MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell on Monday counseled ABC News reporter Rachel Scott, who reminded President Donald Trump about his current promise to launch the total video of a U.S. army strike in opposition to suspected drug smugglers within the Caribbean.
The “Last Word” host performed footage of Scott inquiring in regards to the matter throughout a White House press convention Monday, the place Trump claimed he by no means made such a vow — and Scott advised him he did. O’Donnell let the clip end earlier than stating, “That’s how you do it.”
“That’s how every reporter should do it with Donald Trump,” he argued. “Donald Trump said to Rachel Scott, ‘I didn’t say that … this is ABC fake news,’ to which Rachel Scott said, ‘You said that. You said that you would have no problem releasing the full video.’”
O’Donnell continued, “And that’s how you do it. You don’t let him get away with his lie.”
Trump was incensed when Scott requested about his dedication to launch the total footage of the controversial Sept. 2 assault within the Caribbean, which included a follow-on strike in opposition to the shipwrecked survivors — and thus seems it could possibly be a conflict crime.
Trump final week mentioned he would “certainly release” the footage, however claimed Monday he “didn’t say that.” Scott continued to press him, reminding Trump that he had mentioned the choice was as much as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
“You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place,” Trump advised Scott. “Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious, a terrible — actually a terrible reporter, and it’s always the same thing with you. I told you, whatever Pete Hegseth wants to do is OK with me.”
O’Donnell famous simply how simply Trump “changed his story” after “one round of lying.”
He added that the total reality about releasing the video solely got here out after Scott famous that Hegseth has mentioned, “We’re reviewing that right now.” When she requested him if he’s thus ordering Hegseth to launch it, Trump mentioned merely, “Whatever he decides is OK with me.”
O’Donnell argued, “We know that Donald Trump will order Pete Hegseth to release the video or Donald Trump will order Pete Hegseth, as he obviously is now ordering him, to not release the video — because Donald Trump believes the video looks like murder.”
Trump has been on a tear insulting feminine reporters in current weeks, showing significantly pressed in regards to the Sept. 2 strike. CNN host Kaitlan Collins reportedly requested him final week in regards to the ongoing boat strikes, prompting an insult-laden response on social media.
O’Donnell famous Monday that the Trump administration has had no qualms about publishing footage of different lethal strikes on social media, “But not this one — because he thinks whatever it is is just too bad for us to see.”
Before diving into the litany of ensuing questions on what the video could present, O’Donnell left off with a rallying cry.
He mentioned Monday, “If you are a member of the White House press corps and Donald Trump has not told you that you are a terrible reporter … [or that] you are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place, then you are not doing your job — you are failing.”
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