MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell was in relatively reflective kind when he commemorated Presidents Day with few phrases on President Donald Trump — and spent the following seven minutes taking part in latest clips that includes former President Barack Obama.
“As a reminder of what’s it like to listen to a president who can speak and think and feel at the same time, here is President Obama’s full five-minute answer to Brian Tyler Cohen’s first excellent question,” O’Donnell mentioned Monday of a latest podcast episode that featured the previous president.
The “Last Word” host continued, “The answer includes words Donald Trump doesn’t understand, like ‘decency,’ ‘courtesy,’ ‘kindness.’ But the answer also embodies those words as Barack Obama’s response to Donald Trump’s racist poison.”
The interview with podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen was revealed Saturday, one week after Trump shared a racist video on social media depicting Obama and former first girl Michelle Obama as apes, and noticed Cohen ask how we are able to “come back” from the “devolution” of America’s political discourse.
“Well, first of all, I think it’s important to recognize that the majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling,” mentioned Obama on the time. “It is true that it gets attention. It’s true that it’s a distraction. But as I’m traveling around the country … you meet people.”
He continued, “They still believe in decency, courtesy, kindness.”
Trump obtained widespread condemnation for the publish from Democrats and Republicans alike, prompting him to delete the video and openly declare that he hadn’t even seen its racist content material earlier than an unnamed staffer supposedly posted it for him.
Obama instantly rebuked “this sort of clown show” on social media in his interview.
“And what is true is that there doesn’t seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and sense of propriety and respect for the office, right?” he mentioned through the dialog. “So that’s been lost.”
He finally argued that the American persons are the reply to Cohen’s query, lauding the latest protests in Minnesota in opposition to Trump’s immigration agenda and “extraordinary outpouring” of political organizing, neighborhood constructing and “decency” that adopted.
O’Donnell allowed the complete portion to play with out interruption. He chimed in solely after 6 minutes to introduce one other chunk, by which Obama mentioned Democrats can beat the “angry demagoguery” of Trump’s administration with unity — relatively than “us-them divisive politics.”
O’Donnell has commonly lambasted Trump and his administration on his present over their egregious feedback, actions and overseas and home coverage selections, however on Monday appeared most surprised by the stark distinction between Trump and Obama as statesmen.
“President Obama did what Donald Trump never does: He actually answered every question — really answered the questions,” mentioned O’Donnell. “The Washington press corps often gives Donald Trump unearned points for taking questions from them.”
He continued, “Even though Donald Trump never actually answers those questions, he simply throws lie-filled gibberish at the reporters who ask the questions, most of whom never actually attempt to get an answer from Donald Trump.”
Watch the complete section on MS NOW’s YouTube account.
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