats are demanding costlier medical health insurance (they’re not).

The “Last Word” host went on to notice that Trump delivered his speech “in a monotone anger” and argued that he shouted the Oval Office tackle as a result of he nonetheless hasn’t “learned how microphones work” — earlier than concluding, “He seemed to be angry at the truth.”

“It was an unhinged speech that was of course untethered from reality and truth,” Jeffries agreed. “Donald Trump has made things worse for the American people. He refuses to acknowledge that the tariffs that he is solely responsible for have actually increased costs on everyday Americans by thousands of dollars per year.”

Jeffries additionally touched on Trump’s feedback concerning the ongoing well being care disaster, noting it was unnecessarily exacerbated by the Republican Party and Trump with the “big, beautiful bill” that kicked thousands and thousands of individuals off Medicaid and downsized federal meals packages.

“And all of this was done so that Donald Trump and Republicans could reward their billionaire donors with massive tax breaks, which they’ve now made permanent,” he stated, noting Trump had additionally “promised to lower the high cost of living on day one.”

Jeffries continued, “Those aren’t my words — those are his words. But he broke that promise. And life isn’t getting more affordable in the United States of America. It’s getting more expensive. And that is the problem that Donald Trump refuses to confront.”

Watch the complete “Last Word” section and interview with Jeffries right here.