Lawrence O’Donnell Sums Up Trump In A Blistering 5-Word Label That’ll ‘Live In History’ | EUROtoday

MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday argued that descriptions of Donald Trump because the “leader of the free world” are actually being disregarded in favor of one other label: “a dangerous and corrupt gangster.”

The host pointed to remarks from Ed Davey, a member of the British Parliament who lately took goal at Trump over his genocidal menace to Iran.

Davey, the chief of the Liberal Democrats, described Trump’s menace as a “stark reminder of how reckless, immoral and completely outside the bounds of international law this president is.”

“Regrettably, he is no friend of the United Kingdom,” stated Davey of Trump in a parliamentary assertion on Monday.

“He’s no leader of the free world. He is a dangerous and corrupt gangster and that is how we must treat him.”

O’Donnell, who tossed to an audio recording of U.Okay. Prime Minister Winston Churchill referring to Adolf Hitler as a “monster of wickedness” in 1941 earlier in his monologue, argued that Davey’s label for Trump “will no doubt be the title of at least one biography” on the president.

“That is the kind of description of Donald Trump that will live in history because of where it was given, because of when it was given, and because of … centuries of positive history between presidents of the United States and the British Parliament,” O’Donnell stated.

Davey’s description of Trump arrives as he calls on King Charles’ upcoming state go to to the U.S. to be canceled. Charles is ready to deal with Congress and is scheduled to satisfy with Trump in the course of the journey set for later this month.

O’Donnell famous that U.S. presidents had been as soon as considered “heroes” by the British Parliament earlier than including, “Now the president of the United States can be called ‘a dangerous and corrupt gangster’ in Parliament, and no one shouts that down. No one disagrees.”

Davey, elsewhere in his remarks, warned that Trump’s “cunning plan” to blockade the Strait of Hormuz may solely escalate the U.Okay.’s cost-of-living disaster.

O’Donnell burdened that the president is “now a problem” that needs to be solved by the British authorities and others in Europe.

Watch extra from the MS NOW host within the clip beneath.